Name: Between Shapes | Helga Gebert
Start: 2026-07-23T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2027-01-24T19:00:00+01:00
Location: GRIMMWELT Kassel

Between Images and Stories: Helga Gebert at GRIMMWELT Kassel

The special exhibition BETWEEN SHAPES | HELGA GEBERT. Telling in Image and Word opens a poetic space for illustration, fairy tales, and the art of storytelling at GRIMMWELT Kassel. Helga Gebert's work combines biographical depth with playful inventiveness and makes visible how images not only accompany stories but also shape, shift, and reinterpret them.

Illustration as a Living Form of Narrative

At the center is the question of how illustrations affect reading: as a resonance space for memory, as an impulse for imagination, and as an independent visual language. Gebert's work on Grimm's fairy tales, One Thousand and One Nights, and her own stories shows an art that transforms familiar themes with fine humor and creative freedom. This is precisely where her art-historical significance lies: She represents the renewal of the German children's and youth book in the 1970s and an illustration that takes storytelling seriously without losing its playful magic.

Biographical Insights and Art Educational Approaches

The exhibition connects a viewing of the works with biographical insights, interactive elements, and a puzzle trail for children. This turns art mediation into an art experience for multiple generations. The tour invites visitors to attentively read body postures, facial expressions, and image details, bringing their own imagination into conversation with the drawn figures. Thus, an exhibition atmosphere is created in which cultural education, aesthetic experience, and childish curiosity seamlessly intertwine.

A Place for Adults, Children, and Fairy Tale Lovers

GRIMMWELT Kassel anchors the exhibition in a house that contemporarily conveys art, language, and culture. Between historical references, modern presentation, and educational formats, a multifaceted view of storytelling as a cultural practice unfolds. The accompanying exhibition catalog deepens the perspectives on Helga Gebert's work and makes the exhibition also scientifically relevant.

Conclusion: Those interested in illustration, fairy tales, storytelling, and the history of children's books will find an exhibition full of visual power, intelligence, and warmth here. BETWEEN SHAPES is an ideal opportunity to discover Helga Gebert's work in its original form and to experience the power of images live.