State art exhibition Saar

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The State Art Exhibition Saar , also the State Art Exhibition of the Saarland and SaarArt , is an exhibition that takes place every four to five years with artists who have a clear connection to the Saarland . The exhibition takes place decentrally in several exhibition halls in Saarland.

history

The state art exhibition was founded in 1987 with the aim of "presenting the quality and diversity of expression of Saarland artists in an exemplary selection and thus at the same time making artistic developments visible". In the beginning, artists who lived in Saarland, were born here or were closely connected to the state's cultural life could apply for a public tender. A jury then decided on admission to the exhibition . The exhibitions took place every two years until 1997. The show has been organized by a curator with two employees since 2000 . In addition, there was no public tender. The rhythm was extended to four to five years.

Exhibitions

"Visions 2000"

Richard W. Gassen was the curator of the newly designed exhibition . In the Modern Gallery of the Saarland Museum , the St. Ingbert Museum , the Museum Schloss Fellberg , the gallery at the community center Neunkirchen and Museum St. Wendel total exhibited 140 artists.

"Saar Art Scene 2004: Right Now"

The curator was Georg W. Költzsch .

9th state art exhibition: "Your country makes art"

The 9th State Art Exhibition took place from June 21st to August 31st, 2008 under the motto Your country makes art . Curator Ralph Melcher invited 85 artists to the exhibition and showed more than 200 works in eight locations in Saarland. A special show was dedicated to Leo Erb on his 85th birthday. The exhibition venues were the Saarland Museum , the Saarland Artists' House , the Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken , the Museum Haus Ludwig in Saarlouis , the Institute for Contemporary Art in Saarland in Saarlouis, the Städtische Galerie Neunkirchen , the Museum St. Wendel and the Museum Schloss Fellenberg in Merzig .

SaarART 2013

The curator of the 10th state art exhibition in 2013 was Andreas Bayer, who realigned the exhibition concept. For the first time at a state art exhibition as part of SaarART 2013, in addition to current artistic positions, earlier examples of regional art creation were also integrated.

With this art-historical contextualization, it was possible for the first time at a state art exhibition in Saarland to create an expanded, historically overarching form of image and work dialogue at the various exhibition locations and to re-examine the question of the topicality of current artistic themes and forms. From April 21 to June 16, 2013, SaarART 2013 showed more than 200 exhibits by 75 current artists as well as examples of work from 22 historical positions, including works by Monika von Boch, August Clüsserath, Hans Dahlem, Leo Erb, Leo Grewenig, Edgar Jené, Frans Masereel, Mia Münster, Otto Weil and Albert Weisgerber.

At a total of nine exhibition locations -    Saarland Museum Saarbrücken, Saarländisches Künstlerhaus Saarbrücken,  Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken ,  Museum Schloss Fellenberg Merzig, Municipal Gallery Neunkirchen , Museum Haus Ludwig in Saarlouis, World Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte , Museum St. Wendel , KuBa cultural center at the EuroBahnhof Saarbrücken - the art scene of Saarland is presented in a media-diverse and high-quality selection of artistic projects. In addition, Andreas Bayer integrated the “Film Show of the Greater Region” organized by the Saarland Filmbüro into his exhibition concept and thus created another forum for video and film art, among other things. a. from France and Belgium.

Furthermore, as part of SaarART 2013, the media art prize of the Saarländischer Rundfunk was awarded to the artist Claudia Brieske, who showed her video installation “Körpererschleusen” on the site of the Völklinger Hütte World Heritage Site.

An extensive accompanying program with artist talks, concerts, performances, guided tours and a special focus on educational programs for children and young people set special accents at all exhibition locations. SaarART 2013 recorded a total of 35,640 visitors, making it the most successful regional art exhibition to date.

The Saarland provided a budget of 150,000 euros for the exhibition project. Additional funding of 80,000 euros could be obtained from sponsors.

The new design for SaarART 2013 was conceived by the Saarbrücken agency Bureau Stabil. To support the curator, Kristin Schneider worked as a research assistant at SaarART 2013.

SaarART 11

The 11th state art exhibition took place from April 28th to July 2nd, 2017. The curator was the art historian and director of the St. Wendel Museum Cornelieke Lagerwaard . Around 90 artists were shown at 13 locations in Saarland. In addition to the usual museums and the Völklinger Hütte, the training workshop of the former Saarbrücken-Burbach railway repair shop and the former Ministry of Culture, the Pingusson Building , were also used as exhibition space, as the museum in St. Ingbert and the modern gallery of the Saarland Museum were not due to construction work were available.

literature

  • Andreas Bayer (Ed.): Saar Art 2013. Tenth state art exhibition. 2 volumes. Saarbrücken 2013.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Nils Minkmar: The future from the fund. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , June 16, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b Richard W. Gassen: Visions 2000 . P. 11–17 ( Online ( Memento of the original dated July 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.institut-aktuelle-kunst.de
  3. ↑ Information letter from the Society for the Promotion of Saarland Cultural Heritage, No. 2 2008, p. 1.
  4. ↑ Cathrin Elss-Seringhaus: State Art Exhibition as a team process . In: Saarbrücker Zeitung . 12./13. November 2011.
  5. ↑ Cathrin Elss-Seringhaus: The colors dance the waltz . In: Saarbrücker Zeitung . 20./21. April 2013.
  6. ↑ Bülent Gündüz: Surprising Glances / The Small Horror Cabinet . In: Saarbrücker Zeitung . April 24, 2013.
  7. ↑ Andreas Bayer (ed.): SaarART2013. Tenth state art exhibition . tape 2 . Saarbrücken 2013.
  8. ↑ Sabine Graf: Smart selection stretches relationships . In: Saarbrücker Zeitung . May 23, 2013.
  9. ↑ Bülent Gündüz: Back to the black hell . In: Saarbrücker Zeitung . 27./28. April 2013.
  10. ↑ Andreas Bayer (ed.): SaarART 2013. Tenth country art exhibition . tape 2 . Saarbrücken 2013, p. 8 .
  11. ↑ State art exhibition "SaarART 2013" with a new concept. In: Die Welt , November 23, 2012.
  12. ↑ 13 locations for SaarART 2017 ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2017 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. , Saarländischer Rundfunk, February 2, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sr.de