Created in China between 1850 and 1965, the multicolored images take up lucky motifs as well as mythological, historical and literary themes of Chinese culture. During the implementation, the mostly anonymous artists also focused on people's everyday lives and thus illustrate social preferences and changes in the reverse glass pictures.

The technique of reverse glass painting, originally developed in Europe, made its way to China about 300 years ago. Due to its textual nature, glass became a popular painting surface for the staging of color and light. The approximately 80 works in the exhibition thus also represent a cultural transfer, a complex interlocking of East and West. In the exhibition, abstract reverse-glass paintings by the contemporary artist Kurt Baumfeld bridge the gap into the 21st century.