Exhibition "Golden Picture Worlds" - Julia Bangert

What's it about?

Opening on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at 2 PM. The exhibition runs until October 31, 2026. Julia Bangert works for the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, where she hand-decorates reprints of the famous Gutenberg Bible, available in the museum shop, with book illumination and gold leaf according to original models. Additionally, she works as a freelance book illuminator, designing individually crafted initials, artfully adorned capital letters, and animal depictions. Inspired by historical models, she creates her own works in the medieval style, but also in a current contemporary style. In the exhibition, she presents a manuscript series with texts about animals in the style of a medieval bestiary. This is originally a moralizing poem that connects the characteristics of animals and mythical creatures with Christian salvation doctrine. The artist provides insights into her work process and shows step by step how book illumination...