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German museum for comic art
The Museum in the Leinwandhaus
Elch, sculpture by Hans Traxler

The Caricatura Museum, official name Caricatura Museum für Komische Kunst, is a museum for comic art in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It shows a in a permanent exhibition works by the artists of the Neue Frankfurter Schule, and additionally exhibitions of contemporary artists. It is part of Frankfurt's Museumsufer (Museum Riverbank).

History

In 2000, a group called Caricatura of the Historical Museum, Frankfurt, began to prepare a museum for comic art in Frankfurt. The Caricatura Museum was opened on 1 October 2008 in the Leinwandhaus [de] in the Altstadt. The permanent exhibition shows works by F. W. Bernstein, Robert Gernhardt, Chlodwig Poth [de], Hans Traxler [de], and F. K. Waechter, including literary works and films. It is complemented by readings, book presentations and other events.

The trade mark of the museum is a bronze sculpture in front of the building by Hans Traxler. The Elch sculpture carries the names of the eight most important representatives of the Neue Frankfurter Schule, and a two-line poem by F. W. Bernstein, "Die schärfsten Kritiker der Elche / waren früher selber welche" ("The harshest critics of the moose / used themselves to be some").

Former temporary exhibitions

2008
  • Bernd Pfarr [de] – Komische Welten (2 October 2008 – 11 January 2009)
2009
  • Greser & Lenz [de] – Hurra, die Krise ist vorbei (29 January – 26 April 2009)
  • Hans Traxler [de] – Löhleins Katze (7 May – 26 July 2009)
  • ATAK (Georg Barber [de]) and Fil (Philip Tägert [de]) – Superpeter – Struwwelpeter Superheld (6 August – 20 September 2009)
  • Titanic – das Erstbeste aus 30 Jahren (3 October 2009 – 31 January 2010)
2010
2011
2012
  • Nikolaus Heidelbach [de] – Wurst, Wein, Weihnachten, Wild und Gemüse (29 March – 29 July 2012)
  • Marie Marcks (9 August – 11 November 2012)
  • Caricatura VI – Die Komische Kunst (22 November 2012 – 3 March 2013)
2013
2014
  • Ralf KönigPaul vs. Paulus (27 March – 3 August 2014)
  • Kurt Halbritter [de] (14 August – 16 November 2014)
  • KamagurkaHow to become a German. Die Deutschwerdung des Kamagurka (27 November 2014 – 22 March 2015)
2015
2016
2017
2018
  • Otto – Die Ausstellung (25 April – 2 September 2018)
  • Volker Kriegel – (13 September 2018 – 20 January 2019)
2019
2023

References

  1. "Kunst im Öffentlichen Raum Frankfurt. Die Elchskulptur auf der Website". Stadt Frankfurt am Main :: Der Magistrat :: Kulturamt Frankfurt am Main :: Fachbereich Bildende Kunst. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. "Otto – Die Ausstellung". Caricatura Museum Frankfurt (in German). Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  3. "Caricatura Frankfurt feiert 100 Jahre Loriot: Unbekannte Werke in Ausstellung". hessenschau.de (in German). 9 November 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.

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