Special exhibition from 31 August 2024 to 2 February 2025
An exhibition of the Silesian Museum in Görlitz in cooperation with the Dresden State Art Collections and the Görlitz Collections of History and Culture.
The presentation was a contribution to the Jacob Boehme jubilee years 2024 and 2025 in Goerlitz and Zgorzelec.
Jacob Boehme (1575-1624), a shoemaker from Goerlitz, is one of the most important German thinkers! His fundamental ideas have had a lasting influence on literature, philosophy, religion and art over the centuries.
From a time of wars and catastrophes, Jacob Boehme passes on his vision of the future. He was convinced that the world would change if people changed. Referring to the lily as a symbol of hope and renewal, he called the coming era of peace the ‘Lily Age’.
The exhibition presented Boehme's basic ideas and illustrated the criticism he encountered as a writing craftsman and mystical philosopher in Goerlitz. Boehme's handwritten texts were distributed solely through his networks in Silesia and Upper Lusatia. It became clear that they were primarily received in the Netherlands and England and how they reached their current storage locations in the 20th century via winding paths.
The show continued the Dresden State Art Collections' international exhibition series on Jacob Boehme. In Goerlitz, the presentation was particularly fascinating thanks to valuable loans from the Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences. Attractive multimedia offerings enrich the exhibition experience and provide an opportunity to take a seat and immerse oneself in Jacob Boehme's thoughts.
With a booklet in German, Polish and English.
Funded by: the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Federal Foreign Office, co-financed with tax revenue on the basis of the budget approved by the members of the Saxon State Parliament, with the kind support of the Sparkasse Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien Foundation. Concert ‘Sjaella’ and Kamishibai workshop ‘Jacobs Welten’: Lausitz Festival.
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