5 March to 19 June 2022
Christoph Meckel
Haus der Graphischen Sammlung – an exhibition by the Museum für Neue Kunst
For Christoph Meckel (1935-2020), who was known as a writer, the visual arts played just as important a role as literature throughout his life. From the post-war years to the globalised world, Meckel commented on contemporary events as an accusatory observer. He described his graphic oeuvre as a "world comedy".
The exhibition shows for the first time his large-format woodcuts from the early 1960s as well as the series of etchings "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" and "The Rights of the Child".
![Christoph Meckel, Figur mit Maske (Ausschnitt), 1961, Museum für Neue Kunst – Städtische Museen Freiburg © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022, Foto: Axel Killian Christoph Meckel, Figur mit Maske (Ausschnitt), 1961, Museum für Neue Kunst – Städtische Museen Freiburg © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022, Foto: Axel Killian](/pb/site/freiburg_museen/get/params_E1256197537/265394/237522/497282/1872575/1798325/1798370/1800294/1798336/HGS_Christoph%20Meckel_Figur%20mit%20Maske_1962_VG%20Bild-Kunst_Foto%20Axel%20Killian%20-%20Kopie_HG.jpg)