Opening: Thursday, 12 September 2013, 7 p.m.
Exhibition: 13 September – 2 November 2013
galerie hiltawsky / Tucholskystrasse 41 / 10117 Berlin, Germany
For the last seven years Holger Jacobs has taken portraits of well-known personalities, asking each of his subjects to hand-write a statement they wish to share with others – the content was theirs to choose. This exhibition presents some 30 portraits and accompanying texts, including those of German humorist Loriot who died in 2011, of former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, and of internationally acclaimed architect Daniel Libeskind.
The impetus behind Jacobs’ series, titled “WORDS,” was the United Nations Literacy Decade from 2003 to 2012 that has aimed to eradicate the analphabetism prevailing among an estimated 800 million people worldwide. (mehr …)