Curved Skulptur

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unpacking 3 – What does Jak R. Maier’s estate contain?

2 min reading time

On bauhaus stories, we dive into the unpacking events’ topics with interviews, essays and features, thus providing a deeper understanding of the exhibition and key questions of museum collection practices.

“Accepting an artistic estate is a big responsibility”

At the last station of the exhibition “Unpacking Jak R. Maier”, visitors are invited to share what their estate would look like.

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The attorney and university lecturer Anna Kathrin Distelkamp explains that accepting an inheritance is a big responsibility and can be more complicated than it seems. How then does a museum inherit the right way?

unpacking jak r. maier

The estate of Jak R. Maier consists of drawings, photographs, sculptures, and diverse documents. Most of them are decades old and reveal much about Maier’s life and career. With our guests and colleagues from the archiving and restoration department, we explore Maier’s artistic and professional development.