Posters are a popular item used in everyday life. Their triumphant advance in the urban landscape began around 150 years ago. As this advertising medium became more and more widespread, not only graphic artists designed posters, but increasingly also artists who appropriated the medium. This mass media advertising and art form took a dynamic development in the 19th century until today. Posters are not only a medium of communication but also a mirror of society, its structures and everyday history. They often document basic political-social views, leisure, consumer and cultural behaviours in the broadest sense as well as educational and taste standards.
“KUNST FUR DIE STRASSE” gives a comprehensive overview of poster art from the Kupferstich-Kabinett of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. On display are works by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Otto Dix, Oskar Kokoschka, Marc Chagall, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Manfred Butzmann and A. R. Penck.