Lecture series “Art in the GDR TODAY - Researching, Teaching, Preserving, Exhibiting”
| Organization | Prof. Dr. April Eisman, Prof. Dr. Kerstin Schankweiler, Gwendolin Kremer |
| Time | Tue., 7th dp |
| Location | GÖR/0226/H |
| Start date | April 9, 2024 |
| Enrolment | OPAL |
| Modules |
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Content of the Lecture Series
This lecture series brings together experts on East German art to discuss the current state of teaching, researching, preserving, and exhibiting art from the GDR. Academics who helped define the field before and after 1990 as well as scholars and curators from the next generation will present their research perspectives on “Art in the GDR TODAY” every Tuesday at 6:30 pm starting on April 9 in the Görges Building on the TU Campus in Dresden.
Individual lectures will be supplemented by three panel discussions—on teaching, preserving, and exhibiting, respectively—as well as artist talks with Johannes Heisig, Elke Hopfe and Doris Ziegler. This lecture series is intended for both the university community and the larger public of Dresden and beyond.
Key questions to be discussed include: How is art from the GDR researched, taught, preserved, and exhibited today in light of its often-contentious reception? How are its (art) historical context, its aesthetics and its significance being negotiated? How is this art being represented, preserved, and discussed in museums, archives, and exhibitions? And what role do individual artists—their biographies and artworks—play in this?
Program
April 9, 2024
Panel discussion “Teaching Art from the GDR” with Sylvia Claus (Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg), April Eisman (Iowa State University/Fulbright Scholar TU Dresden), Karl-Siegbert Rehberg (TU Dresden), Kerstin Schankweiler (TU Dresden) Moderation: Gwendolin Kremer (TU Dresden)
April 16, 2024
Elke Neumann (Berlin)
“The International GDR – Historical and Contemporary Exhibition Projects”
April 23, 2024
Artist Elke Hopfe (Dresden) in conversation with Gwendolin Kremer (TU Dresden)
April 30, 2024
Christoph Tannert (Berlin)
“Was there an Artistic Subculture in the GDR?”
May 7, 2024
Anja Tack (Potsdam)
“On the Post-History of ‘GDR art.’ Art and Artists from the GDR since 1989/90”
May 14.2024
Panel discussion “Preserving Art from the GDR” with Silke Wagler, Kunstfonds, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections), Angelika Weißbach, Museum Utopie und Alltag, Kunstarchiv Beeskow, Lutz Wohlrab, Mail Artists Index, Berlin
Moderation: Gwendolin Kremer (TU Dresden)
May 28, 2024
Artist Doris Ziegler (Leipzig) in conversation with April Eisman (Iowa State University/Fulbright Scholar TU Dresden)
June 4, 2024
Paul Kaiser (Dresden)
“Simplicity vs. Diversity? Curatorial Concepts of East German Art between Re-nationalization and the Global”
June 11, 2024
Frank Eckhardt (Dresden)
“Transformation and Artistic Development. On the Impact of Social Upheaval on Artistic Work”
June 18, 2024
Artist Johannes Heisig (Teetz/Brandenburg) in conversation with April Eisman (Iowa State University/Fulbright Scholar TU Dresden)
June 25, 2024
Angela Lammert (Berlin)
“Alternative Narratives. Are ‘Black Paintings’ an eastern Invention?”
July 2, 2024
Panel discussion “Exhibiting Art from the GDR” with Thomas Bauer Friedrich (Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle/Saale), Ulrike Kremeier (Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art (BLMK) Cottbus), Paola Malavassi (Das Minsk, Potsdam), Maike Steinkamp (Neue Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin), Hilke Wagner, Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Dresden State Art Collections)
Moderation: Gwendolin Kremer (TU Dresden)
July 9, 2024
Angelika Richter (Berlin)
“Women Artists and Performance Art in the GDR and Afterwards”
July 16, 2024
Alexia Pooth (Potsdam)
documenta and the GDR
In cooperation with the Hannah Arendt Institute for Totalitarianism Studies (Dresden).
Contact
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Scientific Associate & Curator
NameGwendolin Kremer
Art Collections & Special Exhibitions
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Office for Academic Heritage, Scientific and Art Collections
Office for Academic Heritage, Scientific and Art Collections
Visiting address:
Bürogebäude Zellescher Weg (BZW), Eingang A, Eingang A, Etage 0, Raum 22 Zellescher Weg 17
01069 Dresden
Postal address:
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01062 Dresden
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Chair of Visual Culture in the Global Context
NameProf. Dr. Kerstin Schankweiler
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Visiting address:
ABS, Haus 83, Raum 115 August-Bebel-Straße 20
01219 Dresden
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Termin nach Absprache. Kerstin Schankweiler wird im Wintersemester 2024/25 vertreten durch Dr. Verena Straub.
Prof. Dr. April Eisman, Professor of Art History at Iowa State University and 2023-24 Fulbright Scholar at the TU-Dresden, Institute of Art and Music
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Sponsors are the innovation group "Societal Change” in the humanities and social sciences at the TU Dresden and the Association of Friends and Sponsors of the TU Dresden.