Insects and bird species in the castle museum!
The last remnants of civilization among the princely treasures of the Beletage of Bad Pyrmont Castle! Hanging contemporary art on baroque fabric wallpaper! Splendor and glory for the most banal fragments – if that ever works!
The spacious rooms of the castle were indeed a worthy setting for my (UN) scientific collections. The insect collections and habitats for the strangest bird species were explored by around 4500 interested visitors.
Romanticism 2.0 was the theme of the three-month exhibition at the Bad Pyrmont Castle Museum . I really enjoyed the many inspiring conversations with countless enthusiastic visitors. Thanks to the support of the Museumsverein im Schloss Pyrmont e.V. and the Stadtsparkasse Bad Pyrmont, interested guests were able to discover the generous presentation in all its facets at their leisure.
Thank you so much for joining me on this treasure hunt during the guided tours. Picked up in quite ordinary places and brought to new life in my works: the smallest treasures of our everyday life shone in worthy splendor on the Beletage of the moated castle.
What a frame!
Scuffed porcelain shards next to princely collector’s cups, crumpled candy wrappers next to chubby-cheeked cherub angels – the happy fusion!
During the numerous guided tours and activities with schoolchildren from Bad Pyrmont and the surrounding area, we were able to discover it together: What we consider valuable is valuable. The smallest and most banal things can provide surprising impulses if we are prepared to look at them with new appreciation. What is really important in life, our own heart can tell us most certainly.
For me, Romanticism 2.0 is the inseparability of knowledge and emotion. You can find my manifesto here in my catalog. To find new perspectives, we can look at everything in a new way. With a new appreciation. That’s why transformation was an important theme of this exhibition. Anyone who was ready could experience their own metamorphosis in the walk-in cocoon. And the questions surrounding growth, change and transformation also inspired me to take new steps and projects.
And every day we can ask ourselves anew:“Is this art or can it go away?” <- my movie on the topic on Youtube
