Marianne Petit - Struwwelpeter: Contemporary Handmade Books February 10, 2011

The Art and Picture Collections present the installation 'Struwwelpeter: Contemporary Handmade Books' by artist and NYU interactive telecommunications professor Marianne Petit. In the mid-19th century Heinrich Hoffman wrote and illustrated 'The Struwwelpeter' a series of morality tales for children. The result in each tale can now be considered disastrous and shockingly inappropriate for children. Inspired by their fantastical nature, Petit has created three-dimensional interpretations of the stories in the form of flag, tunnel, carousel and pop-up books.