Among the many German residents in our island, we have two renowned designers, Margrit and Peter Sickert who have lived in Las Breñas since 1975.
Between the 60s and the 80s this couple designed more than 300 cinema posters for directors such as Wim Wenders, Rainer Fassbinder, Martin Scorsese, Ettore Scola and Jean-Luc Godard.
Their work has been acknowledged internationally and they were awarded the European Culture Prize of the European Union in 1999.
The exhibition has already been shown in Gran Canaria and a selection of almost 50 posters can be now viewed at the "Casa de la Cultura Benito Pérez Armas" in Yaiza until the 7th of January 2013.
The opening hours are from 10am to 9pm from Monday to Friday and from 10am to 1pm on Saturdays.
The German Consul in Gran Canaria, Peter Schmind, the German Honorary Consul for Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, Roger Mager and the mayor of Yaiza Gladys Acuña attended the inauguration a few days ago.
After being shown in Lanzarote, the exhibition will travel to Germany to be shown at the International Film Festival in Berlin.
So if you are a cinema buff or into graphic design in general, make sure you pop in and check it out before it goes!