Kunsthaus Dahlem
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| place | Berlin-Dahlem , Käuzchenstieg 8 |
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Culture museum
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| architect | Hans Freese |
| opening | 2015 |
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| ISIL | DE-MUS-325819 |
The Kunsthaus Dahlem is dedicated to the art of post-war German modernism with a focus on sculptures between 1945 and 1961. It was opened in summer 2015 and is located in Arno Breker's former studio in the Berlin district of Dahlem .
History of buildings
State Atelier
Alongside Josef Thorak , the sculptor Arno Breker was one of the busiest sculptors during the National Socialist era and has been delivering sculptures for Albert Speer's monumental buildings since 1937 . As general building inspector for the Reich capital (GBI), Speer was responsible for transforming Berlin into a National Socialist center of power. It was from him that the initiative to build a number of so-called state studios came from. Of these plans, only the state studio for Arno Breker in Dahlem was realized. The architectural plans were provided by Hans Freese , the work was carried out by the Lichterfeld contractor Carl Burchardt. The studio was completed in 1942 and was used for its intended purpose for a short time from 1943, the residential building was not completed as a result of the increasing fighting in World War II . During the construction there were conflicts between Albert Speer and the building supervisors who wanted to build a forest settlement in Dahlem in the "homeland security style" and who broke out against the construction of yellow Rüdersdorf brick . With reference to the special purpose of the studio building, Speer disregarded the objection of the building police.
Even before the studio building was officially completed in February 1942, Breker received the first guests in the central hall in November 1941. As part of a visit to Germany organized by the Nazi Propaganda Ministry , u. a. a group of French artists visit the site. Breker himself only used the studio sporadically or for a short time. As a result of the increasing number of bomb attacks , Jäckelsbruch Castle became his main studio.
Atelier east wing
After the end of the war and the division of Berlin into four sectors , Dahlem belonged to the area of the US occupation forces, which used the Käuzchensteig complex for their own purposes until 1946. The property then fell into the possession of the Berlin Senate . He rented the eastern part of the studio building together with the caretaker's apartment in February 1949 to the sculptor Bernhard Heiliger , who was a pupil of Breker and had previously worked with him. Heiliger lived and worked in these rooms until his death in 1995.
Middle of the studio
The middle section of the studio house initially served as a training center for the Berlin stonemasons' guild and as a storage room for film props . In 1964 the Senate found a tenant for the central studio in the Italian painter and sculptor Emilio Vedova . After Vedova had completed his wooden panel paintings Absurd Berliner Tagebuch , he returned to Kassel. In 1972 the Senate had the studio converted into eight small studios by the architect Rolf Niedballa using false ceilings and partition walls, which were rented to international artists via the German Academic Exchange Service . Later well-known personalities like the French artist Jean Ipoustéguy or László Lakner and many others worked here.
Atelier west wing
The plaster and stone atelier were originally housed in the western part of the studio building. The sculptor Christian Theunert and the artist couple Bautz lived here from around 1949–1981 . The artist Wolf Vostell then used the former stone studio until his death in 1998. The plaster studio, on the other hand, served Jimmie Durham and his wife, the Brazilian photographer Maria Thereza Alves until 2005. In 2006, the artist and university lecturer Elfie Fröhlich moved into it Studio.
Residential building
Until 1943, only the cellar was built on the area of the planned residential building. The Brücke-Museum was built on this site by order of the Senate until 1967 , with which the Kunsthaus Dahlem intends to cooperate more intensively in the future.
History and description
founding
The foundation goes back to an initiative of the then governing mayor and Senator for Culture Klaus Wowereit , who was also a member of the board of trustees of the Bernhard Heiliger Foundation . Marc Wellmann , stepson of Bernhard Heiliger and today member of the board of the foundation, developed a concept in which a museum was connected to the processing of the Heiliger estate. In 2013, the culture committee of the Berlin House of Representatives decided to transfer the entire studio complex to Atelierhaus Dahlem gGmbH, a subsidiary of the Bernhard Heiliger Foundation. The Lottery Foundation made 1.2 million euros available for the renovation and conversion of the buildings . The Kunsthaus Dahlem was opened in June 2015. The Senate provides an initial annual amount of around 230,000 euros for the work of the Kunsthaus. Since Atelierhaus Dahlem gGmbH has only rented the house from the State of Berlin, the greater part of the donations is spent on it.
Showrooms
Sculptures from Berlin's post-war history are exhibited in the main hall of the Kunsthaus Dahlem. In the east wing, the museum shows works by Bernhard Heiliger, who had his studio here. On a new gallery built for the Kunsthaus Dahlem in the main room, temporary exhibitions are also presented on paintings and graphics by artists of post-war modernism in Berlin.
The sculpture garden
The museum is surrounded by a large natural garden. This is now used as a sculpture park, in which over 20 works by the sculptor Bernhard Heiliger document the range of his artistic work.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Carl Burchardt, construction business for civil engineering, reinforced concrete construction . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1943, I, p. 373.
- ↑ Nikola Doll: Das Staatsatelier Arno Breker, article available as a pdf at kunsthaus-dahlem.de.
- ↑ Monument complex Käuzchensteig 8–12 in Berlin-Dahlem
- ↑ History of the Käuzchensteig studio ( memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the foundation homepage
- ^ Kerstin Krupp: Sculptures on the outskirts . In: Berliner Zeitung , 2./3. October 2014, p. 28.
- ↑ Website Elfie Fröhlich ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2014 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.
- ↑ Post-war art in the Nazi studio. In: Der Tagesspiegel , June 10, 2015, accessed on March 17, 2018
Coordinates: 52 ° 27 '58 .9 " N , 13 ° 16'26.9" E