GrandTour

The fictional town of Kaisersaschern from Thomas Mann´s novel „Doctor Faustus“ lies below Halle an der Saale. And his location is the imaginary centre for Bazon Brocks´s concept for an „educational trail of historical imagination“. This „educational trail“ can be fascinatingly regarded as the intention of the grand tour of Rüdiger Giebler & Moritz Götze. The two painters have been friends for thirty years. During this time they have often exhibited together, worked together and embarked on numerous travels. With its wrong-headed, interrupted history that was nonetheless stable and tranquil over long periods of time, Central Germany is a source of inspiration rich in imagery. The most disparate of biographies have crossed paths between the Harz mountains and the river Oder. They created a space filled with narrations. This is a region of mightty parks, of industrial landscapes, battlefields and nature reserves. Romanticism and rationalism interact here cheek by jowl. Paul Kaiser reflects upon the art-historical context of Giebler & Götze, from their mutual beginnings in East Germany to the present. Exhibition in Ahrenshoop, Athen, Bangalore, Berlin, Bonn, Brüssel, Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Frankfurt/M, Halle(Saale), Karlsruhe, Kasachstan, London, Lübeck, Magdeburg, Melbourne, München, Napier/New Zeeland, Naumburg, New York, Oldenburg, Potsdam, Quedlinburg, Saarbrücken, Schwäbisch Hall, Schweinfurt, Seattle, Sellin, Los Silos/Teneriffa, Teterow, Venice/California, Witten.