Art Meets Nature

An exhibition of the graphical art of Joan Miró

Revenues of the exhibition support the project Congohounds in Virunga National Park, Congo

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MIRUNGA I

Bayerisch Eisenstein, 17.12.2017 - 15.4.2018

The first MIRUNGA exhibition took place during winter 2017-2018 in the gallery Kunsträume Grenzenlos in Bayerisch Eisenstein, Bavaria. The exhibition was very successful and the organizers donated 12500€ to the Congohounds.

56 originals of Joan Miró's graphical art (mostly lithographs) from a private collection were shown. The project Congohounds was presented along with the art. The american fotographer Adam Kiefer donated photos from Virunga National Park, which were shown in two rooms.

The event was organized by Christian Bayerl, Sven Bauer, Fritz Bauer, Christa Bauer (all from Zwiesel), Ingrid Rankl (Munich) und Ralf Denzer (Gaiberg). Sven Bauer was the curator.

Flyer (German and Czech) and press (German)

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MIRUNGA II

Freyung, 11.12.2021 - 18.04.2021

The second MIRUNGA exhibition took place during winter 2021-2022 in the Freyung Gallery, Baveria. 54 originals of Joan Miró's graphical art (mostly lithographs) from a private collection were shown. The project Congohounds was presented in a new phtographic exhibition contributed by Inge Ofenstein.

The event was organised by the club Bild&Bühne. The curator was Gabi Hanner. The club raised 1000€ in donations for the Congohounds. At the same time Mirunga.org and its partners donated 3250€ to the Congohounds.

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MIRUNGA III

Anniversary Exhibition 10 Years Kuns(t)räume …grenzenlos

Bayerisch Eisenstein, 02.07.2023 - 29.10.2023

A small selection of the collection has been shown in the 10 year anniversary exhibition of the gallery.



The exhibition raised donations in the amount of 1300€.

Congohounds

Dogs for nature protection

Congohounds is a fascinating project of Swiss veterinary Marlene Zähner.

Since 2011 she has build up a dog squad in Virunga National Park, located in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The project not only supports the protection of wildlife but also social development.

Have a look at the homepage of the Dodobahati foundation (in German).

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How to end up in an arts exhibition with dogs

My name is Ralf Denzer.
I am not from the Bavarian Forest and I am not an arts expert.

But there was this lithography "Hommage à Aimée et Marguerithe Maeght" which I bought as a student. I browsed in a gallery and decided to buy this piece without knowing the cost and that it was by Joan Miró. For many years it was my biggest pride.

Until 2017 my number one got 40 additional friends. I never thought about showing them publicly or buying additional art.

I have known the Bavarian Forest from childhood and my memories go back to forced picking of mushrooms and berries. How did I hate blueberries. One of my childhood friends was Ingrid Rankl from Zwiesel. In 2016 she asked me whether I would be willing to show my art in Bayerisch Eisenstein - a schoolfriend of hers has a gallery there. During negotiations with Christian Bayerl I decided to donate my lending fees to an environmental or social project. I left it to Ingrid to choose a project. This is how I ended up with dogs.

In order to improve my collection I bought another 15 pieces at the time. Today the count is at 386. The collection comprises lithographs, etchings, woodcuts, aquatinta, linocuts, mixed techniques and illustrated books.

Before the start of the exhibition I had a look at the Congohounds project in Virunga. I immediately knew that Ingrid had made an excellent choice.

Got a gallery? I bring the art.

And the dogs along.

Contact

mail at mirunga.org