Fons Hickmann at Diesel Power Station Cottbus: Poster Art as a Visual Thought Image
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Fons Hickmann: Poster art as a visual thought image
The Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art presents the exhibition Fons Hickmann. Posters from today and before at the Diesel Power Station Cottbus. On November 1, 2026, a concentrated look opens up on three decades of internationally awarded poster creation and on the power of the poster as an independent cultural form of expression.
Three decades of visual experimentation
Fons Hickmann, born in Hamm in 1966, is one of the defining German communication designers of the present. With his design studio founded in Berlin in 2001, he developed complex communication systems, book designs, magazines, and posters. His design approach sees each project as an experiment, combining typographic precision with visual research.
Typography, color, and social reflection
The solo exhibition spans three decades and focuses on Hickmann's internationally awarded poster creation. Many works were created in series for cultural clients. They are complemented by self- and media-reflective designs as well as posters on commission that address socio-political issues as paper interventions.
In the examination of the works, it becomes visible how type, surface, image, rhythm, and color merge into precise visual statements. The poster does not appear merely as an advertising medium but as an independent art form, public thought image, and cultural memory of the present.
Aesthetic experience in the Diesel Power Station
The exhibition atmosphere of the former Diesel Power Station intensifies the tension between industrial spatial impact and graphic precision. Clear grids meet irritating image motifs, reduced color tones encounter expressive contrasts. The art experience emerges in the transition between immediate visual effect and precise analysis.
The curation also opens a tangible access to cultural education. Visitors learn how design shapes perception, compresses information, and makes social debates visible. The exhibition invites attendees to reconsider familiar communication patterns and consciously deepen the aesthetic experience of the medium poster.
Visitor information
The exhibition can be seen from October 3 to December 6, 2026, at the Diesel Power Station Cottbus. The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM. Regular admission is 4 Euro, reduced 3 Euro. Visitors under 18 enter free; a combo ticket for all exhibitions at the site costs 6 Euro.
Conclusion: Experience poster art live
Fons Hickmann. Posters from today and before connects design history, typography, social reflection, and sensual examination of works. Art enthusiasts can expect an inspiring art experience that makes contemporary visual communication perceivable from a new perspective. Anyone wishing to experience the aesthetic power of the poster firsthand and discover cultural design as precise visual language should definitely visit this exhibition at the Diesel Power Station Cottbus.
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