Saxon Academy of Arts

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Seat of the academy at Palaisplatz 3 in Dresden, in September 2012
Former seat of the academy in the Dresden block house

The Saxon Academy of the Arts is an artists' association and unites artists and art theorists from Germany and abroad. Your seat is Dresden .

task

The academy is a corporation under public law and, as an institution of the Free State of Saxony, has the task of “promoting art, making proposals for its promotion and maintaining the traditions of the Saxon cultural area” (Founding Act of 1994). It speaks out of independent responsibility and develops public effectiveness. In its statutes, it defines itself as a community of artists and art theorists who represent the freedom and claims of art vis-à-vis the state and society and make the public familiar with important artistic achievements of the time.

The Saxon Academy of the Arts follows the two guiding principles that were associated with its creation. Located in the territorial center between its sister academies in Berlin and Munich, it is their task to bring the intellectual and artistic wealth of the Central German cultural area to life and at the same time to face the new tasks associated with demographic, social and cultural change . The Saxon Academy of the Arts has the task of supporting the democratization of these countries and the process of European unification, culturally and artistically, from its close proximity to the new member states of the European Union and from Saxony's historical role in the Central and Eastern European cultural area.

From 2005 to 2011 she hosted the Chamisso poetics lectureship in cooperation with the Central Europe Center of the Technical University of Dresden . In June 2014, the Academy campaigned for the release of the Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov .

history

The academy is the youngest of three country-based five-class art academies in Germany. The initiative to found the Saxon Academy of the Arts came from a group of founders that, after 1990, included the publicist and essayist Friedrich Dieckmann , the sculptor Wieland Förster , the musician Ludwig Güttler , the actor Friedrich-Wilhelm Junge and the art historian Werner Schmidt . After drafting the founding law and statutes, the Saxon State Parliament passed the "Law on the establishment of the Saxon Academy of the Arts" on May 27, 1994. With its constitution on February 29, 1996 (appointment of 30 founding members) and the appointment of presidential and senate positions, the founding process was completed.

The Saxon Academy of the Arts is a member of the KlangNetz Dresden .

Members

The Saxon Academy of the Arts unites full members, corresponding members and honorary members from home and abroad. Artists and art theorists who have distinguished themselves in a special way through their work and who are connected to the Saxon cultural area through origin or effectiveness can be elected as members. These are nominated by the academy's classes in a secret ballot and proposed to the general assembly for election. The Senate can also propose honorary members for election to the General Assembly. Self-applications are excluded.

The Saxon Academy of the Arts currently has 169 members from Germany and abroad (as of 2014).

construction

The work of the members is organized in the classes

Until 2013 the academy was located in the so-called block house in Dresden. Since the Free State did not repair the flood damage that occurred in June 2013, the academy's office has been located in nearby Palaisplatz 3, 01097 Dresden, since 2014. The organs of the academy are the president, the senate, which consists of the secretaries of the five classes, the president and the vice-president, and the annual general assembly. The organizational tasks are carried out by an office; The presidential secretary is Klaus Michael .

President

since July 1, 2017: Holk Freytag

Prices

Hans Theo Richter Prize

The Hans Theo Richter Prize for Graphics and Drawing is usually awarded every two years. The prize of the Saxon Academy of the Arts, donated by the widow of Hans Theo Richters , is awarded for special achievements in graphics and drawing and is endowed with 20,000 euros.

The first prize winner, Max Uhlig , was determined by Hildegard Richter, the following prize winners by decision of a jury consisting of members of the fine arts class of the Saxon Academy of the Arts, the board of the Hildegard and Hans Theo Richter Foundation and the director of the Kupferstich- Cabinet of the Dresden State Art Collections.

Prize winners are

Gottfried Semper Architecture Prize

With the Gottfried Semper Architecture Prize, an internationally recognized architect personality is honored, whose work is characterized by special qualities of sustainable building. In the assessment, therefore, aspects of the architectural quality, the integration into the urban development, the relation to the landscape as well as the climate, resource and space-saving construction are taken into account.

The prize has been awarded every two years since 2007 by the Saxon Academy of the Arts together with the Saxon State Foundation for Nature and Environment (LaNU) and Vattenfall Europe Mining & Generation (founder) and is undoped.

The previous winners are:

Publications

  • Modern laboratory. Post-war architecture in Europe . Published by the Saxon Academy of the Arts. Dresden 2014. ISBN 978-3-934367-23-4 .
  • Gottfried Semper Architecture Prize. Louisa Hutton and Matthias Sauerbruch. Published by the Saxon Academy of the Arts and the Saxon State Foundation for Nature and Environment. Dresden 2014. ISBN 978-3-934367-22-7 .
  • Landscape architecture. New positions. Published by the Saxon Academy of the Arts, the Saxon State Foundation for Nature and Environment and the City Planning Office of the State Capital Dresden. Dresden 2013. ISBN 978-3-934367-21-0 .
  • Against the tide and with the times. For the 15th anniversary of the Saxon Academy of the Arts . Edited by Peter Gülke. Dresden 2011.
  • Art in the making. Sketches, projects and workbooks . Published by the Saxon Academy of the Arts and the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library. Dresden 2011.
  • Gottfried Semper Architecture Prize. Günter Pfeifer . Published by the Saxon Academy of the Arts and the Saxon State Foundation for Nature and Environment. Dresden 2010. ISBN 978-3-934367-18-0 .
  • Yearbook of the Saxon Academy of the Arts 2007-2008 . Edited by Udo Zimmermann. Dresden 2009. ISBN 978-3-934367-17-3 .
  • Historic versus modern. Invention or reconstruction of the historic city using the example of Dresden's Neumarkt . Published by the Saxon Academy of the Arts and the City Planning Office of the City of Dresden. Dresden 2008. ISBN 978-3-934367-16-6 .
  • Architecture and the environment . Published by the Saxon Academy of the Arts and the Saxon State Foundation for Nature and Environment. Dresden 2008. ISBN 978-3-934367-15-9 .
  • Dresden as a European art city: explorations - insights - perspectives . Edited by Ingo Zimmermann. State capital Dresden and Saxon Academy of the Arts. Dresden 2007. ISBN 3-937602-96-8 .
  • Poets and painters on art and nature. Published by the Saxon Academy of the Arts and the Saxon State Foundation for Nature and Environment. Dresden 2006. ISBN 3-934367-13-5 .
  • Yearbook of the Saxon Academy of the Arts 2003-2005. Edited by Ingo Zimmermann. Dresden 2005. ISBN 3-934367-12-7 .
  • Urban redevelopment east . Super conversion Hoyerswerda . Published by the Saxon Academy of the Arts. Dresden 2005. ISBN 3-934367-07-0 .
  • Tradition and future of modernity. Architecture and urban development in Brno and Leipzig . Published by the Saxon Academy of the Arts. Dresden 2005. ISBN 3-934367-08-9 .
  • Post-war modern architecture and urban development in Dresden. Published by the Saxon Academy of the Arts. ISBN 3-934367-11-9 .
  • Again and again: New times. Turning times and breaking times in the literature of Eastern Central Europe after 1990. Edited by Klaus Michael. Saxon Academy of Arts. Dresden 2003. ISBN 3-934367-10-0 .
  • Yearbook of the Saxon Academy of the Arts. 2001-2002. Edited by Ingo Zimmermann. Dresden 2003. ISBN 3-934367-09-7 .
  • Class reunion. For the 40th stage anniversary of the acting class 1957–1960 at the Leipzig Theater Academy. Contributions by Ingrid Föhr , Friedrich Wilhelm Junge, Siegfried Kellermann , Volkmar Kleinert , Thomas Langhoff , Klaus Martin and Hannelore Seezen . Published by the Saxon Academy of the Arts. Special supplement to the magazine Theater der Zeit, Berlin April 2001.
  • Atelier Neumarkt Dresden 2000. Organized by the Department of Urban Development and Construction of the State Capital Dresden under the patronage of the Saxon Academy of the Arts. Published by the City of Dresden, City Planning Office. Dresden 2001.
  • Yearbook of the Saxon Academy of the Arts. 1999-2000. Published by Werner Schmidt. Dresden 2001. ISBN 3-934367-06-2 .
  • Yearbook of the Saxon Academy of the Arts. 1996-1997-1998. Published by Werner Schmidt. Dresden 2000. ISBN 3-934367-03-8 .
  • Dresden . Urban planning and urban development in the core city of Dresden. Edited by Klaus Michael. Saxon Academy of Arts. Dresden 2000. ISBN 3-934367-05-4 .
  • Gotthard Graubner . Painting and drawing. Published by Werner Schmidt. Saxon Academy of Arts. Dresden 2000. ISBN 3-934367-04-6 .
  • Leipzig . Problems of urban development with special consideration of the Leipzig-Plagwitz EXPO location. Edited by Klaus Michael. Saxon Academy of Arts. Dresden 1999. ISBN 3-934367-01-1 .
  • Freiberg . Urban development problems. Published by the Saxon Academy of the Arts. Edited by Klaus Michael. Dresden 1999. ISBN 3-934367-02-X .
  • Bautzen . Urban development problems. Published by Helmut Trauschein, Klaus Michael. Saxon Academy of Arts. Dresden 1999. ISBN 3-934367-00-3 .
  • Parables. Dedicated to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on the 250th birthday of members of the Saxon Academy of the Arts. Graphics edition in 50 copies with 30 signed and numbered sheets. 20 sales copies and 30 author's copies. (Graphics and prints by Wieland Förster , Eberhard Göschel , Gotthard Graubner , Peter Herrmann , Gerda Lepke , Walter Libuda , Ulrich Lindner , Thea Richter , Strawalde , Max Uhlig, among others ) Edited by Werner Schmidt on behalf of the Saxon Academy of the Arts. Dresden 1999.
  • Chemnitz . Karl Marx City. Chemnitz. First conference of the Saxon Academy of the Arts, Department of Architecture, on problems of Chemnitz urban planning and urban design. Published by the Department of Urban Development and Building Regulations. Chemnitz 1996.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gottfried Semper Architecture Prize 2013 to Louisa Hutton and Matthias Sauerbruch. sadk.de, accessed on October 28, 2013 .
  2. ↑ monopoly. Magazine for Art and Life from September 19, 2019: Award: Semperpreis 2019 goes to the architect Ingenhoven , accessed on September 19, 2019

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