Exhibition Opening: FIERY ORIGIN. ZWICKAU'S AGATE WORLDS

The well-known deposits of agate and other quartz varieties near Zwickau-Planitz, St. Egidien, Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Wüstenbrand, Chemnitz-Altendorf, Chemnitz-Rottluff, and Chemnitz-Fuhrt, as well as Jahnsdorf-Leukersdorf, have a fiery origin. Like the well-known pitchstone occurrences, they are bound to the Planitz ignimbrite (Latin for "fire rain"), which originated from a volcanic pyroclastic cloud. In their variety of forms and color intensity, they are in no way inferior to the expressionist artworks of the Brücke artist Max Pechstein. The exhibition in the FreiRAUM brings together specimens from all of these localities, inviting visitors into a dialogue with the artworks in the MaxRAUM. For creative minds, there is also the opportunity to become artistically active themselves. Inspired by the fascinating patterns of the agates, participants can create their own small agate paintings using flowing colors, ink, and acrylics.