Between Forms at GRIMMWELT Kassel: Rediscovering Helga Gebert

Helga Gebert at GRIMMWELT: When Images Tell Stories, Worlds Grow

With Between Forms, GRIMMWELT Kassel places the first comprehensive solo exhibition of Helga Gebert in the spotlight. The exhibition opens an impressive view of an artist who, as an illustrator, painter, translator, fairy tale collector, and author, shapes storytelling in image and word. It presents an art experience that unfolds between fairy tales, literature, children's and youth literature, and cultural education. ([grimmwelt.de](https://www.grimmwelt.de/de/presse/eroeffnung-zwischen-gestalten-2))

Storytelling as Visual Language

Gebert's work combines narrative imagination with a distinctive visual power. Her illustrations for the Brothers Grimm's Children's and Household Tales, for 1001 Nights, and for other international fairy tale texts showcase figures, transitions, and transformations as vibrant motifs. The exhibition makes visible how illustration not only accompanies but shifts, deepens, and reopens meanings. ([grimmwelt.de](https://www.grimmwelt.de/de/presse/eroeffnung-zwischen-gestalten-2))

Fairy Tale Worlds Between Childhood and Present

Helga Gebert is described in sources as an important figure in the renewal of the German children's and youth book, particularly through her work with Beltz & Gelberg in the 1970s and 1980s. This is precisely where the exhibition derives its tension: between familiar materials and idiosyncratic image discoveries, an exhibition atmosphere emerges that intertwines childhood memory, literary research, and aesthetic experience. ([grimmwelt.de](https://www.grimmwelt.de/de/angebote/zwischen-gestalten-gruppen?utm_source=openai))

Interactive Approaches for Families and School Classes

The presentation works with biographical insights, interactive elements, a puzzle trail for children, and an exhibition catalog. This offering is explicitly aimed at adults as well as young visitors. GRIMMWELT sees itself as an artistically, interactively, and multimedia-mediated experience space where originals, installations, and educational formats interact. ([grimmwelt.de](https://www.grimmwelt.de/de/presse/eroeffnung-zwischen-gestalten-2))

The Venue: GRIMMWELT Kassel

GRIMMWELT Kassel is located at Weinbergstraße 21 in Kassel and is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm. Visitor information also includes accessible routes, recommendations for traveling by public transport, and guided tours for groups and special exhibitions. Thus, the house offers the best conditions for a cultural-educational exhibition visit. ([grimmwelt.de](https://www.grimmwelt.de/de/besucherinformationen))

Those who see Helga Gebert's images live experience an exhibition about the power of storytelling: poetic, wise, and full of figures that remain in the memory. Between Forms invites you to reread fairy tales and discover illustration as an independent art form. A visit promises discovery, wonder, and a multifaceted art experience - definitely worth seeing on-site. ([grimmwelt.de](https://www.grimmwelt.de/de/presse/eroeffnung-zwischen-gestalten-2))

Official Channels of Helga Gebert:

• Instagram: no official profile found
• Facebook: no official profile found
• YouTube: no official profile found
• Website: https://www.grimmwelt.de/de/presse/eroeffnung-zwischen-gestalten-2

Sources:

• GRIMMWELT Kassel - Press Kit for the Exhibition Opening
• GRIMMWELT Kassel - Visitor Information
• City of Kassel - GRIMMWELT Kassel
• GRIMMWELT Kassel - Group Tour Between Forms
• GRIMMWELT Kassel - School Classes Between Forms
• GRIMMWELT Kassel - Data Protection and Social Media Guidelines