Martin-Schleyer-Gymnasium Lauda-Königshofen

"Advanced Learners' art"

01.02.2002 - 31.03.2002

Since the beginning of February, the advanced level students studying art at the Martin Schleyer Grammar School in Lauda have been displaying a cross-section of their artistic endeavours in the LAUDA DR. R. WOBSER FabrikGalerie (Factory Gallery). The exhibition was prepared and opened under the expert direction of the art lecturer Andrea Wegner-Krispin and has received a highly positive response from company staff and visitors alike. The exhibits on display reflect the high level that the advanced course at the grammar school is achieving. The exhibition in the FabrikGalerie was opened by the two managing directors of the company, Dr. Gerhard Wobser and Karlheinz Wobser, and forms part of an art gallery preview. The opening ceremony at which Dr. Gerhard Wobser gave a brief outline of the development of the FabrikGalerie was attended by the headmaster of the school Wolfgang Goericke, the art lecturer Andrea Wegner-Krispin, the "A" level art students, their parents and relatives as well as several LAUDA staff members. The FabrikGalerie hosts a total of six exhibitions a year and is now embarking on its seventh consecutive year of offering an extremely diverse and distinguished exhibition programme not only to staff members and visitors from all over the world with an interest in art, but also to the local population of Lauda-Königshofen. The FabrikGalerie has since established itself as an ideal platform not only for amateur artists, but also for professionals. Dr. Gerhard Wobser was especially delighted that the advanced level art students at the Martin Schleyer Grammar School were able to take advantage of the offer to provide a wider public forum for their works. The original idea behind staging the exhibition in the FabrikGalerie stemmed from Maximilian Koschker, a nephew of the two managing directors, who was taking the "A" level course. The headmaster Wolfgang Goericke made a brief speech in which he thanked the two company directors and expressed his belief that the works produced by the students really came into their own in the gallery setting. Being prepared to present one's works of art on a more public stage called for a little bit of courage and self-confidence. The discourse and communication conducted between the subject, the artist and the general public was not only a source of inherent praise and recognition, but also involved the risk of receiving a "certain amount of criticism". At the end of the day each individual interprets the broad term of art somewhat differently. In his welcoming address Chairman of the Kunstkreis Lauda-Königshofen (Art Circle), Norbert Gleich, called upon the up-and-coming talents to become actively involved in the art circle in Lauda-Königshofen and offered a cooperation. The art lecturer responsible for the advanced level course then commented that the exhibited works could only give a snapshot of the course curriculum. It was therefore by no means an easy decision for the 14 students to take at the beginning of year 12 as the course was being offered on the timetable at the Martin Schleyer Grammar School for the first time. After an initial study into painting techniques, a more detailed study was made of the painter Beckmann as well as the sculptor Michelanglo. Last autumn the students had taken advantage of a school trip to Tuscany to view different works of art in Florence and also to carry out some practical exercises on site. It was during the hanging of the exhibits under the direction of the experienced LAUDA head of marketing Franz Heinrich Prinz that the group discovered that a conceptual plan and artistic dialogue was also required during the preparation stage. In considering the themes, the wide range of painting techniques and picture formats and in the combination of the finished forms and sculptures, the group has managed to unite the exhibited works into an homogenous exhibition. The pictures and sculptures on display were created by the following artists on the course: Steffi Baumann, Luise Breitenstein, Gudrun Haggemüller, Julia Häußler, Myriam Hummel, Carina Kraus, Maximilian Koschker, Verena Löffler, Maren Neumann, Nadine Seeberger, Sabrina Strobel und Judith Rödel. Each exhibitor received a white rose as a parting gift from Andrea Wegner-Kristin. For the popular art lecturer, the opening of the exhibition after many years of involvement in the idyllic valley on the banks of the Tauber River also marked a farewell, as private reasons necessitate a return to her home town of Bad Malente near Hamburg. Enjoying a glass of orange juice or champagne and the appetisers on offer, participants spent some time discussing and chatting about the exhibited works.

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