“The 30-minute shared apartment”
He can also paint: Otto Waalkes talks live about his new book
Speaking at the Frankfurt Book Fair star and Penguin Randomhouse with prominent authors. You can be there live. Today comedian Otto Waalkes, among others, is talking about his new book.
With his jokes he makes countless generations laugh on stage and screen. Perhaps not all of his fans know that Otto Waalkes is also a talented artist and studied painting at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg. After all, with the Ottifanten, Waalkes created a well-known motif that he has celebrated for 50 years. The four-legged friends are now also the protagonists in his new book “Very Great Art”.
In it, Waalkes takes famous paintings and alters them according to his ideas. It’s about “giving the Ottifants the place in art history that they deserve,” says the 75-year-old. In his opinion, the funny elephants also belong on masterpieces such as Vermeer’s painting “The Girl with a Pearl Earring.” Instead of a pearl earring, Otto wears an ottoman on her ear. Whether Boticelli, Paul Klee or Banksy: Waalkes places his Ottifianten in different eras and styles. He sees his book as a “homage to the great artists” – and as an “attempt to combine art and comedy.”
Otto Waalkes will be a live guest at the book fair from 1.30 p.m. In the talk format “The 30-minute shared apartment” by star and Penguin Randomhouse he speaks with star-Editor David Baum. The guests tomorrow Sunday are:
- 10 a.m.: bestselling crime author Elisabeth Herrmann about her novel “The Tea Garden”
- 10.30 a.m.: Michael Kleeberg presents his novel “Twilight”.
- 11 a.m.: Sociologist Andrea Newerla presents her book “The End of the Romantic Dictate”
- 11:30 a.m.: Author and life coach Lars Amend about his book “Imagine”
- 12 o’clock: Rufus Beck talks about 25 years of “Harry Potter”
- 12.30 p.m.: Entertainer Desirée Nick presents her book “Old White Woman”
- 13 o’clock: Yasmin Shakarami presents her novel “Tokyo Rain”.
- 1.30 p.m.: Ayla Dade, Maren Vivien Haase and Lisa Sophie Laurent talk together about their latest books
The star broadcasts live from the book fair every day
This is “The 30-Minute Shared Share”: The star and the Penguin Randomhouse publishing group invite 50 authors to “The 30-Minute Shared Share”. We stream the half-hour conversations live from the book fair. Included are, among others, Bärbel Schäfer, Guido Maria Kretschmer and Désirée Nick. Other guests at the 30-minute book talks include successful authors such as Peter Wohlleben, Terézia Mora and Jan Weiler.
The complete program You will find here.