Exhibition „OTTMAR HÖRL - REFERENCE“, Mochental palace
Until 16 July 2017 a large exhibition by Galerie Schrade running at the stunning Baroque Mochental palace offers a current view on Hörl's oeuvre as a conceptual artist. Exhibits include works from the following series: "Broom Pieces", "Modern Sculpture" an "Sculpture in the Gordian Style".

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On show until 18 June 2017: "Pop Art" exhibition at Stadthaus Alter Bahnhof arts centre, Traben-Trarbach
Coca-Cola bottles, Campbell's soup cans, pin-up girls and comic-strip heroes: all this and much more is characteristic of Pop Art imagery. The exhibition running at the Stadthaus Alter Bahnhof arts centre showcases some eighty to a hundred exhibits by pop art artists – including pieces by Jim Dine, Ottmar, Hörl, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, and other exponents.

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Video of Zeppelin installation
You haven't been able to make it to the "The first step is always the hardest" exhibition in Friedrichshafen? Enjoy a German video clip on the installation. Starting from 2 June, the Zeppelin figure will once again be presented as part of the Zeppelin Museum's summer exhibition, "CULT! LEGENDS, STARS AND ICONS".

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16 to 18 June 2017: "HEAVEN'S AID" exhibition in Landau
To coincide with the 30th Wine Days celebrated in Germany's Südliche Weinstraße [Southern Wine Route] region, a festival to showcase the latest wines from the Southern Palatinate in dialogue with art, Ottmar Hörl has come up with a special concept for a retrospective of his works. His Guardian Angels will, for instance, grace the courtyard of Frank-Loeb House in Landau.

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On show until 31 August 2017: "Falada" – an installation featuring horse heads in Dülmen
In collaboration with the Dülmener Kunstverein art society, Horse Heads created by Ottmar Hörl are exhibited in Dülmen's urban space, attached to the walls of different houses. The installation visualises Dülmen's symbol, wild horses. An exhibition presented at the Dülmen Designlager from early July entitled "Figurines – Sculptures by Ottmar Hörl, 1994-2017" will complement the art event.

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(1) POP ART 
6 April to 18 June 2017, Stadthaus "Alter Bahnhof", Traben-Trarbach
an exhibition of the Kaschenbach Gallery, Trier
featuring works of Jim Dine, Ottmar, Hörl, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol et al.
www.galeriekaschenbach.de

(2) OTTMAR HÖRL - REFERENCE
30 April to 16 July 2017, Galerie Schrade, Schloss Mochental 
www.galerie-schrade.de

(3) 500 years of the Reformation in Villach
5 May to 31 October 2017, Museum of the city of Villach, Austria

(4) Falada
Installaton with Horse Heads
25 May to 31 August 2017, Stadtraum Dülmen

(5) CULT! LEGENDS, STARS AND ICONS
2 June to 15 October 2017, Zeppelin-Museum
www.zeppelin-museum.de

(6) HEAVEN´s AID
16 to 18 June 2017, Frank-Loebsches Haus, Landau i. d. Pfalz
www.suedlicheweinstrasse.de

(7) Ottmar Hörl - Sculpture
from 23 June 2017, Kunst und Kultur am Dachsberg, Blindeninstitut Rückersdorf [Art and Culture at Dachsberg, Institute for the Blind Rückersdorf]
www.kunstkultur-dachsberg.de

(8) We love Animals 
1 July to 15 October 2017, Kunstmuseum Ravensburg
www.kunstmuseum-ravensburg.de

(9) Pretty Best Friends
7 July to 9 July 2017, an exhibition of Galerie ABTART,
Spitalhof, Filderbahnstraße 29, 70567 Stuttgart

(10) Figurines
Sculptures from Ottmar Hörl 1994 - 2017
Opening 9 July at 11 a.m. u
9 July to 31 August 2017, Designlager, Dülmen
www.designlager.de

(11) Ottmar Hörl Sculpture 
25 July to 28 August 2017, Walhall Lounge, Festspielhügel 4, 95445 Bayreuth
Website Wallhall Lounge

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German Monument Protection Authority prevents erection of multicultural "Hörl Family" close to monument by Nazi artist
On the grounds that it is "non-tolerable", the Rüsselsheim Lower Monument Protection Authority rejected an application by housing company Gewobau to erect a multicoloured group of figures created by Ottmar Hörl to mark the occasion of the 2017 Hessentag (or Hessian Day). The group of figures was to be positioned in the square outside the railway station, in the vicinity of automaker Opel's historic factory façade and a monument to Adam Opel. Read the complete report on the current discussion about the group of sculptures entitled "Family Get-together".

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