Thomas Zika and Henri Cartier-Bresson

On Friday, September 3rd, from 7 p. m. we will give a preview of the autumn of 2010 in the gallery under the title *preview*. We’re opening our new “Collector’s Lounge” with a real sensation: we’re showing 13 original photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson, including vintages and real rarities. There are portraits of Marilyn Monroe, de …

Exhibitionbooklet “Gezeichnet, gepixelt, gedruckt.”

All works of the current exhibition can be found in the following booklet, enjoy browsing: Open publication – Free publishing The opening last Friday was very crowded in spite of holidays and heat. More than 200 visitors came and heard the greeting of Torsten Obrist and the excellent introduction of the curator Dr. Heike Baare. …

Today exhibition opening: “Gezeichnet, gepixelt, gedruckt”

Seven artists from different fields of applied graphics and illustration will be exhibiting together for the first time at GAM. They all studied with Prof. Otto Näscher at the Folkwangschule in Essen at the beginning of the 1990s, and today they have received national and international awards for their work. At the opening this evening, …

Martin Baltscheit at GAM

As part of the exhibition “Gezeichnet, gepixelt, gedruckt”, GAM will be showing works by the award-winning artist Martin Baltscheit from 24 July 2010. With his illustrations for the new translation of Rudyard Kipling’s “Jungle Books”, Baltscheit has succeeded in creating a true masterpiece. The review of ZEIT particularly emphasized the “sensually wild” quality of his …

Essen als Metropole der Illustrationskunst

Ab dem 24. Juli 2010 zeigen wir unter dem Titel “Gezeichnet, gepixelt, gedruckt” eine Werkauswahl von Zeichnern und Illustratoren, die sich national und international erfolgreich mit ihrer Zeichenkunst behaupten. Katrin Assmann, Martin Baltscheit, Gaby van Emmerich, Jamiri (Jan-Michael Richter), Helge Jepsen, Christian Schellewald und Rainer Stock sind in unterschiedlichsten Sparten der angewandten Grafik tätig. Ihre …