You are cordially invited to the opening reception on Thursday, October 10, at 7:00 p.m., at the Museum Wiesbaden
The exhibition presents posters from the first golden age of German poster design, drawn from the collections of F. W. Neess and Maximilian Karagöz, with a focus on gender history.
“Women in Posters: Posters of Women” brings two complementary perspectives to life in a physical space: On the one hand, the posters created by male graphic designers illustrate socially prescribed female role models. They show what behavior was socially desirable, what freedoms were conceivable, but also what boundaries were non-negotiable. In this sense, the posters construct the social roles of women.
On the other hand, “Women in Posters: Posters of Women” features posters designed by women. These demonstrate that women were already working as professional poster designers at a time when they still had to contend with strong gender-based prejudices. In this respect, these posters reflect the growing self-confidence of female designers: emancipation through poster design.
Exhibition dates: October 11, 2024 – February 16, 2025
Curatorial team:
Prof. Dr. Petra Eisele (Mainz University of Applied Sciences, IDG – Institut Designlabor Gutenberg)
Dr. Peter Forster (Curator, Museum Wiesbaden)
A catalog accompanying the exhibition will be published:
Peter Forster / Petra Eisele: Plakatfrauen. Frauenplakate (Jugendstil! Ferdinand Wolfgang and Danielle Neess Series), edited by Peter Forster, Museum Wiesbaden. Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2024, 128 pp.
ISBN: 978-3-422-80259-9 (EUR 28.00)
Address:
Museum Wiesbaden. Hessian State Museum of Art & Nature
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2
65185 Wiesbaden
The exhibition project “Plakatfrauen. Frauenplakate” builds upon the findings of the BMBF research project UN/SEEN.
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