Eva Mahn

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Eva Mahn (born January 11, 1947 in Aschersleben ) is a German art scholar, university professor and photographer who lives in Halle (Saale) today.

Life

In 1964 she completed her Abitur at the extended secondary school "Thomas Müntzer" Aschersleben and at the same time completed her apprenticeship as a locksmith at VEB WEMA and ABUS Aschersleben with a skilled worker certificate. Mahn married while studying art history, history and art education in Greifswald and Leipzig (1965–1970) and moved from Greifswald to Leipzig. In 1972 she separated from her husband and two years later they moved from Leipzig to Halle. In 1977 their daughter Mira was born.

Academic career

From 1970 to 1972 Eva Mahn was a research assistant and from 1972 to 1996 she was also a research assistant at the Art College Burg Giebichenstein in Halle (Saale) in the art department. As an art scholar, she was active in research, teaching and journalism. She often acted as a juror, exhibition curator and academic companion of symposia in the fields of handicrafts , design , building-related art and architecture of the 19th and 20th centuries. Century.

In 1991 the doctorate to Dr. phil. at the University of Leipzig with her publication on "German Romantic Glass Painting 1790-1850". From 1992 to 1996 Eva Mahn was the head of the collection for art and design at the Burg-Giebichenstein University for Art and Design Halle. Since 1996 she has also been an artistic and scientific employee in the art department, especially for basic photography. She ended her teaching activity in 2011.

Activities and publications

From 1969 to 1977 Eva Mahn worked part-time as a model for the fashion magazines " Sybille " (Berlin), "Saison" and "Modische Maschen" (Leipzig). For two years from 1973 to 1975 she assisted the fashion photographer Günter Rössler in Leipzig and worked intensively on black and white photography. It followed

  • 1977–1984 image contributions for "Das Magazin" (Berlin)
  • Since 1978 publication of photographic works in exhibitions, catalogs and books, as well as commissioned work for theaters, magazines and artist catalogs.
  • 1980–1986 mainly erotic photographs
  • 1989/90 socially critical portraits and works on the city of Halle
  • 1991–1993 project "Departure to Freedom" about young people in East Germany (pictures and interviews)
  • 1994 Project "Grenzgänger" about the artist village and Baltic Sea Bad Ahrenshoop (pictures and interviews).
  • 2000–2002 project "Holy Family", second stage of the work on young people in East Germany (pictures and interviews)
  • 2005–2006 project “Men” about prominent men from East and West who work in Halle (Saale)
  • 2012 exhibition "Halle and the rest of the world", photos from the last 15 years of the GDR

From 1994 to 1997 she was a member of the jury for the German Youth Photo Award and the Kodak Young Talent Award for young photographers. Since 1995 she has been teaching the basics of photography in the art department of the Burg-Giebichenstein University for Art and Design Halle.

She was appointed to the German Society for Photography (DGPh) in 1996, where she was also a board member from 1998 to 2000.

In 1998 Eva Mahn was appointed to the German Photographic Academy (DFA), where she has been Vice President since 2001. In 2000 she was the coordinator for the symposium and exhibition program of the DGPh "Photography on the threshold of the new millennium" in Halle (Saale). Since 2001 she has organized annual exhibitions of her students in empty listed buildings in the city of Halle, in 2001 black hole in the bunker under Universitätsplatz, in cooperation with the Francke Foundations as part of the theme year "Enlightenment through education", 2004 musée de la lumiére in the Neue Residenz and 2005 as part of the theme year “Family and Community” in the Friedemann-Bach-Haus the project “relational orphan”.

plant

  • Hannes H. Wagner. Painter and Work , Dresden, Verlag der Kunst, 1982
  • Tapestries in the art of the GDR , Leipzig, Seemann-Verlag, 1984
  • Pictures 1982–1989. Nothing is as it was , Heidelberg, Edition Braus, 1992, ISBN 3894660228
  • Paradies: Rot , Hasenverlag Halle 2015, ISBN 978-3-945377-11-6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Katja Pausch: Emancipation through the act. In: mz-web.de. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , September 7, 2011, accessed on September 15, 2012 .
  2. ^ Art Association Talstrasse: Eva Mahn - "Halle and the rest of the world". In: MDR Saxony-Anhalt. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk , July 13, 2012, archived from the original on February 6, 2013 ; Retrieved September 15, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Warning, Eva
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art scholar, university lecturer and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Aschersleben