Jugendträume abenteuerlich und märchenhaft: An Exhibition of Childhood Dreams in Art and Play

This exhibition, 'Youth Dreams: Adventurous and Fairytale-like', showcases a private collection of teddy bears spanning 70 years alongside drawings by Gerhard Freund inspired by 1950s and 1960s comic heroes. It explores themes of childhood play, collecting, and artistic inspiration.

The exhibition 'Jugendträume abenteuerlich und märchenhaft' (Youth Dreams: Adventurous and Fairytale-like) presents two distinct yet thematically connected collections. One part features an extensive private collection of teddy bears, gathered over a lifetime by Lucie Pejcl, including various types of toy bears, bear-themed games, accessories, and books. These bears represent 70 years of childhood companionship and collecting passion. The second part of the exhibition focuses on the drawings of Gerhard Freund (1949–1992), an artist from Ottakring. Inspired by the comic heroes of the 1950s and 1960s, Freund began drawing and painting at a young age. His work displays a skilled rendering of popular culture figures like Tarzan and Siegurd, as well as vehicles, often reimagining them within fictional advertisements to express his own youthful dreams and imagination.

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