Special exhibition

So far, the Peace Gallery has welcomed many international artists* who have exhibited their sculptures, photos and paintings on numerous exciting topics.
The cooperation with the “Ghandi Information Centre” has made it possible to honour both personalities and themes of the peace movement.

Our intention

Art in the Peace Gallery: Death, war, destruction and violence have been present in the history of art we know from the beginning. The hunting and killing of animals and people in cave paintings like in Lascaux, battle scenes in the temples of antiquity, the effects of destruction like: “Jeremiah regrets the destruction of Jerusalem” by Rembrandt (Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam).

The place, the Peace Gallery, is defined: Art is free. In this context, the artists have a lot of freedom in their exhibition. In concrete terms, the aim is to exhibit the art of women artists, which opens up the debate on elementary questions such as existence. The existence of man and the animal kingdom is always in danger because, both in the past and in the present, destruction and extermination are threatening.

The crimes of National Socialism against human existence, its destruction and extermination are very present. Therefore love and respect for life, for others, must be guarded and protected. This must be reflected in the Peace Gallery. We must not be satisfied with photographing and documenting violence and cruelty. A certain irritation and refraction is necessary for our seeing and our perception of our environment.