Update and insights on the spectacular Museum Ludwig show!Wonderfully weird worlds of the painter “Ursula”April 6, 2023 at 10:15 AM
and April 6, 2023 at 06:30 PM
Museum Ludwig

Ursula, “At the Phaeacians”, 1974
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Dear ArtTalkers,

I’d like to give you all a heads-up on the new “Ursula” (Schultze-Bluhm) retrospective.

The opening was attended by the press, Cologne art dignitaries, and many young art lovers.

Maybe those art lovers are not so familiar with Ursula’s art but were attracted by the excellent reviews – including one in the New York Times – on her binary surrealist approach that is as fascinating as it is demonic.

What I loved and will share with you at the ArtTalks (and for those of you away at Easter, there is an additional morning ArtTalk on Wednesday April 19th, sign up below)

  • The beautiful extravaganza of this sprawling, very professional show - you can lose yourself in Ursula’s work and worlds.
  • Transitions and changeability. Moments of surprise. Especially in the use of texture, pattern and material.
  • Invention, fantasy and impact of saturated colors flow into every space of the canvas, recalling dreams and visions.

As a coach, I invite my clients to envision a better future for themselves. To create a personal vision that acts as an individual roadmap. Ursula’s artwork is visionary in a similar way. Her roadmap is a visual story full of references to anecdotes, nature, myth, legends, and of course the Cologne biblical Ursula story.

And Ursula makes defiant painting. Defiance in an artistic sense. Defiantly creating transformative beauty that morphs from one thing to the next in the magical setting of Museum Ludwig*

Won’t you join us to discover the visual fascination 🔥 of the unconscious mind?

Artfully yours,
Karla Schlaepfer

*You can hear more about my coaching passion and “magic” in the museum in my ICF podcast. The ArtTalks part is in the middle of the recording 😉

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Sessions

Session 1: April 6, 2023 at 10:15 AM (Register here via email)
Session 2: April 6, 2023 at 06:30 PM (Register here via email)

Sign Up Information

Register by Sunday, April 2. Why? My ArtTalks are labors of love – each ArtTalk is unique and requires time and resources to prepare for. Minimum number of ArtTalk participants: 5 Maximum number of ArtTalk participants: 15 If the minimum or maximum number is relevant, I will let you know via email at least 2 days before the ArtTalk. If don’t hear from me – you’re in and we’re on.

Venue

Museum Ludwig, Heinrich-Böll-Platz, 50667 Köln

Fee

Regular 20 €; 7€ kids/students; KölnTag is on the first Thursday of every month. The city of Cologne invites all its citizens to visit the city’s museums’ permanent collections and many special exhibitions for free. Your identity card is valid as an admission ticket. Standard museum entrance fee applies on Wednesday, April 19th.

Please transfer the ArtTalk fee with your registration a week before the ArtTalk. If you pay and cannot attend, let me know where I can transfer your money back to you.

Bank Account

DE 17 6723 0000 4019 2455 50

Further Information

We’ll meet in the middle of the central foyer. Remember large bags (bigger than an A4 piece of paper) must be checked. Feel free to reach out to me Karla Schlaepfer: info@art-talks.de if you have any questions.