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From March 24 to June 10, 2018 a very special exhibition can once again be seen at the Rosenheim Municipal Gallery (Städtische Galerie Rosenheim), where a series of illustration-in-picturebooks-themed events have been organized over the past several years.

How many different facets does the night unite under its mantle? And how much light can be found even in darkness? Frequently there is something sinister, something frightening about it, with its ghosts and its nightmares – yet it is also a source of inspiration and imagination, especially to artists.

Night has always been an important and complex theme in Quint Buchholz’s pictures. Thus it comes as no surprise that this collective exhibition will feature a large number of evening and night paintings by him, co-author of Dorothée Kreusch-Jacob’s “Sun, Moon and Evening Star – the Great Collection of Lullabies” (Hanser, 2017). The oldest picture to be shown was created over thirty years ago – the newest ones are from 2017.

Besides pictures by Quint Buchholz the exhibition, curated by literary critic and author Christine Knödler, will also feature works by Tatjana Hauptmann, Regina Kehn, Ole Könnecke, Mattias de Leeuw, Sophia Martineck, Dorothée de Monfreid, Nele Palmtag, Henriette Sauvant, Einar Turkowski, Julie Völk, Henning Wagenbreth and Mehrdad Zaeri.

More information will be posted here soon, and can also be found on the Rosenheim Municipal Gallery’s website.

Location:

Städtische Galerie
Max-Bram-Platz 2
83022 Rosenheim

Gallery hours:

Tuesday to Friday, 10 am to 5 pm
Saturday and Sunday, 1 pm to 5 pm

From December 8, 2017 to February 2, 2018 the gallery at no. 9 Clemensstraße in Munich is showing a selection of works by Quint Buchholz.

The main focus of the exhibition are the original paintings from “Sonne, Mond und Abendstern” (Sun, Moon and Evening Star), the new book by Quint Buchholz and Dorothée Kreusch-Jacob. But the exhibition also features other new paintings that have not been shown before.

Moreover, on January 12, 2018, Quint Buchholz is going to present the book at the Salon. He is going to read a few selected passages and speak about the idea behind it.

More detailed information will be posted soon on the Salon for Culture and Communication’s website.

Additionally, there is a set of informative films about the book and its makers that can be watched on Youtube: a new documentary about Quint Buchholz and his pictures, a talk with Dorothée Kreusch-Jacob and Quint Buchholz about the idea behind „Sonne, Mond und Abendstern“, and an interview with Dorothée Kreusch-Jacob about the musical aspects of the book.

From November 15 to December 19, 2017 the gallery in the Center for Religious Education, Heilsbronn is showing new pictures by Quint Buchholz.

A selection of originals and prints will be on display, among them some motifs out of the new book “Sun, Moon and Evening Star”, edited by Dorothée Kreusch-Jacob and beautifully illustrated with a number of evening and night pictures by Quint Buchholz.

One of the highlights of the exhibition will be a reading on December 13, “Bilder – Lieder – Geschichten” (“Pictures – Songs – Stories”), which will also center on this extensive collection of lullabies. Dorothée Kreusch-Jacob and Quint Buchholz will present a number of the texts, songs and pictures from the book, and also talk about the idea behind it. 

For those who are curious beforehand, there is also a set of informative films about the book and its makers that can be watched on Youtube: a new documentary about Quint Buchholz and his pictures, a talk with Dorothée Kreusch-Jacob and Quint Buchholz about the idea behind „Sonne, Mond und Abendstern“, and an interview with Dorothée Kreusch-Jacob about the musical aspects of the book.

Find a bit of calm before the Christmas storm and after – while contemplating the tender night pictures out of Quint Buchholz’s newest book “Sonne, Mond und Abendstern” (Sun, Moon, and Evening Star).

From November 30, 2017 to January 6, 2018 the Thalia House of Books, Campe in Nürnberg is showing original paintings and prints of motifs from the beautiful new lullaby collection, edited by Dorothée Kreusch-Jacob.

Quint Buchholz will open the exhibition with a reading and talk at the Culture Lounge on the 4th floor. On this occasion, Quint Buchholz’s new calendars and a large selection of his books will also be presented.

Afterwards Quint Buchholz will sign his books and calendars.

Entry is free, tickets are needed however. Visitors can get their tickets at the ServiceCenter on the 4th floor.

„It’s not just kids who – we just have to rave about it now – are absolutely enchanted by these pictures.”  Abendzeitung, 2017

„The harmonious synergy of three art forms that has been achieved in this book is extremely rare: music, words and pictures merge to form a polyphonic ‘hymn’ to the night, which delights children and adults alike.” Literatur in Bayern, 2017

Time and location:

November 30, 2017, 7:30 – 8:00 pm

Thalia Nürnberg
Karolinenstr. 53
90402 Nürnberg

Quint Buchholz is celebrating his 60th birthday this year – and on this occasion the Buchpalast (“Book Palace”), a bookstore with a very special selection in Munich-Haidhausen, is showing a number of original works and fine art prints by the neighborhood artist. For the first time in his thirty-nine years of working as a painter and illustrator some of his sketches can be seen in exhibition, e.g. from the production of “The Collector of Moments”.

Also, on September 27, 2017 Quint Buchholz and Dorothée Kreusch-Jacob will present their new book “Sun, Moon and Evening Star” (“Sonne, Mond und Abendstern”). After the reading, the painter and the music pedagogue will speak about the ideas behind and the production of the book and perform some of their favorite songs and poems together.

A large selection of Quint Buchholz’s books will be available for purchase the whole time, some of them personally autographed.

More information can be found on the Buchpalast’s website.

Event time and location:

September 27, 2017, 7.30 p.m.

Buchpalast
Kirchenstraße 5
81675 München

Every year, the Spanish Department of Education, Culture and Sports selects the winners of the “Premios a los libros mejor editados”, the Awards for the Best-Edited books of the year. “BookPictureBook”, a collection of stories written by famous authors about pictures by Quint Buchholz, is one of three winners in the category “Popular Books” this year.

“BookPictureBook” had been published as a new edition in Spanish in 2016.

In May 2017 “The Alchemy of Snowness”, the story of the world-famous clown, artist, and “Master of Absurd Poetry” (DIE ZEIT, 2007) Slava Polunin, is published in English by Australian publisher Wilkinson. Written in enchantingly poetic prose, the book traces the artistic journey of the founder of the legendary Licedei (Thespians) theater and creator of “Slava’s Snowshow”, which has been travelling around the world since 1993. Slava has received numerous international awards for his work, including the Lawrence Olivier Award and the Triumph Award.

The text, a must-read for anyone intrigued by the creative process and for those longing for a little magic in their lives, features 27 pictures by Quint Buchholz. The intimate coalescence of the text and its illustrations mirror the author’s and illustrator’s connectedness and mutual appreciation. They have known each other personally for many years, and many of their shared interests come together in this very special book: their sense of slowness, their love for snow, and especially their attentive eye for the absurdities and ambiguities of life.

The book will premier in London on May 23, 2017. More information is available on the website of Waterstones, which will be hosting a book reading with Slava on that day.

"I am a storyteller, and you don’t have to believe anything I say. You can question any event I’ve described here. But believe one thing:
FANTASY IS ONLY A PREMONITION OF REALITY, AND DREAMS ARE MEANT TO COME TRUE.
Otherwise, what’s the use in dreaming?"

In February of 2017 a new edition of this amusing little tale, written by Friedrich Ani and illustrated by Quint Buchholz, was published by Sanssouci. The dreamy-eyed, peripatetic penguin Gregor now experiences his adventures at the South Pole and in Upper Bavaria in a more slender pocket format.

“An enchantingly ironic story about a low-brow and yea-sayer culture, but also about the courage of being different” (Austrian Library Association, 2006)

“a stylistic and poignant bravura piece” (Buchkultur, 2006)

“With Ani and Buchholz, two people have found each other who fit together splendidly, on the humoristic level (charmingly eccentric) and the imaginative (surpassing place and time). … A wonderfully whimsical story.” (Südwestpresse, 2007)

“an encouragement for dreaming, very imaginative and full of subtle wit. And Buchholz’s wonderful pictures, into which one immerses oneself immediately and without any further encouragement.” (Weilheimer Tagblatt, 2006)

Friedrich Ani and Quint Buchholz
„Gregor oder Wohin die Träume tragen“
Hardcover, 40 pages
€ 12,00 (D)
ISBN 978-3-99056-028-0

The Academy of Fine Arts in Kolbermoor, Bavaria, has organized a big teachers’ exhibition that will take place on January 29, 2017. Quint Buchholz is also taking part, alongside roughly 40 other lecturers who will be teaching courses in the Academy in 2017. Visitors will get the opportunity for a meet and greet with the artists.

The exhibition will take place between 11 am and 6 pm, in the studios of the Academy.

Information about the exhibition is also available on the website of the Academy of Fine Arts Kolbermoor.