Fons Hickmann at the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus: Poster Art as a Visual Thought Image
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Fons Hickmann: Poster art as a visual thought image
At the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art in the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus, the exhibition Fons Hickmann. Posters of today and before offers a concentrated look at three decades of internationally awarded poster creation. On October 25, 2026, visitors will encounter a visual culture where typography, image, color, and social reflection merge into precise design systems.
Typography between Experiment and Communication
Fons Hickmann, born in Hamm in 1966, is considered one of the defining German communication designers of the present. With the design studio founded in Berlin in 2001, he developed complex communication systems, book, magazine, and poster design. His graphic work follows the approach of understanding each project as an experiment.
The exhibition makes the poster visible as an independent cultural expression. Writing appears not only as a carrier of information but as an image, rhythm, and spatial force. Color fields, typographic compressions, and surprising image relationships direct perception and transform printed design into visual thought spaces.
Three Decades of Poster Design in the Museum
The solo exhibition spans three decades, focusing on Hickmann’s internationally acclaimed poster creation. The works exhibited were often produced in series for cultural clients. They are complemented by self- and media-reflective works as well as self-commissioned posters that address socio-political themes as paper interventions.
The Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art collected Hickmann’s works early on. A substantial donation has expanded the collection into a meaningful corpus. This results in an art-historically insightful examination of works that makes development lines, recurring design motifs, and the thought and play spaces of contemporary visual communication tangible.
Aesthetic Experience in the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus
The exhibition atmosphere of the former Diesel Power Plant enhances the impact of the posters. Between industrial architecture and concentrated curation, an art experience unfolds full of typographic precision, visual energy, and material presence. Paper, print, format, and surface enter into a dynamic dialogue with the space.
The exhibition is suitable for an intensive examination of works as well as for cultural education. It shows how graphic design structures perception, condenses information, and makes societal debates visible. Anyone interested in modern art, communication design, poster art, and the history of visual media will discover an extraordinary connection between design and critical reflection here.
Visitor Information
The exhibition is on view from October 3 to December 6, 2026. The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM. The regular admission fee is 4 Euros, and the reduced price is 3 Euros. A combination ticket for all exhibitions at the site is available for 6 Euros; visitors up to 18 years of age have free admission.
Conclusion: Experience Poster Art Live
Fons Hickmann. Posters of today and before invites art enthusiasts for an intense encounter with typography, communication design, and contemporary visual culture. The exhibition combines art-historical contextualization with sensual examination of works and opens new perspectives on the poster as an art form, information medium, and social thought space. A visit to the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus enriches the aesthetic experience and makes it visible how striking images emerge from letters, color, and area.
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