Fons Hickmann at Diesel Power Plant Cottbus: Experiencing Poster Art Anew
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Fons Hickmann: Poster Art Between Image, Language, and Society
The Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art is dedicating a focused solo exhibition to Fons Hickmann, showcasing three decades of internationally awarded poster creation. On November 12, 2026, the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus will open an exciting access to an art form that shapes our public space and simultaneously functions as an independent visual language.
Typography as a Visual Idea
Fons Hickmann, born in Hamm in 1966, studied communication design, photography, aesthetics, and media theory. With his design studio Fons Hickmann m23, founded in Berlin in 2001, he developed a distinctive position in contemporary communication design. His works combine typographical precision with conceptual clarity and social reflection.
Posters Between Information and Aesthetic Experience
The exhibition features posters from various creative phases and illustrates how type, color, pictograms, and surfaces become independent compositions. Some works appear as immediate, powerful signs; others reveal themselves only through careful examination. In this tension, the poster unfolds as a visual idea, cultural repository, and instrument of public communication.
Design, Society, and Cultural Education
The displayed works often originated in series for cultural clients. They are complemented by self- and media-reflective designs as well as self-commissioned posters that address socio-political themes as paper interventions. The curation thus opens an art-historical perspective on graphic design as an art movement between applied design, visual research, and political imagery.
An Art Experience at the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus
The exhibition atmosphere of the historic Diesel Power Plant enhances the impact of the posters: clear forms, strong contrasts, and precisely set type enter into an immediate dialogue with the space. Visitors experience how design directs perception, condenses information, and translates cultural events into memorable images. Fons Hickmann's works sharpen the eye for the visual environment of everyday life.
Conclusion: Discover Poster Art Live
Fons Hickmann. Posters of Today and Before connects design history, aesthetic experience, and social observation into an inspiring art experience. Anyone wanting to directly experience the impact of typography, color, and surface and see the cultural significance of the poster anew should definitely visit the exhibition at the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus.
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