Kassel Art Association
The KasselerKunstVerein is an art association in Kassel . The association was the successor to the art association for Kurhessen and is one of the earliest founding of an art association in Germany.
Introduction to associations
At the end of the 18th century, the first special-purpose associations such as agricultural associations, patriotic associations, reading groups and social associations were founded. They created democratic statutes based on the equality of members, in particular the freedom of membership.
Founding history
The founding of the Kunstverein für Kurhessen was initiated by Professor Friedrich Müller of the Kassel Art Academy, who wanted to create a public forum for art. On January 4, 1835, the academics Friedrich Müller, Ludwig Hummel , Johann Christian Ruhl , Ludwig Sigismund Ruhl , Julius Eugen Ruhl , Johann Bromeis , Justus Heinrichzusch , Karl Christian Aubel , Werner Henschel , Ludwig Emil Grimm , Johannes Konrad Wolff , Ernst Friedrich founded Ferdinand Robert and chief building officer Justus Kühnert set up the art association for Kurhessen in Kassel as a raffle company. The association had to be approved by the Ministry of the Interior and had to submit its publications to the Electoral Police Directorate Cassel. The aim of the association was to “promote the sense of fine arts”.
The founding members initially approved one vote in the pre-founding phase, regardless of their number of shares. The protectorate was to be transferred to Elector Wilhelm II ; However, he rejected these democratic aspects of the association's statutes. On March 1, 1835, the corresponding paragraph was changed. The number of shares has now been voted on at the General Meeting . Wilhelm II accepted the protectorate of the association on April 22, 1835 and Johann Bromeis became its first president. Wilhelm II himself subscribed 50 shares, his mother Karoline 20 shares and his wife Auguste von Prussia also 20 shares . By July 27, 1835, 498 shareholders (association members) joined the Kunstverein für Kurhessen. a. the composer Louis Spohr , master craftsmen, generals, merchants, innkeepers and civil servants.
Art was first made public in Kassel through the art association. The association's committee organized the exhibitions, to which shareholders had free admission. The shareholders abstained from any activity in the association. For the annual raffle for works of art, the share counted as a lot.
Founding exhibition
On September 1, 1835, the first annual exhibition opened in the “Mentelschen Haus” (Königsstrasse 120). Works u. a. by Albrecht Adam , the Quaglio brothers , Carl Rottmann , Heinrich Bürkel , Philipp Veit , Carl Wilhelm Tischbein , August von der Embde and Carl Glinzer . In addition, hand drawings by Michelangelo and Bellini were shown in a separate section .
Annual exhibitions
The first raffle was held on September 30, 1835. For the invitation card, Rembrandt's Jacob's Blessing was transferred to stone by Ludwig Emil Grimm and printed by Léon Woel in Paris. An independent commission selected 15 paintings worth 1,607 thalers. Lord Mayor Karl Schomburg made the town hall available for the public raffle.
The second annual exhibition took place in September 1836 in the Lyceum with 194 paintings. The exhibition was not adequately large enough for the board of directors and in 1836 they joined the “ cycle ” until it was dissolved in 1907. The "cycle" was an amalgamation of other art associations that had the works of art compiled by a selection committee circulate in a traveling exhibition. The exhibition went through Hanover , Halle , Halberstadt , Braunschweig , Kassel and Münster .
In 1838 the Cyclus contributed 268 paintings. In 1839 an association exhibition with 128 works was shown in Kassel. The highlight of the exhibition was Carl Friedrich Lessing's oil painting Leonore , which the Prussian Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm IV loaned. In 1839 the Kunstverein für Kurhessen moved to the second floor of the clothing maker Hanisch on Ständeplatz. Membership dwindled because rival associations such as the "Association for the Promotion of Fine Art" were founded in Kurhessen. At the annual exhibition in 1840 603 paintings were shown. On November 23, 1840, Wilhelm II resigned the protectorate because he wanted to regulate the selection. On June 23, 1841, Wilhelm II accepted the protectorate again to make things easier for the Comité. In 1866 the annual exhibition was canceled due to the annexation of Kurhessen. In 1868 the Kunstverein für Kurhessen only had 324 actionaires. The incentive of the raffles diminished, as many members had never won anything and the major shareholder Wilhelm II won strikingly often. In 1869, Crown Prince Friedrich became protector of the Kunstverein für Kurhessen.
building
In 1868 the association, together with two other art associations based in Kassel, built a house for painting exhibitions and for social artistic purposes (Kulturhaus am Ständeplatz 16). A commission estimated the capital required. The Kunsthaus-Gesellschaft called for the subscription of 50 Taler shares. The successful drawing enabled construction to begin. The city made the building site available free of charge and organized a design competition. From the seven drafts received, a committee selected the design by architect Albert Scholtz for implementation, which began in 1869. The construction costs were around 20,000 marks. The exterior of the building was decorated with groups of figures: on the attic the allegories for music, poetry and history, caryatids at the main entrance and nine medallion portraits directly on the facade. The sculptures and medallions partly made of sandstone, partly made of ceramic, came from the workshop of the sculptor Karl Hassenpflug and the artist O. Müller from Berlin. On December 27, 1871, the Kunsthaus was opened. From an economic point of view, the Kunsthaus was a failure. The rental income was too low and the Kunsthaus-Gesellschaft found it difficult to pay artists who were commissioned to build and to pay dividends. The shareholders of the Kunsthaus-Gesellschaft, who were proportionally liable for the debts based on the number of shares, decided on May 19, 1876 to offer the building to the city of Kassel for sale. In 1877 the city acquired the Kunsthaus and took over the accumulated debts. The Kunstverein für Kurhessen remained a tenant. In 1877/78 the building was extended. After being destroyed in World War II , it was rebuilt from 1953 to 1955. The Kassel City Museum is located there today .
The Kasseler Kunstverein moved its exhibitions to the Fredricianum in 1993 . During the documenta- free period, the association has been using a 500 m² exhibition area on the ground floor since 1993. Mainly young contemporary artists are presented here. During the expansion and provision of the rooms for the times of the art exhibition, external rooms, the KasselerKunstVereinsheim, were rented in 2007 and 2012 and offered as a place of mediation for various projects.
The permanent exhibition
The completion of the Kunsthaus was so successful that between 1871 and 1873 the number of shareholders rose from 467 to 570. The city of Kassel paid an annual subsidy of 50 thalers. However, a permanent exhibition did not take place for the time being, to which one was obliged by the statutes in addition to the big autumn exhibition. The Prussian Crown Prince and protector of the Friedrich III Association. provided battle pictures by Wilhelm Camphausen , naval pictures by Franz Johann Wilhelm Hünten and pictures by Otto Heyden . The "Association for Historical Art" sent the permanent exhibition with the marriage of Luther by the painter Paul Thumann and from private ownership came The Banquet of Plato by Anselm Feuerbach and two Abundantia pictures by Hans Makart .
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The big autumn exhibition that takes place in odd years was shown in the Messhaus. In 1888 the protector Kaiser Friedrich III died. and Kaiser Wilhelm II took over the protectorate after the Cabinet Order of December 5, 1888.
In the permanent exhibition from 1888/9 462 works were shown, for example by Hans Makart Der Frühling and Bacchus and Ariadne , by Hugo Knorr 15 cartons for the Ring of the Nibelung and by Ferdinand Keller the historical picture Wilhelm, the Victorious, founder of the German Empire . In 1892 the Kunstverein showed special exhibitions on individual artists such as Max Klinger for the first time . Individual shareholders of the Kunstverein presented collections to the public for exhibition purposes. Edward Habich provided 410 reproductions of the most important engravings by old masters, and the Secret Commerce Councilor Oscar Henschel made color reproductions of older oil paintings available. Thanks to the commitment of the shareholders, an exhibition of hand drawings by Johann August Nahls came about.
In the exhibition years 1896 and 1897, a total of 1,100 works of art were sent for permanent exhibition. The series of special exhibitions was opened by Hans Meyer-Kassel , followed by seascapes by Willy Hamacher , depictions of southern life by Felix Possart and etchings by Ludwig Emil Grimm. In 1898 and 1899 1422 works were submitted. The Kunstverein held 19 collective and special exhibitions, showing works by the Worpswede artists 'colony and a traveling exhibition by the Munich Artists' Association.
The number of submitted works of art rose to 1530 in 1900/01, and a special exhibition by the “Photographisches Verein zu Cassel” opened the exhibition program in February 1900. The highlight was the exhibited estate of Wilhelm von Kaulbach . However, the quality of the exhibited pictures was increasingly criticized. At the suggestion of the "Künstlerbund Hessen-Nassau" a jury was formed for the inclusion of works of art in the permanent exhibition. The number of shareholders and the number of works of art sold fell steadily. The anniversary exhibition in 1903 for the fiftieth annual exhibition was held in the rooms of the measuring house with 805 works made available free of charge by the city of Kassel. In 1907 the "Association of Art Associations West of the Elbe" dissolved and the art association found itself in a difficult position.
Reorganization and centenary
In 1907 the art association gave up the big autumn exhibition. The art association was founded under Johannes Boehlau by the Landesmuseum and the banker Dr. Pfeiffer reorganized. The exhibition hall in the Kunsthaus has been modernized. The exhibition plan now provided for 8 exhibitions a year. In September 1908 the opening of the exhibition of the Kurhessischer Künstlerbund ushered in a new era. The first highlight of the new exhibition policy was a Hans Thoma exhibition in February 1909 with 16 oil paintings and 75 stone prints and etchings. The French exhibition in the summer of 1909 was seen by more than 4000 paying visitors. Works on display included works by Auguste Rodin , Antoine Bourdelle , Pierre-Auguste Renoir , Claude Monet, and Henri Rousseau . The most prominent visitor was Protektor and Kaiser Wilhelm II. In 1910, the director of the Royal Gallery, Dr. Gronau in the chair Dr. Exit Boehlau. The new board was composed of Friedrich Fennel , Hermann Knackfuß , Hans Olde and Hans Meyer-Kassel. The successful exhibition policy led the board of directors to plan for expansion. They also wanted to “introduce the residents of the neighboring cities to good, modern art”. A traveling exhibition with exhibitions in Fulda , Marburg , Bad Wildungen , Eschwege and Bad Hersfeld resulted in a loss of 2,200 marks. The Kunstverein then gave its collection of 35 paintings to the city of Kassel in return for a five-year increase in the grant from 1450 Marks to 3000 Marks. Collective exhibitions by artists' associations were characteristic of the exhibition program of those years. The Berlin Secession stands out from the series of exhibitions with pictures by Lovis Corinth , Max Liebermann and Max Slevogt , but also black and white works by Käthe Kollwitz and original drawings by Simplicissimus . In August 1911, a collection of 150 original studies by Adolph von Menzel from the holdings of the Nationalgalerie as well as works by Franz von Lenbach , Arnold Böcklin , Max Klinger and Max Liebermann were shown, but they were poorly attended. However, in 1911 a "demonstration of room furnishings" by the Dresden United Workshops had great success.
Turning to the avant-garde
On the occasion of the millennium of the royal seat of Kassel in 1913, the Kunstverein's board of directors opened an exhibition in the orangery with works a. a. by Max Beckmann , Lovis Corinth, August Gaul , Adolf von Hildebrand , Adolf Hölzel , Bernhard Hoetger , Max Klinger, Käthe Kollwitz, Max Liebermann, Fritz Mackensen , Otto Modersohn , Emil Orlik , Max Slevogt, Franz von Stuck , Hans Thoma, Heinrich Vogeler and the North Hessian artists Carl Bantzer , Hermann Knackfuß, Hans Olde, Wilhelm Thielmann , Walter Schliephacke and Otto Ubbelohde . 300 of the 850 plants were sold. In 1915 the exhibition of works by Hessian painters of the 19th century a . a. A public highlight with works by Carl Heinrich Arnold meant the year 1919 a turning point in the history of the Kunstverein. The art association maintained contact with the avant-garde . In 1919 the graphic work by Käthe Kollwitz and in 1920 by Lovis Corinth was exhibited. Expressionists , the Bauhaus , the New Objectivity were now shown. At first portfolios and graphic works by Ernst Barlach , Max Beckmann, Heinrich Campendonk , Erich Heckel , Paul Klee , Oskar Kokoschka , Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Fernand Léger were presented in a specially set up graphics cabinet.
The great art exhibitions of the 1920s
Solo exhibitions by Emil Nolde in 1920, Christian Rohlfs in 1921, Otto Mueller in 1921 and the memorial exhibition for August Macke in 1921 followed. The Cassel art exhibition in 1922 was shown in the Kassel orangery. The organizing committee was made up of Carl Bantzer and Dr. Gronau. The 250 exhibits included works by Heinrich Campendonk, Lyonel Feininger , George Grosz , Karl Hofer , Alexander Kanoldt , Hans Purrmann , Hans Thoma and the Kassel artists Carl Bantzer, Georg Burmester , Walter Schliephacke, Hans Sautter and Ewald Dülberg . Karl Leyhausen and Arnold Bode first entered the art scene in this art exhibition. The varied program of the 1920s included solo exhibitions by Alfred Kubin , Hans Thoma and Emanuel Hegenbarth in 1924, Karl Schmitt-Rottluff, Otto Ubbelohde , Wilhelm Thielmann and Conrad Felixmüller in 1925, Lovis Corinth in 1927, Max Slevogt, and in 1929 Erich Heckel and Edvard Munch . In 1926 the art association Paula Modersohn-Becker dedicated a memorial exhibition. In 1927 the Kunstverein commemorated Albrecht Dürer's 400th anniversary of his death. The exhibition for the 150th anniversary of the Kassel Art Academy, which was shown in the orangery in 1927, and the large art exhibition of 1929 set important accents. In 1927, works by the Kassel Secession , just founded by Arnold Bode, were shown in the rooms of the Kunstverein . Arnold Bolde had u. a. Christian Beyer , Max Kneisel , Karl Leyhausen , Johannes Reinhold united to protest against the non-admission to the official exhibition. Paul Westheim especially mentioned the younger artists such as Wilhelm Heise , Albert Aereboe , Werner Gilles , Werner Laves , Ernst Wilhelm Nay , Martin Christ , Felix Nussbaum , Heinrich Schwarz , Anton Kerschbaumer , Max Kaus , Otto Herbig , Xaver Fuhr but also the established ones like Oskar Schlemmer , Willi Baumeister , Paul Klee , Wassily Kandinsky , Lyonel Feininger, Christian Rohlfs, Erich Heckel u. a. The great Kassel art exhibitions of 1922, 1927 and 1929 set supra-regional standards and laid the foundation for the documenta . Numerous artists from the first documenta were presented in the great art exhibitions of the 1920s .
Art Association in the Third Reich
In 1935, Prince Philipp of Hesse took over the patronage of the Kunstverein in Kassel. The 1935 anniversary exhibition showed Hessian art from 1835 to 1935. Degenerate art was kept away from the exhibition. Mainly works from the Biedermeier period such as Johann Martin von Rohden , August von der Embde , Gerhardt Wilhelm von Reutern and Carl Glinzer were on view . In 1935 the Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda took over the management of the art association. Karl Ludwig Pfeffer was now undesirable as chairman. The entire board of directors was dissolved and the statutes were changed in line with the times. Non-Aryans could no longer become members of the association. However, the 70 or so exhibitions that followed were mostly apolitical. In 1936 the exhibition 150 Years of Kurhessian Hand Drawings , 1937 Japanese Paintings from Six Centuries and the touring exhibition Adolf Hitler's Roads across Reichsautobahn, 1939 Chilean Art and a Franz Eichhorst Exhibition and in 1939 the very successful exhibition Viennese Watercolor Artists. The bombing of Kassel on August 22, 1943 initially ended the activities of the Kunstverein at Ständeplatz. In 1944 the Gau exhibition of Hessian artists in the Kasseler Ballhaus with works a. a. shown by Mary and Carl Achenbach in the bombed Kassel.
Reorganization after the Second World War
Start-up and currency reform
On September 22, 1948, 60 former members of the Kunstverein met for the founding event under the direction of City Councilor Fricke. An exclusion from work under the leadership of Fricke and curator Herbert von Buttlar of the regional court director Erich Lewinski and city councilors Margaret Heinemann and Walter Nikusch was established. On November 11, 1948, the general meeting approved the statutes of the Kassel Art Association. Attorney Dr. jur. Hans Mangold . On February 20, 1949, the first exhibition was opened in the courtyard of the estate, portraits from Kassel's private collection . The second exhibition showed Reinhard Schmidthagen . In 1949 the exhibition French abstract art with works by Hans Hartung , Pierre Soulages , František Kupka , Auguste Herbin and others was opened. a. displayed. The exhibition was a great success and attracted over 1000 visitors. During the following exhibition of Berlin artists , works by Werner Heldt , Bernhard Heiliger , Karl Hartung and Hans Uhlmann were on view. In 1948 the memorial exhibition of the Simplicissimus draftsman Th. Th. Heine was shown. An Otto Dix, a Paul Halbhuber , a Vincent Burek and a Walter Nikusch exhibition followed. The currency reform was the association's assets of more than 10 0000 <?> Mark shrink to a tenth. Two rooms were made available to the art association in the Ottoneum.
The fifties and the first parallel exhibition to documenta
In 1950, 1,400 visitors saw a Käthe Kollwitz exhibition. The group exhibition Young West showed works by Karl Otto Götz , Thomas Grochowiak , Ernst Hermanns and Emil Schumacher . In addition, the Goedeckmeyer Collection , masterpieces of German and French graphics and small sculptures from the last hundred years , with works by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot , Pierre Bonnard , Lovis Corinth , Ernst Barlach , Karl Hofer and Brücke artists, was on view in the same year . In 1951 the show Contemporary French graphics with sheets by Georges Braque , Marc Chagall , André Derain , Fernand Léger , Henri Matisse , Joan Miró , Pablo Picasso , Maurice Utrillo and Maurice de Vlaminck was exhibited and highly praised by art critics. In the same year the exhibition Colored graphics with prints by HAP Grieshaber , Ernst Wilhelm Nay and Hann Trier was shown. The first solo exhibitions were presented to visitors by Oskar Moll and Hans Poelzig in 1951 , Otto Pankok , Teo Otto and Karl Leyhausen in 1952, Frans Masereel in 1953, Gerhard Marcks in 1953 , Adolf Hölzel and Walter Gropius in 1954, and Hermann Blumenthal in 1955 . During this time, works by Ernst Wilhelm Nay, Bernard Schultze , Francis Bott , Eduard Bargheer , Woty Werner , Joseph Hegenbarth , Gustav Seitz and others were shown in group exhibitions . a. shown. In 1955 the Kunstverein moved from the Ottoneum to the Kunsthaus am Ständeplatz and presented the Ströher art collection . In 1955, parallel to documenta 1 , the exhibition Masters and Students of the Kassel Art College took place at the Kunstverein Kassel . The painting classes by Arnold Bode and Fritz Winter, as well as graphics by Hans Leistikow , architecture by Lauterbach, stage designs by Teo Otto , works on paper by Elfers, and ceramics by Walter Popp were exhibited. In 1956, the Kunstverein presented the German Fauvists Rudolf Levy , Oskar Moll and Hans Purrmann , as well as Emil Schumacher, Bernhard Heiliger, Heinz Trökes , Werner Gilles and Renée Sintenis . In 1957, the Kassel poster art school of Hans Leistikow and his students was dedicated to a solo exhibition and in addition to Emil Schumacher Max Kraus , Rudolf Kügler , and 1958 pictures of the school Arnold Bode and Fritz Winter and a Paul A. Weber exhibition. The UNESCO show 2000 Years of Chinese Painting in 1958 attracted numerous visitors. In 1959 Georg Tappert exhibited .
Art from the GDR
Artists from the GDR were shown with Otto Niemeyer in 1956, Gustav Weidanz , Joseph Hegenbarth in 1953, 1960, 1961 and Hans Theo Richter in 1960 . The contacts did not tear off after the wall was built. In 1964 the exhibition of Dresden artists was presented.
The sixties and 125th anniversary exhibition
At the same time as documenta II , the Kunstverein presented 33 young German painters . At this exhibition were u. a. Peter Brüning , Heinz Mack , Otto Piene , Günter Ferdinand Ris , Carl Heinz Wienert and Günter Fruhtrunk were involved. The 125 – year anniversary exhibition in 1960 was filled exclusively with art from Kassel's private collection from the period from 1835 to 1960. Works by Caspar David Friedrich , Carl Blechen , Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller , Eugène Delacroix , Edgar Degas , Pablo Picasso , Max Liebermann, Emil Nolde, Paul Klee, Oskar Schlemmer have been brought together by the curator Walter Nikusch. Lauritz Lauritzen opened the vernissage . 1962 was declared the Kassel year . The work of the Kassel art college professors Fritz Winter, Graf Bylant-Rheydt and Hans Hillmann was presented in solo exhibitions and in a group exhibition with works by Pitt Moog , ER Nele , Rudolf Schoofs , Dieter Rudolph and Günther Neusel. The Kassel group novum exhibited posters by Karl Oskar Blase , Hans Hillmann and Wolfgang Schmidt . 40 years of roles honored the life's work of the Dadaist Hans Richter . Alfred Kubin was exhibited in 1961, Otto Dix and Otto Pankok in 1967, Käthe Kollwitz in 1967, and Hannah Höch in 1969 . At documenta III 1964, the Kassel Tischbein Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder was presented in the Palais Bellvue as a counterpoint . Prints were shown by Roger Platiel , Jean Dubuffet , screen prints by Willi Baumeister and Ernst Wilhelm Nay. Surrealism was rediscovered in 1965 through the exhibition The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism with works by Arik Brauer , Ernst Fuchs , Rudolf Hausner , Wolfgang Hutter and Anton Lehmden . In 1968 the group Zebra was introduced. Parallel to the 4th documenta , Karl Oskar Blase curated the exhibition painters make books . The eight Hamburg artists , shown in 1969, included works by Armin Sandig , Horst Janssen and Paul Wunderlich . In 1969 the entire graphic work by Antoni Tàpies was exhibited.
World art concept at Haftmann
Werner Haftmann's idea of world art was taken up by the curators of the Kasseler Kunstverein. In 1964 the exhibitions Polish Art Today , 1965 Brazilian Painters 1965 , 1966 10 Americans from Paris , 1966 Swiss Paintings and Sculptures from 1945-1965 with contributions by Max Bill , Le Corbusier , Alberto Giacometti , Gottfried Honegger , Johannes Itten , Zoltán Kemény , Richard Paul Lohse and Bernhard Luginbühl . In 1966, Nora Platiel and Asher Ben-Natan opened the exhibition Graphics and Drawings by Israelite Artists .
The seventies
Studio gallery
In 1970, a studio gallery expanded the exhibition program in the basement of the former Ricke avant-garde gallery in the Hessische Brandversicherung building. The rooms were filled with works by Allen Jones , Karl Fred Dahmen , Dieter Rudolph, Lothar Fischer , Axel Dick , Well Tafelmeier , Lienhard von Monkiewitsch , Friedel Deventer , Jan Peter Tripp , Klaus Staeck and Otto Dressler .
The Kunstverein presented plastic objects by Joachim Bandau and wooden figures by Edgar Augustin , works by Kurt Kranz in its rooms at Ständeplatz in 1970, and Otto Ritschl in 1971 . In 1972 the Kunstverein showed Walter Pichler and Edgar Hofschen , in 1973 Giuseppe Capogrossi and alienated books by Hubertus Gojowczyk , in 1974 Christian Ludwig Attersee and in 1975 Serge Poliakoff and Kurt Haug . Multiples by Joseph Beuys were presented in 1974.
Arnold Bode's dedications
Arnold Bode celebrated his 75th birthday in 1975. The art association asked artists to dedicate a work to the documenta Arnold Bode. The exhibition with works by Arman , Joseph Beuys, Christo , Edward Kienholz , Henry Moore and Victor Vasarely was one of the most successful with 3000 visitors.
In 1976, the Kunstverein presented Hermann Nitsch 's the hotly debated for aesthetic reasons Orgies Mysteries Theater and the wooden letters from Karl Schaper . In the same year László Lakner , Harry Kramer and Albert Küppers were exhibited. Photos by Sigmar Polke followed in 1977, as well as exhibitions with Floris Michael Neusüss and Adolf Buchleiter . The traditionally close connection between the Kassel Art Academy and the Kassel Art Association was underlined in 1977 by the anniversary exhibition Hommage à Cassel on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Art Academy. In 1978, at the annual exhibition closures 400 visitors to the opening captured for half an hour by laying bricks of receipt of Harry Kramer and helpers. In 1978 graphics and sculptures by Eduardo Paolozzi and picture sails by Barry McCallion were presented to the public .
In 1977, during documenta 6, the exhibition D-Realism was contrasted. The twelve representatives of realistic art were Manfred Bluth , Hans-Jürgen Diehl , Harald Duwe , Heinrich Gillis Görtz , Johannes Grützke , Erich Kraemer , Peter Nagel , Wolfgang Petrick , Peter Sorge , Jan Peter Tripp , Klaus Vogelgesang and Jürgen Waller . In 1979 Jürgen Brodwolf and Maximilian Krips were shown in exhibitions. At that time, Dieter Rudolph was chairman of the Kassel Art Association for many years.
The eighties
In 1980, Jochen Gerz designed his Kassel installation Nur one single (beloved) Rose and Peter Janssen , Rolf-Gunter Dienst , Stefen Koppelmann , Michael Buthe and Raimer Jochims showed their work. In addition, the traveling exhibition Survival and Resistance was presented. Jiří Kolář and Konrad Balder Schäuffelen's language game objects were presented in 1981, as were works by Albert Schindehütte , Arno Waldschmidt , Pit Morell , ER Nele, Irene Peschik , Sepp Thiele , Dietrich Helms , Günther Neusel, and Thijs van Kimmenáde . Torso as a principle , curated by Karl Oskar Blase, was the last documenta parallel exhibition in 1982. In 1982 Jan Lenica and Wilhelm Schlote were shown.
Heiner Georgsdorf was elected chairman of the art association in 1983. The election was challenged by a student parliamentary group that advocated a subculture. In 1984 Heiner Georgsdorf was confirmed in office. At the suggestion of the Kunstverein, the Arnold Bode Prize was awarded to Gerhard Merz in 1983 for the first time in connection with an exhibition at the Kunstverein. In 1985 local artists were honored with the exhibition Five Painter in Kassel with Kurt Bunge , Bernhard Delsing , Felix Koller , Walter Nikusch and Ludwig Uloth . This was followed by solo exhibitions by Horst Brunsiek , Elvira Bach and the group exhibition La petite parade with international artists such as Josef Albers , Horst Antes , Julius Bissier , Christo , Jim Dine , Lucio Fontana , Sam Francis , Konrad Klapheck , Yves Klein , Willem de Kooning , Roy Lichtenstein , Kenneth Noland , Claes Oldenburg , AR Penck , Otto Piene, Sigmar Polke, Jackson Pollock , Robert Rauschenberg , Mark Rothko , Frank Stella , Günther Uecker , Victor Vasareley, Andy Warhol , Tom Wesselmann , Wols u. a. With the exhibition Arte Povera - 10 Italians in the Kasseler Kunstverein were u. a. Alighiero Boetti , Jannis Kounellis , Mario Merz , Giulio Paolini , Giuseppe Penone and Michelangelo Pistoletto . 1986 followed by exhibitions by Bruce McLean , Luciano Castelli , Stephan Balkenhol with Ludger Gerdes and Eckhard Karnauke . In 1987 Dieter Rudolph, Hartmut Böhm , Katharina Sieverding , Hans Poelzig and Felix Droese and in 1988 the double exhibition by Guillaume Bijl and Kazuo Katase , then Holger Bunk, Rob Scholte and Karl Döbel . In 1989 the Kassel Art Association presented Helmut Middendorf , Heiner Blum , Hans Hillmann and Ferdinand Büttgen . In 1996 Heiner Georgsdorf resigned from the board of directors of the Kassel Art Association.
The nineties - move to the Museum Fridericianum
In 1990 Hilmar Liptow , Urs Lüthi , Alf Schuler and Ilya Kabakow's first exhibition in Germany were shown at Ständeplatz . Joseph Delleg , Joe Jones , Wolfgang Hainke , Ika Hubs and Thomas Schütte followed in 1991. 1992 Peter Ackermann , Donald Judd and Gunter Demnig . In 1993 the Kunstverein moved to the Museum Fridericianum , and the Kunstverein now has 500 m² of exhibition space. The new domicile was opened in 1993 with an exhibition by Stephan Runge . This was followed by Norbert Radermacher , Ay-O , Olaf Metzel in 1994 , Max Neuhaus in 1995 and Markus Oehlen , Kurt Bunge , Tony Oursler in 1997 Douglas Kolk , Kazuo Katase and in 1998 Daniel Spoerri , Anton Henning , Marlene Dumas and Rotraut Pape . The exhibition decade ended with the contributions by Franz Ackermann in 1999.
The 21st century
The 21st century began in 2000 with an exhibition by the artist group Ostkreuz , Aernout Mik , the Arnold Bode Prize winner Penny Yassour , Peter Frisch in 2001 , Jürgen O. Olbrich, Benjamin Patterson in 2002 and in 2003 with the Kassel photographer Dieter Schwerdtle and Arnold-Bode -Prize winner Maria Eichhorn . From 1996 to 2013 Bernhard Balkenhol was chairman of the KasselerKunstVereins. The chairman of the art association has been Joel Baumann , Rector of the Kassel Art College since 2013 .
literature
- Helmut Kramm: Hundred years of the Hessian and Kassel Art Association. History of his exhibitions. Kassel 1935.
- Manfred Marx, Heiner Georgsdorf: 150 Years of the Kasseler Kunstverein - A Chronicle . Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel 1985.
- KasselerKunstVerein (Ed.): Bernhard Balkenhol ; Jürgen O. Olbrich : 170 years of the Kassel Art Association 1985-2005 . Thiele & Schwarz, Kassel 2005.
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ Manfred Marx; Heiner Georgsdorf: 150 years of the Kunstverein - Kassel Art Association . Kassel, 1985 pp. 12-14
- ^ The art club house in Cassel . In: Zeitschrift für Bauwesen (26) 1876; VIII-X; Pp. 343/344; accessed on April 23, 2015.
- ↑ Albert Scholtz: The art club house in Cassel . In: Zeitschrift für Bauwesen Volume 26, 1876, Col. 339–344 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Manfred Marx, Heiner Georgsdorf: 150 Years of the Kasseler Kunstverein - A Chronicle . Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel 1985, p. 47