Exhibition
Artist Talk: Drawing with a Political Edge
Turmmuseum (Oetz)
On 17. June 2026 at 19:00
Description
Graphic novels are booming, art is being promoted in public spaces, and street art is spreading more and more in rural areas as well. The contribution of art to current social issues is undeniable.
Street art artist Lilee Neururer and illustrator Nicolas Bleck provide insight into their work.
Nicolas Bleck, as an illustrator, has created comics for exhibitions, accompanies events using the method of graphic recording, and has developed a graphic novel for the exhibition "WHO RESISTED? Deserted Soldiers of the Wehrmacht and Those Who Helped Them" at the Ötztal Museums in 2025. He understands the challenge of addressing difficult social issues with a sharp pen – not least by using gaps or focusing on apparently trivial details. The high popularity of graphic novels as comics for adults, often with politically historical content, shows that this art form of representation is in demand.
Lilee Neururer, under her artist name Lilee Imperator, has just finished an exhibition at the Galerie Sailer in Innsbruck – but she originally comes from the genre of street art: walls, underground garages, and facades transform from plain barriers into fantasy worlds, breaking the advertising-influenced visual language in public spaces – and in this way, they also become political. Not everything needs to have an overt message, says Lilee Neururer, but sometimes art unexpectedly becomes political due to the societal context. This is illustrated not least by Lilee Neururer's recent work "Fasnacht," which is attached to this text and shows women as bearers of tradition at the Sautner Fasnacht.
No registration is required; donations are appreciated.
Street art artist Lilee Neururer and illustrator Nicolas Bleck provide insight into their work.
Nicolas Bleck, as an illustrator, has created comics for exhibitions, accompanies events using the method of graphic recording, and has developed a graphic novel for the exhibition "WHO RESISTED? Deserted Soldiers of the Wehrmacht and Those Who Helped Them" at the Ötztal Museums in 2025. He understands the challenge of addressing difficult social issues with a sharp pen – not least by using gaps or focusing on apparently trivial details. The high popularity of graphic novels as comics for adults, often with politically historical content, shows that this art form of representation is in demand.
Lilee Neururer, under her artist name Lilee Imperator, has just finished an exhibition at the Galerie Sailer in Innsbruck – but she originally comes from the genre of street art: walls, underground garages, and facades transform from plain barriers into fantasy worlds, breaking the advertising-influenced visual language in public spaces – and in this way, they also become political. Not everything needs to have an overt message, says Lilee Neururer, but sometimes art unexpectedly becomes political due to the societal context. This is illustrated not least by Lilee Neururer's recent work "Fasnacht," which is attached to this text and shows women as bearers of tradition at the Sautner Fasnacht.
No registration is required; donations are appreciated.