Flat­wa­re and pa­per ca­kes — gra­phics, pos­ters and pro­test at MK&G Ham­burg

From 18 April 2025 to 22 Fe­bru­ary 2026, the Mu­se­um für Kunst & Ge­wer­be Ham­burg is pre­sen­ting an ex­ci­ting sel­ec­tion of new ac­qui­si­ti­ons and in­fo­gra­phics from the Gra­phics and Pos­ter Coll­ec­tion in the ex­hi­bi­ti­on “Flat­wa­re and Pa­per Ca­kes”. The show pres­ents works in a wi­de va­rie­ty of styl­es, in­clu­ding An­nik Trox­ler’s haun­ting di­gi­tal print mo­tif “Co­ro­na­vi­rus — Rethink now!” (2020), Bar­ba­ra Lüd­de’s ex­pres­si­ve­ly drawn punk pos­ter se­ries “I Not Dance” (2012) and Ste­fan Mar­x’s ur­ban state­ment “Right to the Ci­ty” (2009) as an off­set print.

The ex­hi­bits re­flect the crea­ti­ve di­ver­si­ty of gra­phic art and al­so ta­ke a cri­ti­cal look at so­cial is­sues. Pos­ters such as “Lie­ber so­li­da­risch als so­li­de arisch” by Dies Irae (2012) stand for a clear stance against ex­clu­si­on and dis­cri­mi­na­ti­on, while the al­bum co­ver “Okay Te­miz — de­niz­al­tı rüz­garl­arı — do­kuz sekiz” by Be­tül Den­gi­li At­lı (1975) em­pha­si­s­es the ar­tis­tic ran­ge of the ex­hi­bi­ti­on. In ad­di­ti­on to the on-site pic­tu­re gal­lery, the ex­hi­bi­ti­on in­vi­tes vi­si­tors to re­dis­co­ver the ro­le of gra­phics and pos­ters as a me­ans of pro­test and ex­pres­si­on in pu­blic space.