Erika Lust (painter)
Erika Lust (* 1961 in Leninski , Kazakh SSR , Soviet Union ) is a German set designer and painter.
Life
Erika Lust grew up in the Soviet Union and emigrated to Germany in 1989. From 1977 to 1981 she completed her studies at the Art School Penza , which she graduated with a diploma and distinction. Afterwards she worked as a theater painter and stage designer at the German-speaking theater in Kazakhstan, the Deutsches Theater in Alma-Ata , which was founded in 1980, until she was relocated . From 1990 to 1995 she completed further studies at the University of Fine Arts in Dresden , after which she was assistant stage designer at the Leipzig City Theater and at the Hans Otto Theater Potsdam until 1998 .
Erika Lust is a member of the Dresden Artists Association .
"Ms. Orosz promotes the world heritage"
With the legal dispute over the tempera pastel picture "Ms. Orosz advertises the world heritage", Erika Lust became known nationwide in 2009. The painting is a female nude and shows the Mayor of Dresden, Helma Orosz . In the scene she is posing awkwardly on a path in front of a bridge driveway. She is naked in red suspenders. The chain of office adorns her neck. She is holding a pink cloth in her outspread arms.
The picture was taken in the early summer of 2009 in response to the upcoming withdrawal of the World Heritage title for the Dresden Elbe Valley by UNESCO that same year . The bridge indicated in the background is the Waldschlößchenbrücke , the construction of which led to the loss of the title . The artist described the representation of nudity as a means of expression for the fact that the mayor did not have any convincing arguments to come up with at her appearance before the World Heritage Committee during its decisive session in Seville in June 2009 : “The statement I implied that she practically spoke of 'nothing in the Hand ', in other words advertising the world heritage without any concrete actions of its own, is a statement that [sic] is very often represented in art through nudity. Thus, the depicted nudity is to be understood as an artistic means of expressing your inaction and thus fully covered by the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of expression and artistic freedom . "
The picture was first shown publicly on the Internet in the exhibition announcement of the Künstlerbund Dresden as part of an open studio day . According to a report in the Bild newspaper , which brought Orosz's attention to the painting, the artist association removed the image out of concern for public funding and declared: “In this situation, the Künstlerbund Dresden eV rejects any applause from opponents of the bridge .” Orosz saw in the depiction violated their personal rights and took them to court. The non-party Dresden city councilor Ulrike Hinz said: "... in this monstrous process, the old system of censorship and repression is returning through the back door."
In an urgent procedure , the Dresden Regional Court decided on December 3, 2009 that the depiction of the genitals in particular was an inadmissible interference with the mayor's privacy . Lust was forbidden from making the original or reproduction of the picture public in the future under threat of a fine of 250,000 euros. After the artist appealed, the verdict was overturned on April 16, 2010 by the Dresden Higher Regional Court, and Lust's picture has since been allowed to be shown again without restriction. The plaintiff's personal rights have to subordinate themselves to the defendant's freedom of expression and artistic freedom .
Other works
In other works, too, Lust repeatedly deals with the topic of the Dresden bridge dispute .
Web links
- Website from Erika Lust
- Street survey with and about the picture "Ms. Orosz advertises the world heritage" ( Dresden Fernsehen )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Moronde Verlag - The king is naked! , accessed Dec. 5, 2009
- ↑ Russia-German Theater Alma-Ata
- ↑ Current information on the "scandal picture" by Erika Lust , accessed on December 4, 2009
- ↑ Speech by the Lord Mayor to the World Heritage Committee. (No longer available online.) In: dresden.de. State capital Dresden, June 25, 2009, archived from the original on September 23, 2015 ; accessed on August 16, 2015 (press release). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://erika-lust.de/aktuelles.htm
- ↑ Lord Mayor Orosz completely naked on the Internet! And that at an association that is even funded with public money. - BILD, November 8, 2009
- ^ Statement by the Künstlerbund Dresden eV ( Memento from January 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Dresden city councilor outraged by art censorship - Sächsische Zeitung, November 8, 2009
- ↑ Sebastian Hammelehle: Dresden mayor may not be shown naked - Spiegel Online from December 3, 2009
- ↑ Portrait of the naked mayor covered by freedom of expression and artistic freedom - Judgment Ref .: 4 U 127/10 ( Memento of the original from April 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Dresden Higher Regional Court, April 16, 2010
- ↑ Orosz waives constitutional complaint in the case of nude pictures - Bild.de, April 20, 2010
- ↑ Extra: Orosz wears bat costume on painting ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - dpa, April 9, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lust, Erika |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German set designer and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leninsky , Kazakh SSR , Soviet Union |