As of: February 22, 2024, 12:00 p.m
By: Klaus Kuhn
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Large ice cream parlor, small town hall: in the style of Hundertwasser, the children gave free rein to their creativity.
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The young participants in the KulturMarkt project “Art Stories for Children” are painting the community of Wartenberg as a collaborative effort.
The KulturMarkt project has been very well received.
Wartenberg
– How would a Pablo Picasso, a Franz Marc or a Wassily Kandinsky have painted the Wartenberg market?
What kind of art movements do the well-known names represent?
What kind of brush stroke, what colors and shapes are typical for her?
The “Art Stories for Children” project last year by the KulturMarkt Wartenberg under the direction of Monica Baumann and Cilla Bachmeier was a very big success.
A repeat of the project is already being considered.
This is one of the most important messages of the opening in the media center, where the focus was on children aged eight to twelve.
The young artists were introduced by Baumann, who had worked with them on the works of Keith Haring, Franz Marc, Pablo Picasso, Gabriele Münter, Mark Rothko, Wassily Kandinsky and Vincent Van Gogh.
Those who picked up the brush were (from left) Samu Havemann, Fabian Deimel, Eric Kaesler, Valentin Liebl, course leader Monica Baumann, Magdalena Keck, Olivia Havemann, Josefine Feller, Pauline Köhler and Emilie Weber.
© Klaus Kuhn
At the end there was a huge collaborative effort: Friedensreich Hundertwasser came up with ideas for how the children imagined Wartenberg.
The young talents took up paint and together put a Hundertwasser view of the market on paper.
In doing so, they made use of the artist's freedom.
Rockelfinger Church and the Nikolaiberg Chapel were included, but the parish church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary was not.
The town hall was significantly reduced in size compared to the ice cream parlor - perhaps an indication of the importance of the two buildings in the lives of Wartenberg children?
But the “treasure chest” was painted, and so was the fashion house.
The gas station was given a wonderfully curved roof, and the Marian column was reduced in importance.
This joint work now hangs in the media center with all other works.
The pictures were put into frames with passe-partouts and then hung up.
The exhibition was realized with the support of Franz Ganslmaier, who once again demonstrated a flair for art presentation.
The Wartenberg culture market had procured the colors for the children, and Baumann was convinced that good material paid off.
“It's just not nice when the colors fade quickly.” At the opening, Vice Mayor Carla Marx thanked the two course leaders for their voluntary commitment.
Cultural market chairwoman Jutta Paulini also thanked the two course leaders and had a flower for both of them.
In fact, the results of the course were works worth seeing, which show how intensively the children had worked with the works of the great artists before they picked up canvas and brushes themselves.
The young participants learned about the different styles from impressionism to street art.
The work will be on display in the media center for a few more weeks.