Encounters

The exhibition "Encounters in Asia and Africa" presents a retrospective selection of portrait drawings by the Salzburg artist Georg Degenhardt. Over three decades, the works were created during his travels and reflect intercultural encounters. As art historian Margit Zuckriegl emphasizes in her retrospective, the drawings not only document artistic creation but also an engagement with the relationship to non-European cultures – always on an equal footing.

The exhibition opens with a vernissage, during which Degenhardt's book is presented. The evening is accompanied by music: Behzad Togrei plays Thar, while Degenhardt himself plays the Nai flute. As part of the exhibition, a Sufi concert featuring poetry and whirling dance takes place in the Kollegienkirche, highlighting the spiritual and cultural diversity of the encounters.