Since the mid-1990s, the universal genius Udo Lindenberg has created an extensive body of highly recognizable paintings. The human family romps around in peaceful coexistence, full of life and love. Astronauts and vampires appear on the canvas, as do Detective Coolman, Elli Pyrelli, Rudi Ratlos, the Kabeljau family and the piano teacher. And above it all, the comet takes off.
The ingenious multi-talent, who wrote music history as a singer and created an idiosyncratic, colorful oeuvre based on comics and cartoons as a painter and illustrator, is presented in all its facets in this very extensive exhibition. Serious themes such as the cycle on Goethe's main work Faust, the confrontation with the biblical commandments or his clear political stance in the fight against right-wing sentiment - with the Pimmelköppen, a separate species was created - stand alongside the cheerful nude nudes or the Andrea Doria sailing away.
The black contour line defines his figures and makes the master recognizable from the stroke. Muses and goddesses are just as much a part of the permanent staff as the panic-stricken artist himself: Hat and sunglasses are synonymous. Lindenberg has found his own technique with the liqueur cells, the name of which he has patented. The wide range of colors is astonishing: banana liqueur for a dark yellow and egg liqueur for a light yellow, peppermint liqueur for green, cherry liqueur for red or Blue Curaçao for blue.
A unique feature of the exhibition is that the development of his unconventional style can be traced with very early drawings and sketches that have never been exhibited before. Udo drew himself on the inside cover of the 1979 album livehaftig, and in 1984 he included a poster drawn in pure contour lines with the album Götterhämmerung. A fantastic cosmos emerges from the Udograms with the Panic President at the top.
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