From the exhibition to the kitchen

Traditional lithography, also known as stone printing, is a flat printing process using special stone plates. Originally used for labels, posters and cards in large editions, it is based on the repulsion of fat and water. With offset printing, lithography was increasingly discovered as an artistic medium.

This principle also works with everyday objects. So-called kitchen lithography is a simple printing technique that can be implemented using materials from the kitchen. Aluminum foil, cola and fatty drawing utensils such as oil, wax crayons or lipstick are used to design the motif. After pouring cola over it and rolling it with printing ink, the motif is transferred to paper with a wooden spoon. This process enables creative experiments and colorful work.

Ingeborg Flierl (*1926 in Berlin) created over 200 tapestries, numerous appliqués, lithographs and ceramic works. The special exhibition shows unknown drawings and lithographs from the 1950s and 1960s for the first time. During her time at Kollwitzplatz in Prenzlauer Berg (1956-1961/62) she was unable to weave tapestries due to a lack of a loom and instead devoted herself to drawing her everyday life and the city. The exhibition places a special focus on these documentary works and their context in contemporary history.