Current
Jim Dine - Chasing scale and color (12.06. - 28.09.2025) - extended until 05.10.2025
Jim Dine (*1935) is often mentioned in the same breath as Pop Art artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein or Claes Oldenburg - even if he does not consider himself a representative of this art movement. The work of the internationally renowned American artist encompasses painting, drawing, graphics, sculpture and photography. Individual, recurring motifs play a central role: these include self-portraits, the heart symbol, the figure of Pinocchio, tools such as hammers, pliers or paintbrushes and ancient sculptures, in particular the Venus de Milo. Many of the motifs have a biographical reference, they are the subject of self-reflection and stand for an intensive examination of personal themes.
The exhibition, conceived in cooperation with the renowned Steidl Verlag, includes more recent works in which Dine takes up his central repertoire of motifs. They increasingly show an approach to abstraction. The special highlight of the exhibition are two large-format paintings that Dine has only recently completed. They have never been exhibited before and are now being presented to the public for the first time at the Stadtmuseum Hofheim.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalog published by Steidl Verlag.
ME # 6
2020
Öl auf Holztafel
65 x 54 cm
Sammlung des Künstlers
Welcome
Christian Vogt, Mayor
Greetings
Dr. Friederike Lohse, 1st Chairwoman of the Förderkreis Stadtmuseum Hofheim am Taunus e.V.
Dr. Susanne Völker, Managing Director Gemeinnützige Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain GmbH
Introduction
Dr. Inga Remmers, Museum Director
Gerhard Steidl, Publisher of Jim Dine
Please note that you must register for the event due to the limited number of seats available. Unfortunately, we can only provide a few seats.
Gerhard Steidl and Jim Dine in conversation
Jim Dine and publisher Gerhard Steidl have been friends for over 20 years. Together they have already realized over 38 book projects and curated several exhibitions worldwide. In this conversation, they give an insight into their many years of close collaboration and the art of book design.
Date on 04.09.2025 at 19.30
Price: 12 €
Remembering Ann Arensberg
2024-2025
Mixed Media auf Holztafel
(Bronze, Stahlrohre, Tisch, Acrylfarbe und Objet trouvé)
224 x 417 cm
Sammlung des Künstlers
Guided tours on Sunday
Sundays, 15.06., 29.06., 13.07., 03.08., 17.08., 07.09., 28.09.2025, 11.15 a.m. each day
Lunch Break - Express tours
Wednesdays, 25.06., 09.07., 20.08., 03.09., 17.09.2025, 12.30 pm each day
Between image and word - mixed media meets poetry
Which symbols, words and colors tell your story? In the workshop, we combine images and text to create expressive works. Inspired by Jim Dine, we will create personal collages that combine symbols and text elements. Whether poetic, abstract or expressive - you decide the design! Finally, we will focus on free writing techniques. It will be an evening dedicated to art and poetry - come along!
Thursdays, 26.06., 17.07., 21.08., 18.09.2025
each 18.00
Duration: approx. 2-3 h
Price: €16 incl. materials
A matter of the heart - designing mixed media hearts according to Jim Dine
Inspired by Jim Dine's works, we create colorful hearts from different materials. Wax crayons, tissue paper and glue help us to emphasize contrasts, explore shapes and play with repetition. Instead of the heart, you can of course choose a different motif. Before we get started in the workshop, there will be a short guided tour of the exhibition and we will look at Jim Dine's pictures together.
Wednesdays, 16.07., 20.08., 10.09.2025, 3.00 pm and Sundays, 06.07., 07.09.2025, 11.30 am
Duration: approx. 2 h
Price: €5 incl. materials
Guided tours for different age groups
We offer age-appropriate dialogical guided tours on request. We are happy to cater to individual wishes and needs.
Duration: approx. 1 h; price: € 1
Shapes, colors, polymer clay - sculpting according to Jim Dine
After a short tour of the exhibition, we will dedicate ourselves to the art of Jim Dine and create sculptures with polymer clay. Whether colorful hearts, tools or objects based on our own ideas - the clay-like material can do almost anything. We playfully try our hand at modeling and develop a feel for shapes and colors. Fimo dries in the air, so the works of art can be taken home directly.
Feel art, design art - a creative tour
Experience, discover, design - the workshop combines an interactive tour with creative work! We get to the bottom of Jim Dine's art, using tactile objects to get a feel for his mixed media works. After the joint discovery tour, it gets practical: inspired by Dine's large-format art, we create a joint work on a long roll of paper - colorful, free and wild. A museum visit to touch and create!
Self-portrait after Jim Dine
In the workshop, we go on a personal search for clues: Who am I and how can I make this visible? Based on Jim Dine, who uses motifs such as tools and everyday objects to refer to his own biography or reflect on personal themes, we will create an individual self-portrait - not as a realistic image, but as a free, associative collage.
Duration: approx. 2 hours; price: €5