The History of Exhibitions of the Lucrezia Market

It all started with the annoncement "Metall Holz Ton Glas" / "Metal Wood Clay Glass" in 1995. The artistical handling with different materials were the center of this exhibition in the yard of the Thon-Dittmer-Palais. Fingerprints on the invitation cards mark the beginnig of a journey. The first traces were left behind.

In the following year 'light-boats' signalized the track for the ones interested: "-ausgesucht und angewandt-" / "-selected and applied-" /(1996). Works made of wood, clay, metal fabric and glass.

Gegensätze / Extremes (1997) and the following exhibitions relate to a topic developed by the participating artists: "Up and down" and "back and forth". A basical topic of life was picked up and a dialogue between the works of arts and the observer was ignited.

In 1998 with N°.4 the exhibition established as an institution and demonstrated a fantastic selection of artistical works.

Travellings and changes characterize the route of the artists and underline this with their exhibition TraumZeit / DreamTime (1999): They dared to step into the unknown …

Immersed themselves in Blau / Blue (2000) the artists presented their objects. In a joint project the yard of the Thon-Dittmer-Palais was veiled with blue fabrics hung up on steelwires.

In 2001 they performed Gedankensprünge/ Mental Leaps acoustically enhanced and with a task for each visitor: To continue a line of words on an almost endless sheet of paper.

Inspired by the mental leaps the topic of 2002 is Bewegung/Movement. Accompanied by a group of dancers the artists attested their vitality and mobility with their objects of art,

A gleam of hope – a remote goal at the end of the path - that's how one could interpret Horizonte / Horizons (2003). "I kissed the horizon" and a sunflower field in winter conveyed the widening and clearance of the path as well as the imagination of hope and warmth.

By now the joint projects have become a main part of the exhibition- In 2004 Die Neunte / The Ninth dedicated itself to a game with the extraordinary and symbolic number nine. With nine columns covered with plexiglas marked with black letters the artists pointed a way for the developement of the ninth year of the exhibition.

Bilder Skulpturen Objekte / Pictures Sculptures Objects (2005) was the 10th anniversary of the exhibition. The project "spillikins" signalized arrangement and change. The visitors were allowed to move the wooden poles to create a permanent process of alteration. These poles were sold for the benefit of the Noma-Hilfe Regensburg.

It's going Rundumadum/ Around and Around (2006) during Christmas seasons. The perfect line of a circle and the shape of an orb and its move. Machines, devices and objects were installed that turn around and around. "Life is a merry-go-round".

IrrWege/ Meander (2007) grapples passionately with the image of meander. A joint project is the center of the labyrinth designed with works of arts. Not just a trail but a pacour of art with a lot of surprises.

"aquaplaning" (2008) Fifteen female artists were engaged in water and indicated the various significance of this element: Its characteristics, its features and impact. Their works are clear, refreshing, sparkling - like cataracts. Their activities resulted in the joint project "WetRoom".

Männersache / Male's Affair (2009) was the topic of the fourteenth exhibition. Female artists were looking for an association of an apparently self-evident as well as doubious matter. With their joint project "Male Images" - an installation of drawers they clear up with associations and images regarding the species "man".

"Tatort Palais"/ "Crime Scene Palais" is the fifteenth exhibition and one can look retrospectively at a serial of exhibitions at the historical locations of the Haidplatz (yard of the Thon-Dittmer-Palais and Sigismund Chapele) which have been tightly involved with the history of the Lucrezia Market. Every Year in December artists create furore and induce you to experience art with all your senses apart of the goings-on of the Christmas Market.

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Ingeborg Simöl
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