Painting as therapy for mental health: this is the philosophy pursued by the Catholic men's welfare association.
An exhibition is currently showing the results.
The
Catholic Men's Welfare Association
maintains
two facilities
in the
Oberschleißheim district of Mittenheim
: the St. Benno House and the Hans Scherer House.
A therapeutic approach for the residents is
painting
.
Three artists will be exhibiting
in St. Wilhem's church
until
mid-October
.
After the church service by Pastor Ulrich Kampe, art therapist Petra Merkle opened the exhibition in the presence of Oberschleißheim's mayor Markus Böck and the patron and deputy district administrator Annette Ganssmüller-Maluche. Merkle approaches the residents of the men's dormitories in Mittenheim from an artistic point of view. “Every artist, whether hobby painter or professional, wants to show his work to other people. We are therefore very grateful that the Parish Association Oberschleißheim offers us this opportunity, ”said Merkle. Especially for people with mental disabilities, like most of them at Gut Mittenheim, creative work is an expression of good concentration and awareness.
“Painting, for example, serves to stabilize the mind and process something personal - or it is just the fun of colors,” says Merkle.
Together with the artist Theresia Maier, she organized the exhibition in the church, which can be seen until mid-October.
“Art connects all people.
Here you can see very different works by three very different artists who were able to experiment freely with all possible materials, the selection of their objects and painting styles, ”said Maier.
For her, art is the confluence of body and mind in everyday life.
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For Hans-Peter Wanner, nature is his motif and always a lot of water and strong colors.
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Dieter Hampl, Andreas Filip and Hans-Peter Wanner show some of their pictures in the church, which are particularly captivating due to their enormous joy of color.
Filip and Hampl both work primarily in acrylic, their motifs are more abstract.
Wanner, on the other hand, paints with oil, nature is the focus in his pictures and again and again: water.
“I loved the TV shows with Bob Ross, he made me paint.
Started with painting by numbers, but then quickly created rivers, lakes, streams and nature around them, ”explains Wanner.
Together with the works of Theresa Maier, which mainly depicts Christian motifs in watercolor, oil and acrylic, the exhibition in the Church of St. Wilhelm is an interesting place to visit for every art lover.
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Also interesting: cultural life starts again in the north of Munich. The “Ersatzwies'n” aka the Unterschleißheim autumn is currently taking place on the meadow in Valentinspark.