Beeskow Art Archive

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The Beeskow Art Archive is a documentation center for the fine arts in the GDR, located in Beeskow, Brandenburg . The art archive stores, among other things, paintings , prints , drawings and sculptures . The portfolio contains around 23,000 objects (as of 2017).

prehistory

In 1990, on behalf of the last East German Ministry of Culture, the works of art were collected in all districts of the GDR , the purchases of which were financed by the GDR Cultural Fund and which were exhibited in public buildings. These were, for example, rest homes, training centers, business offices, guest houses and dining rooms. The Beeskow Castle was to be converted into an East Brandenburg cultural and educational center following a district council resolution in 1991 and the establishment of a contemporary art collection for the Berlin / Brandenburg area began. Herbert Schirmer (until 1999), the last minister of culture in the GDR, became head of the facility . In the following years several thousand objects were taken over and inventoried. The states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg and Berlin opted for a state association whose art collection will come to Beeskow. In 1995, the administration of the Oder-Spree district converted a storage facility near the castle into a secure and air-conditioned image depot for the 20,000 works of art at that time . The handling of art is regulated by agreements that the participating federal states, the district administration and the interest group “new visual arts” concluded in Berlin. A research assistant, a depot manager and a librarian were provided by the "GDR Art Collection and Documentation Center" in October 1995.

Administrative agreement "Art Archive"

In 2001 the “Art Archive” administrative agreement was signed between the states of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Brandenburg and Berlin . In this, the state of Brandenburg committed itself to creating the organizational prerequisites so that the archive inventory can be used. Use is understood to mean the scientific development, information and publication as well as the collection, archiving and evaluation of secondary materials on the subject of "Art in the GDR". There are also cultural and scientific events. The board of trustees agreed on the name "Beeskow Art Archive" . It is expressly emphasized that the purpose of the archive is not to create a museum collection on art in the GDR. In 2017 the states of Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania announced their financial withdrawal from the project. The Oder-Spree district and the state of Brandenburg want to continue to support the collection.

Archive inventory

The holdings of the Beeskow Art Archive comprise around 23,000 works and are made up of three parts:

  • 1,794 works from the Kulturfonds der DDR, owner: Land Brandenburg
  • 18,000 works from the previous ownership of the parties and mass organizations of the GDR, owners: the states of Berlin, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
  • 2,782 works from the art collection of the Magistrate of Berlin (East), owner: State of Berlin

The following art genres are represented:

  • 12,992 graphics
  • 1,942 drawings
  • 1,500 paintings
  • 1,305 photographs
  • 3,656 medals and plaques
  • 286 small sculptures
  • 298 handicraft objects
  • 60 textile works

The stock is distributed among different previous owners:

1. Parties of the GDR:

  • CDU (3,663 works, including 3,000 medals and badges of honor)
  • SED (535 papers)
  • LPD (93 papers)
  • NDPD (75 works)
  • DBD (35 papers)

2. Mass organizations of the GDR:

Exhibitions

Since 1995 there have been annual exhibitions about GDR art at Beeskow Castle.

literature

  • Simone Tippach-Schneider (editor): Between heaven and earth - landscape images from the GDR , publisher: Art Archive Beeskow, Oder-Spree district 2004, ISBN 978-3-00014-407-3
  • Beeskow Art Archive (publisher): A broad field: Agriculture in painting in the GDR , Publisher: Beeskow Art Archive, Oder-Spree district 2005, ISBN 978-3-00017-499-5
  • Simone Tippach-Schneider (Editor, Author): Temporary Heroes: Portraits from the Beeskow Art Archive. Exhibition catalog , publisher: Kunstarchiv Beeskow, Oder-Spree district 2009, ISBN 978-3-00027-641-5
  • Art Archive Beeskow (editor): Pictures stages: Canvas scenes from the Art Archive Beeskow 1978–1988 , Publisher: Art Archive Beeskow, Oder-Spree district 2010, ISBN 978-3-00031-450-6

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ stiftung-schloss-biesdorf.de: Beeskow art archive goes into business for himself
  2. ↑ Archives
  3. ↑ Exhibition overview 1995 to 2017