Hospitality plus enjoyment of art

Created: 01/10/2022 09:02

Walk in: 22 artists from Icking and Berg will be opening their studios over the next two weekends.

In our photo (from left): Cornelia Hesse, Dazze Kammerl, Petra Jakob, Gabriel Baumüller, Juschi Bannaski, Andreas Huber, Hans Panschar, Ernst Grünwald, Lucie Plaschka and Roman Wörndl.

The pictures show works by Juschi Bannaski (left) and Johannes Thum.

© Dagmar Rutt - info@digidag.de

22 artists from Berg and Icking are opening their studios again.

Berg/Icking

– hospitality plus enjoyment of art: That's the magic formula that stands for continuity.

The studio days have been taking place in Berg and Icking for 36 years.

It's that time again this weekend and next.

This year, 22 artists invite you to their studios.

A unique opportunity to get to know the painters and sculptors personally and to get an insight into their work.

There are new guest artists (see box), and a small museum has a permanent exhibition by the well-known sculptor Gerd Jäger from Farchach, who died last year.

"Where long?": The artists decided on this common theme - "because on the one hand this question reflects the complex dilemma of the many current catastrophes and on the other hand leaves room for visions and wishes", explains the Aufkirch artist Juschi Bannaski and adds: “We look forward to an inspiring exchange with our visitors, who are always happy to accept the offer of the open studio doors.

So the question 'Where to?' is answered for us this year as well.

with the opening of our studio doors: 'That way'.

At Bannaski, visitors can immerse themselves in the colorful worlds of their abstract paintings.

Your colleagues stand for installations, woodcarving, drawings, photography or sculptures - the variety is great.

Petra Jakob, a contributor from the very beginning, says: “It works so well because there is no envy and no arguments.

We are a group of friends that has grown.” Anyone who is familiar with the studio days knows the welcoming culture that prevails there.

The artists invite visitors into the studio, which is mostly in their own living environment.

There the art walkers, who stroll from studio to studio, get a personal insight into the work of the artists.

There is no rush like at a vernissage in the gallery, where visitors step on each other's toes.

People come and go as they please.

"This gives us artists the peace and quiet for extensive discussions," says Jakob, who invites people to Irschenhausen herself.

A visit to the studio is not a snapshot like at a gallery exhibition, but rather a retrospective,

Jakob also refers to the handmade character of the event: "We do a lot of things ourselves, so that the costs remain manageable." She herself develops photographic metamorphoses on parchment paper, mounted on a wooden body or canvas, mostly large-format, abstract, mystical and incomparable.

According to Jakob, there is a simple reason why the well-known studio days in Berg and Icking are still held every year: "We are not an association with a concrete structure, with posts and chiefs." that's what Petra Jakob calls it.

So it's time again: walk in, chat and be amazed.

ANDREA WEBER