Exhibition
Completely Kafka
Poster exhibition by Nicolas Mahler
Franz Kafka not only wrote prose; he was also passionate about drawing. "Did you know I was once a great drawer?" he wrote about his artistic ambitions, half ironic, half proud, to his fiancée Felice Bauer in 1913.
For the Kafka anniversary year 2024, the Goethe-Institut, in cooperation with the artist Nicolas Mahler and the Literaturhaus Stuttgart, has realized the poster exhibition "Komplett Kafka". The exhibition shows excerpts from the biographical comic written and drawn by Nicolas Mahler about Kafka's life and work. Starting in the library, visitors can view 20 labeled drawings in various locations (7th floor) of the Goethe-Institut Korea and immerse themselves in the world of Franz Kafka: his relationship with his father, his fiancée Felice Bauer, his friend Max Brod, and some of his most iconic characters, such as the crawling beetle Greger and Josef K.
The comic “Komplett Kafka” and other graphic novels and books, including drawings by Kafka himself, are part of the exhibition.
Nicolas Mahler, born in 1969, lives in Vienna, where he works as a comic artist and illustrator. His comic strips and cartoons have been published by newspapers and magazines such as Die Zeit, NZZ am Sonntag, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, and Titanic. He has received numerous awards for his extensive oeuvre, including the Max-und-Moritz Prize for Best German-Language Comic Artist in 2010, the Preis der Literaturhäuser in 2015, and the Sondermann Prize in 2019.
You can find the translation of the German texts with the following QR code:
* You can also view the exhibition "Komplett Kafka" at the following libraries:
The exhibition “Komplett Kafka” was organized by the Literaturhaus Stuttgart, Nicolas Mahler and the Goethe-Institut. The exhibition in Korea is also supported by Minumsa publishing group.