"Hotel CaricaTours" - delightful optical itching powder!

Did you know that the German satirist Kurt Tucholsky once expressed his regret that you can’t stroke wine and that in 2020 a bottle of mineral water would be treated as if it was of the very best vintage? This is just one of the snippets of information you will be told during our fun yet thought-provoking presentation comprising texts and caricatures, a tongue in cheek “optical itching powder“ taking you through a day in the life of the hotel industry.

See the world of the hospitality industry in a completely new light. With clever use of pictures and colours 24 celebrity cartoonists paint an open, frank and candid yet astute, amusing and barbed picture of life in a hotel. Diagnosing and exposing, praising and rebuking, taunting and teasing, disguising and laying bare, international standard caricatures present us with an interesting and rewarding look at kitchens, suites and restaurants.

The exhibition and catalogue make it abundantly clear how varied and diversified a typical day in a hotel is: "Is that a Polish or a French duck“, one guests asks the waiter at lunch. All he can answer is: "Do you want to eat the duck or have a conversation with it?“ Another difficult question: "Which wine would you recommend for our tenth wedding anniversary?“ The diplomatic answer given was: "That depends whether you want to celebrate it or forget it!“ A new and somewhat satirical idea is that of calculating the overnight rate according to the weight of the guest. So you can see, the exhibition doesn't shy away from having the occasional dig at human nature!

"Hotel CaricaTours“ – these sharp-penned excerpts dedicated to our hotel guests and friends are an interesting and uniqe burlesque not to be missed.