One of the discoveries from our exhibition »Echtzeit« is the painter Grit Richter. She has found a way to bring emotion onto the canvas, developing a visual language that answers the question of figuration versus abstraction in a distinctly personal way. Her paintings are constructions inspired by a wide range of aesthetic elements – from the smooth surfaces of Pop Art to the semantic ambiguity of Surrealism
»I think art is universal. It can overcome social boundaries and show what we have in common. We can only meet the challenges of our time with powerful gentleness and humanity. Soft power is all about that ongoing strength that makes hope and solidarity obvious.«
Key themes in her work include love and intimacy. Emotions such as fragility, exhaustion, and connectedness seem to be absorbed and reflected back by her paintings – quite literally, in fact: a phosphorescent glow, as if emanating from within, is one of the defining features of Grit Richter’s approach to colour.
Exhibition dates
Yoga & Art – Soft Power Flow
In the exhibition "Grit Richter - Soft Power"
Focussing in the midst of art, being attentive and finding yourself through gentle movements. Easy-to-execute flows and conscious breathing make it possible to connect with Grit Richter's art in an unagitated way.
Each session starts with an impulse to the pictures in the exhibition. These impulses are then taken up in the yoga class and transformed into movement.
With Caro Wagner (Yogahaus Dresden), Claudia Meusel and Franziska Schmidt (Education and Mediation)
- Duration: 75 min.
- Meeting point at the cash desk
- Single lesson: €21
5-person card - 6 weeks: €92
Shapes and colour speak – creative encounters on paper
Workshop with Pietro Sabatelli
What happens when two people create a picture together - without words, using only colours and shapes? Inspired by the "Soft Power" exhibition, we invite you to a special kind of workshop.
The focus is on the method of dialogue painting: two people work simultaneously and on an equal footing on a joint picture. It is not about "right" or "wrong", but about working together, reacting, allowing.
With Pietro Sabatelli, artist and art therapist and Claudia Meusel/ Franziska Schmidt (art mediators)
- Admission: 10 €
- Please book in good time online or by calling the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on 0351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri).
Yoga & Art – Soft Power Flow
In the exhibition "Grit Richter - Soft Power"
Focussing in the midst of art, being attentive and finding yourself through gentle movements. Easy-to-execute flows and conscious breathing make it possible to connect with Grit Richter's art in an unagitated way.
Each session starts with an impulse to the pictures in the exhibition. These impulses are then taken up in the yoga class and transformed into movement.
With Caro Wagner (Yogahaus Dresden), Claudia Meusel and Franziska Schmidt (Education and Mediation)
- Duration: 75 min.
- Meeting point at the cash desk
- Single lesson: €21
5-person card - 6 weeks: €92
Yoga & Art – Soft Power Flow
In the exhibition "Grit Richter - Soft Power"
Focussing in the midst of art, being attentive and finding yourself through gentle movements. Easy-to-execute flows and conscious breathing make it possible to connect with Grit Richter's art in an unagitated way.
Each session starts with an impulse to the pictures in the exhibition. These impulses are then taken up in the yoga class and transformed into movement.
With Caro Wagner (Yogahaus Dresden), Claudia Meusel and Franziska Schmidt (Education and Mediation)
- Duration: 75 min.
- Meeting point at the cash desk
- Single lesson: €21
5-person card - 6 weeks: €92
Yoga & Art – Soft Power Flow
In the exhibition "Grit Richter - Soft Power"
Focussing in the midst of art, being attentive and finding yourself through gentle movements. Easy-to-execute flows and conscious breathing make it possible to connect with Grit Richter's art in an unagitated way.
Each session starts with an impulse to the pictures in the exhibition. These impulses are then taken up in the yoga class and transformed into movement.
With Caro Wagner (Yogahaus Dresden), Claudia Meusel and Franziska Schmidt (Education and Mediation)
- Duration: 75 min.
- Meeting point at the cash desk
- Single lesson: €21
5-person card - 6 weeks: €92
Fabric bag workshop – soft power you can touch
Holiday workshop
In this workshop, we will try out the painter's techniques and apply them to a fabric bag: Be creative with tape, stencils and bleaching, create colour gradients and make colours glow. We will ask ourselves important questions such as: "What gives you strength", "What robs you of energy"?
- Age: 8 to 14 years
- Duration: 2 h
- Cost: €5 per person
- Registration online or at the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri)
Yoga & Art – Soft Power Flow
In the exhibition "Grit Richter - Soft Power"
Focussing in the midst of art, being attentive and finding yourself through gentle movements. Easy-to-execute flows and conscious breathing make it possible to connect with Grit Richter's art in an unagitated way.
Each session starts with an impulse to the pictures in the exhibition. These impulses are then taken up in the yoga class and transformed into movement.
With Caro Wagner (Yogahaus Dresden), Claudia Meusel and Franziska Schmidt (Education and Mediation)
- Duration: 75 min.
- Meeting point at the cash desk
- Single lesson: €21
5-person card - 6 weeks: €92
Embroidery meets art
Embroidery workshop with the artist Bela Àlvarez
Use a needle and thread to transform works of art by artist Grit Richter. Make your own little work of art!
- Age: 8 to 14 years
- Duration: 2.5 h
- Cost: €5 per person
- Registration online or at the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri)
Yoga & Art – Soft Power Flow
In the exhibition "Grit Richter - Soft Power"
Focussing in the midst of art, being attentive and finding yourself through gentle movements. Easy-to-execute flows and conscious breathing make it possible to connect with Grit Richter's art in an unagitated way.
Each session starts with an impulse to the pictures in the exhibition. These impulses are then taken up in the yoga class and transformed into movement.
With Caro Wagner (Yogahaus Dresden), Claudia Meusel and Franziska Schmidt (Education and Mediation)
- Duration: 75 min.
- Meeting point at the cash desk
- Single lesson: €21
5-person card - 6 weeks: €92
KUNSTimPULS with Bela Alvarez
Workshop in the special exhibition "Grit Richter - Soft Power"
KunstImPuls is a workshop evening where you can become active yourself and be inspired by the current exhibitions and artistic creations of contemporary artists.
In this workshop, Grit Richter's paintings and installations meet the artistic approach of the artist Bela Alvarez. Based on the exhibition title "Soft Power", we invite you to track down your own sources of energy and use them to open up your own pictorial spaces by playing with needle and thread.
- With Bela Alvarez (artist) and Claudia Meusel/ Franziska Schmidt (art mediators)
- Duration: 3 hours
- Cost: €10 per person (incl. materials), limited number of participants
- Meeting point: at the ticket office
- Registration online or at the Visitor Service of the Museums of the City of Dresden on +49 351 488 7272 (Mon - Fri)
Grit Richter – Soft Power
Guided tour of the special exhibition
- Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Meeting point at the ticket office
- Guided tour free of charge, plus museum admission
