50 years Galerie Handwerk Munchen

Galerie Handwerk, run by the Chamber of Crafts and Trades for Munich and Upper Bavaria, will celebrate its 50th anniversary this October. Initially founded as a private gallery, in 1975 it was affiliated with the Bavarian Crafts Council and subsequently with the Chamber of Crafts and Trades. It is considered the only cultural institution for the applied arts in Germany whose aim was and remains to provide the creative crafts with a site of international networking, exchange, and commercial opportunities.
 
An exhibition is planned to mark the 50th anniversary of Galerie Handwerk. It will be devoted exclusively to Munich workshops and studios active in the fields of glass, ceramics, jewellery, textiles, metal, paper, and set design. The show will reflect the diversity and quality of design that are characteristic of Munich. At the same time, the decidedly international nature of the creative crafts and applied arts in this city will be embodied by the exhibitors, a full one-third of whom originated from other countries and have been living and working here for a considerable time. 


Artists list
Alexandra Bahlmann, Otto Baier, Peter Bauhuis, Kerstin Becker, Manfred Bergmeister, Doris Betz, David Bielander, Alexander Blank, Christian Blank, Thierry Boissel, Helen Britton, Eunmi Chun, Heigert & Möbs, Alexander Emil Deubl, Nandl Eska, Doerthe Fuchs, Christine Graf, Sandra Hasenöder, Therese Hilbert, Daniel Huss, Mari Ishikawa, Junwon Jung, Ike Jünger, Jiro Kamata, Elisabeth Klein and Klaus Hackl, Otto Künzli, Annamaria Leiste, Mechthild Lobisch, Christa Lühtje, Mayer'sche Hofkunstanstalt GmbH Mayer of Munich with Kiki Smith, Ruth Gurvich and Shahzia Sikander, Yutaka Minegischi, Christian Muhscheid, Enrico Nagai, Henriette Olbertz-Weinfurter, Gabriele von Pechmann, Karen Pontoppidian, Dorothea Reese-Heim, Billa Reitzner, Gerd Rothmann, Barbara Schrobenhauser, Henriette Schuster, Bongchull Shin, Hubertus von Skal, Gisbert Stach, Keiyona C. Stumpf, Mirei Takeuchi, Takayoshi Terajima, Gustav von Treeck, Werkstätten für Mosaik und Glasmalerei GmbH with Jan Davidoff, Christine Wagner, Florian Weichsberger, Christiane Wilhelm, and Lugh Amber Wittich.