What influence did the momentous events of 1989/90 have on the artists working in Dresden? The exhibition “Upheaval and Constancy. New Insights into Dresden Art around 1989/90” seeks to answer this question. Curated by students from TUD's Department of Art History, the show brings together paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures as well as textile works by ten artists born between 1925 and 1959 who were active in Dresden before and after 1989/90.

Agathe Böttcher, Kerstin Franke-Gneuß, Hubertus Giebe, Johannes Heisig, Elke Hopfe, Petra Kasten, Friedrich Kracht, Christine Schlegel, Charlotte Sommer-Landgraf and Christoph Wetzel are all represented with works from the art holdings of the Office for Academic Heritage, Scientific and Art Collections, the Kunstfonds and the Albertinum of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (SKD Dresden State Art Collections), as well as from private collections.

The following considerations were central to the preparation of the group exhibition: To what extent can changes in material, technique, format and content be identified in the artists' oeuvre? Was their work characterized only by breaks or also by continuities before and after 1989/90? The answers to these questions remain open in the exhibition: Information is provided by the works of the artists themselves.

May 8 to June 28, 2024 / Opening: May 7, 2024, 8 pm

Gallery of the Office for Academic Heritage, Scientific and Art Collections, TU Dresden in the Görges Building (GÖR)
TU Dresden, Helmholtzstraße 9, 01069 Dresden

Open: Mon–Fri 10 am–6 pm
Admission: Free; accessible entrance via the back of the building

https://tu-dresden.de/kustodie/ausstellungen