Art exhibition of the GDR

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Poster for the VI. German Art Exhibition in Dresden (1967)

The GDR art exhibitions took place in Dresden between 1946 and 1988 .

In addition to the “classic” exhibition areas of painting , graphics and sculpture , the latest works and developments from fashion , design , commercial graphics , photography and handicrafts were increasingly shown during the last few exhibitions . The steadily increasing number of artists and visitors showed the increasing popularity of these exhibitions.

The permanent exhibition Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister in the Dresden Albertinum was completely cleared for the art exhibitions . Catalogs were published from the beginning, followed by stamps, slide and postcard series. The catalogs still give an insight into the development of art in the GDR. While the first exhibitions were still shaped by the pathos of reconstruction, the 1960s were dominated by pictures that were created as part of the Bitterfelder Weg . With the increase in exhibiting artists in the following years, the variety of art styles also increased. This, in turn, made the art exhibitions even more popular.

The high number of visitors was due not least to the fact that the companies organized trips to the art exhibitions during working hours and entire brigades often visited the exhibitions. Interest in art did not always come first. The GDR art exhibitions were always a political issue. Functionaries such as Willi Sitte , Bernhard Heisig and Walter Womacka were given exposed locations in the exhibition. Hours before the opening of the exhibition, works were moved around or even removed from the exhibition at the instigation of SED cadres . In some cases, changes were made to the hanging after the opening tour of the party and state leadership.

Art exhibitions of the GDR

Surname place organizer date Exhibiting artists Visitors
(First) General German Art Exhibition Dresden , Stadthalle Nordplatz State administration of Saxony , Kulturbund , City of Dresden August 25, 1946 - October 31, 1946 250 approximately 74,000
2. German art exhibition Dresden, Stadthalle Nordplatz State government of Saxony, City of Dresden September 10, 1949 - October 30, 1949 322 approx. 50,000
Third German art exhibition Dresden, Albertinum State Commission for Art Affairs of the GDR, Association of German Artists March 1, 1953 - May 25, 1953 425 approx. 200,000
Fourth German art exhibition Dresden, Albertinum Association of German Visual Artists September 28, 1958 - January 25, 1959 560 approx. 120,000
Fifth German Art Exhibition Dresden, Albertinum and Johanneum Committee of the Fifth German Art Exhibition in Dresden September 22, 1962 - March 6, 1963 611 approx. 200,000
VI. German art exhibition Dresden, Albertinum Committee of the VI. German art exhibition October 1, 1967 - February 4, 1968 689 over 250,000
VII. Art Exhibition of the GDR Dresden, Albertinum Ministry of Culture, Association of Visual Artists of the GDR (VBK), FDGB , Ministry of Building, Association of Architects of the GDR, German Academy of the Arts , German Building Academy in Berlin October 5, 1972 - March 25, 1973 987 approx. 655,000
VIII. Art exhibition of the GDR Dresden, Albertinum and Exhibition Center Fučíkplatz Ministry of Culture, VBK October 1, 1977 - April 2, 1978 1216 approx. 1.1 million
IX. Art exhibition of the GDR Dresden, Albertinum, Exhibition Center Fučíkplatz and Precious Hall in Dresden Castle Ministry of Culture, VBK October 2, 1982 - April 3, 1983 1491 approx. 1.0 million
X. art exhibition of the GDR Dresden, Albertinum, Exhibition Center Fučíkplatz and Galerie Rähnitzgasse Ministry of Culture, VBK October 3, 1987 - April 3, 1988 1823 approx. 1.1 million

literature

  • Corinna Halbrehder: The painting of the General German Art Exhibition, Art Exhibition of the GDR 1 - VIII: with 920 short biographies and a comprehensive bibliography. Peter Lang, 1994, DNB 942243196

Web links

Commons : Art exhibition of the GDR  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Limited - marginalized. ISBN 3-05-003348-7 , p. 59 ff: The art exhibitions of the GDR.