There is simply a unusual belief that everything German is “badly seen” in Poland, unnecessary, unnecessary. possibly in this belief there are inactive echoes of gehenna which our people experienced during planet War II. These trends are exploited by representatives of any formations, in their own ad hoc political objectives.
But cultural opinions do not necessarily should be identical to political assessments or intellectual schemes. This applies to both of our powerful neighbors. German or Russian culture does not request to be as totalitarian as the actions of politicians, small – what has an evaluation on culture, art, literature for ad hoc assessments, implied by modern aversions with immediate goals. W GALLERIA BIELAŃska Citadel Almost without an echo, an exhibition of a German artist that lasted there all October Ludwiga Angerera der Ältere. This architect, artist and visual artist, born August 7, 1938 in a Catholic German household in Bavaria, is besides known and popular in Europe. In Poland only any of his works were in the offer of private galleries. The BATOR Gallery, run by Barbara and Mirosław Bator In Szczyrk. It has been in this well-deserved cultural facility since 2011, all 2 years, the largest exhibition of magical realism in Europe, or magical dreams. The festival attracts interest of Polish and abroad artists, and artists from all over the planet come to participate in it.
It is worth noting that the artist's paintings could be seen in the Art Gallery NA CAPOST in Iława presenting contemporary art in its various artistic, rich and different forms or in the association of realistic art AERA, which deals mainly with realistic art.
Magical realism is simply a dominant feature in determining the painting work of Angerer the Elder. The word defined in literature is secondary to the aesthetic tendency. It evolved in the early 20th century as a species that gave up on accurately reflecting reality and even following it. Magical realism refers to the imagination, what seems to be a dreamy creation, what is unusual and unusual. It besides refers to legends and myths and past beliefs.
However, this form of creative self-realization with Angerer has clear spiritual connotations related to Christianity. We must not be amazed at these children in the artist's work connected for many years with the relationship with Pope Benedict XVI.
Hence, in the paintings presented in the Warsaw gallery: presumption of Mary/Maria Himmelfahrt; Light of Light /Das Licht der Welt; Power of the Cross /Die Kraft de Kreuzes; Sacrifice Procession /Opfergang); The arrival of Antichrist Ankunft des Antichristen. We can besides see the anticipations of biblical motives, or the artistic transformations of the Greek myths of Gaia /Erd; the Children of Olympus /Kinder des Olymp; the seat of the old gods (Sitz der Alten Götter. Nor does the artist avoid contemporary issues of the Christian West /Christliches Abendland; Europe Union Monument /Monument Union Europe. Diversity and a large thematic cross-section, the translation of artistic motifs known from mythology, religion, the usage of symbolism shaped in human consciousness over centuries is only possible through the usage of simultaneously realistic and magical matter. The apparent contradiction of this arrangement will only fade in the face of individual contact with the work, with a view of the reality shown in the pictures.
Another form of presenting issues from the borderline of fantasy and magical reality is the content related to the presentation of the thought of musical matter, the presentation of a image of musical spectacle In a far country. Ryszard Wagner, Lohengrin /In einem feren Land (Richard Wagner, Lohengrin.
Ludwig Angerer Der Ältere is not only a painter. His architectural designs, sculptures, literary works and movie scripts are known. He is the winner of the Bavarian movie Award for the film's artistic frame (according to Michael Ende's fresh "Unending Tale – in search of fantasy" (1989). For his work Don Quixote won a bronze medal during the "Art en Capital" at the Grand Palais in Paris (2013), the work of Absolute Hell received a silver medal during the same artistic event a year later. Author of many crucial publications, including "Phantastik der Sehnsucht" (1981), "Kampf und Vision" (1984), "The Return of Man to Art/Die Rückkehr des Menschen in die Kunst" (2016), and the Two-volume Anthology of Fairy Tales and Legends "Janus and Sunaj" (2021). He's besides known for theater. He designed, among another things, phase plan and costumes for the planet theatre premiere "Hobbita" Tolkien (1994). He created the architectural, painting and sculptural face of the Redeemer's Chapel in Biburg (2000). He designed the 55 metre statue of Christ in Bad Reichenhall (2010). Ambassador of Lower Bavaria Culture, winner of many artistic awards in Germany, France, Romania.
After the presentation of Angerer's painting exhibition at the Royal Castle in Niepołomice, after the Warsaw exhibition at the Bielańska Citadel Gallery, the works of the German creator will be presented at the Bator Gallery in Szczyrk.
Founded in 1995 by Barbara and Mirosław Bator, the gallery presents contemporary art, leading Polish and abroad artists, primarily in the fields of painting, ceramics, graphics, sculptures and artistic glass, and all forms of works of fine art, which are in fact such. The gallery organizes exhibitions, outdoors, art workshops, concerts, meetings with people of culture and art, first evenings and many another cultural activities, specializes in presenting the art of magical realism, as stated above. In Szczyrk, it will be possible to proceed sending the artist, the programming assumptions of his art.
Angerer der Ältere sees his mission in making the work of art again include beauty, fantasy, mystery combined with magical realism.
Dr Tadeusz Skoczek
Ludwig Angerer Der Ältere, Painting. Malerei, Gallery of the Bielańska Gate of the Warsaw Citadel, branch of the independency Museum, 6 October – 7 November 2023
Photo profile of the Museum of the X Warsaw Citadel Pavilion
Think Poland, No. 43-44 (22-29.10.2023)
