STREIFZÜGE – UITSTAPJES

From 9-11 May 2025, a joint German-Dutch exhibition will take place at K37 (Waldhausenerstr. 37, 41061 Mönchengladbach). It is organised by K37 in cooperation with the VHS Mönchengladbach, the ADFC Mönchengladbach and the MGMG.


The ‘Streifzüge’ project is made possible by the Interreg Germany-Nederland programme and co-financed by the European Union.

The theme of this year's European joint exhibition is: Active artistic exchange as a building block of the living European bond between two cities.

Works of art, objects and paintings by artists from Mönchengladbach and the Roermond region will be on display.

There will also be an extensive supporting programme including a vernissage and a guided bike tour in Mönchengladbach.

The aim is to contribute to a lively partnership between the two communities and to vitalise encounters and exchanges between artists and citizens of both places.

In total, three Dutch artists and three artists from Mönchengladbach will give a joint insight into their work.

Three artists from the Roermond region will be represented:
Louk Weyers (Sculptures/Grathem), whose sculptures made of synthetic resin, figurative or abstract, in the transitional area between art and handicrafts, are particularly striking due to their colourful design.

Peter Jentjens (Clay handicraft/Roermond), whose sculptures and ceramics attempt to fully utilise the possibilities of clay as a material. The creative combination of individual workpieces to form a figurative whole is an interesting aspect of his work.

Marleen Hansen (art painter/Melick), her paintings attempt to emphasise the triad of experience, emotion and artistic expression. The pictures are often kept in abstract forms and yet remain easy to grasp, making it possible to empathise with them in a successful way.

From Mönchengladbach are represented: Jutta Weidemann-Tigges (art painter/Mönchengladbach) whose paintings, still oriented towards photorealism, take on an increasingly impressionistic character through the use of bold and often flat applications of colour.

Jürgen Heinze (sculptor/Korschenbroich), whose sculptures made from former technical utensils blur the distinction between the human and the mechanical, and

Reinhard Tigges (sculptor/Mönchengladbach), who utilises the formal language of surrealism when he conceives movement as a spaceless abstraction and thus approaches the human psyche itself as a subject.

The exhibition is entitled „STREIFZÜGE – UITSTAPJES“ and illuminates intense and individual moments of encounter. Be it encounters in our lives and their expression on the canvas or materials and machines. We want to explore the differences and similarities between different perceptions of and approaches to art. Is the artwork a pure reflection on real events and encounters or does it not create precisely this moment of encounter in the first place?...

On Friday, 9 May at 19:00 the event will kick off with a vernissage. In addition to a welcoming address by Lord Mayor Felix Heinrichs, there will also be an art-historical overview of the theme of the exhibition and its significance in the visual arts. The vernissage is open to the public.

Afterwards, there will be enough time to talk to the artists about their work.

On Saturday, 10 May at 14:00 visitors will have the opportunity to discuss the artworks together over a relaxed brunch The artists will present an exemplary work and its creative process.

On Sunday, 11 May at 14:30 an „ArtRIDE“, will take place in cooperation with the ADFC MG. In just under 1 ½ hours, various publicly accessible works of art in Mönchengladbach are visited by bike. A city guide will provide interesting information about each work of art. The tour starts at 14:30 at K37. Rental bikes are available nearby.

All events are free of charge and open to all interested citizens.

Opening hours of the exhibition:

9.5.2025 from 19:00 Uhr
10.5.2025 from 14:00 Uhr to 19:00 Uhr
11.5.2025 from 13:00 Uhr to 18:00 Uhr

Address of the art room:
K37 Waldhausenerstraße 37
41061 Mönchengladbach
mgk37@web.de