Newsletter April 2025

Dear customers,

We hope spring is on its way for you too. Quite a while has passed since we sent out the last newsletter - so now we have more to report. With this in mind, we look back on an eventful 2024 with impressive exhibitions as well as installations and look forward to exciting projects in the future.


Photo: Andrea Seifert
 

 

Exhibition "Alles in Ordnung" ["Everything is in Order"] at the Art Museum Celle
Since 08. March 2025, selected series of works show how Ottmar Hörl combines chaos and control and at the same time, focuses on what is probably the most important system of order: nature. The exhibition can be seen at the Kunstmuseum Celle until 14. September 2025.

> More Details about "Everything is in Order"

 


Photo: Klaus Schwichtenberg

Exhibition "Solo" in Essen
From 14. March 2025 - 03. May 2025, Galerie Obrist presents a selection of works by Ottmar Hörl. Among other things, the Worldview Model III, paintings and various Salient Points can be seen.

> More Details about "Solo"

 

 

Photo: Christoph Sebastian

Sculptural Installation "Besser der Spatz in der Hand als die Taube auf dem Dach" ["Better the Sparrow in the Hand than the Pigeon on the Roof"] in Essen
200 golden sparrows adorned the glass pavilion in Grugapark in Essen from 15. March 2025 - 12. April 2025.

> More Details about "Better the Sparrow in the Hand than the Pigeon on the Roof"

 


Photo: Michael Hofmann
 

 

Exhibition "Konzeptuelle Kunst" ["Conceptual Art"] in Baden-Baden
The Gesellschaft der Freunde Junger Kunst e.V. ["Society of Friends of Young Art"] shows a selection of works by Ottmar Hörl from 30. March 2025 - 18. May 2025. The exhibition presents key works from 1983 to 2025 and invites visitors to rethink art.

> More Details about "Conceptual Art"

 


Excerpt / Review of 2024

 

Photo: Karl Manfred Rennertz

Outdoor Installation "Scultura 24" in Baden-Baden
In March 2024, the open-air exhibition "Scultura 24", organised by the Society of Friends of Young Art, was presented on the Florentinerberg around the Alte Dampfbad.

> More Details about "Scultura 24"

 

 

Photo: Peter Müller

Sculptural Installation "Grüße die Hühner" ["Greetings to the Chicken"], 9th Swiss Triennial in Bad Ragaz
The 9th Swiss Triennial was presented in Bad Ragaz from 4. May 2024 to 30. October 2024. The larger-than-life pair of chickens was the motif of the installation.

> More Details about "Greetings to the Chicken"

 


Photo: Günter Van Meegen

Sculptural Installation "Wölfe in der Stadt" ["Wolves in the City"] in Kalkar
From 25. May 2024 - 6. October 2024, 25 wolves adorned the Jacobuswall in Kalkar. The installation was accompanied by an exhibition of selected paintings by Ottmar Hörl at studio20.21.

> More Details about "Wolves in the City"

 

 

Photo: Michael Agel

Sculptural Installation "Der junge Goethe" ["The Young Goethe"] in Wetzlar
100 goldfarbene Goethe-Skulpturen bildeten vom 09. Juni - 14. Juni 2024 ein Highlight zum Auftakt des Jubiläums 250 Jahre Goethes Werther in Wetzlar.

> More Details about "The Young Goethe"

 


Photo: Michael Hofmann

Installation, Painting and Individual Objects "Auf zu neuen Ufern" ["Off to New Shores"], Castle Mochental - Gallery Schrade
The installation and exhibition of paintings and individual objects "Off to New Shores" was presented at Schloss Mochental from 16. June 2024 - 01. September 2024.

> More Details about "Off to New Shores"

 

 

Photo: Bernd Saupe

Sculptural Installation "Richard Wagner-Die Verneigung" ["Richard Wagner - The Bow"] in Bayreuth
In 2024, Ottmar Hörl once again developed a sculpture project for the Bayreuth Festival: "Richard Wagner - The Bow".

> More Details about "Richard Wagner - The Bow"

 


Photo: Günter Seggebäing

Sculptural Installation "Anna Katharina Emmerick - Zwischen Himmel und Erde" ["Anna Katharina Emmerick - Between Heaven and Earth"] in Coesfeld
To mark the 250th birthday of Anna Katharina Emmerick in August 2024, Ottmar Hörl created an installation of 250 sculptures of the famous Coesfeld nun and mystic.

> More Details about "Anna Katharina Emmerick - Between Heaven and Earth"

 

 

Photo: Bernd Sadlo

Sculptural Installation "Friedrich Schiller" in Marbach
Also to mark the 250th birthday of Friedrich Schiller, 100 Schiller sculptures were presented in front of the town hall in Marbach am Neckar on 10. November 2024.

> More Details about "Friedrich Schiller"

 


Outlook 2025

 

 

(1) Sculptural Installation "Garten der Sterne" ["Garden of Stars"]
08. May 2025 - end of the year 2025, Castle Park in Europa-Park, Rust

(2) Sculptural Installation "Pierre Boulez"
31. May 2025 - 09. June 2025, Baden-Baden

(3) Sculptural Installation "Forever Young"
14. June 2025 - 12. September 2025, Platz Neue Mitte, Westerland, Sylt

(4) Exhibition "Zwischen Himmel und Erde" ["Between Heaven and Earth"]
29. June 2025 - 27. July 2025, Erbachshof, Eisingen

(5) Sculptural Installation Mörfelden-Walldorf
20. July 2025 - 07. September 2025, Park at the Community Centre in Mörfelden, Mörfelden-Walldorf

(6) Exhibition "Malereien" ["Paintings"]
23. July 2025 - 29. August 2025, Building of the Upper Franconia Government, Bayreuth

(7) Sculptural Installation "Der Mäzen" ["The Patron"]
25. July 2025 - 26. August 2025, Green Hill in front of the Festival Theatre, Bayreuth

(8) Exhibition "Skateboard"
27. July 2025 - 14. September 2025, Altes Dampfbad, Baden-Baden

(9) Sculptural Installation "Caroline Mathilde"
16. August 2025 - 14. September 2025, Schlossplatz, Celle

(10) Exhibition on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of Gallery Jaeschke
08. November - 09. November 2025, Gallery Jaescke, Braunschweig

 


News from the Shop

 

30 Years Sponti – New Edition with the „Velvet Sponti“, 2024
The Sponti was given a new, velvety look for its 30th birthday.

> View Velvet Sponti in the Shop

 

 

Ping & Pong, 2019
The two sides of the rackets show the faces of Trump and Jong-un in delicate silkscreen prints – Trump on red and Jong-un on black.

> View Ping & Pong in the Shop

 


Photo: Eva Schickler

Greta, 2022
We still have a few figures from the installation with superficial signs of wear in stock at a price of EUR 400 (unsigned) or EUR 700 (signed).

If you are interested, please contact us at shop@ottmarhoerl.de

> View Greta in the Shop

 

 

Photo: Eva Schickler

Bertolt Brecht, 2019
Ottmar Hörl realised Bertolt Brecht, who was born in Augbsburg, in an unusual way: as a serial sculpture. We still have a few sculptures in bronze and blue-grey available.

> View Bertolt Brecht in the Shop

 


Photo: Christoph Sebastian
 

 

Sparrow, 2025
After the installation "Better the Sparrow in the Hand than the Pigeon on the Roof" has been completed, the sculpture is expected to be available in our online shop in April.

 


We wish you a happy Easter season and would be delighted if you visit one of these events. See you soon!

 


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