Peter Woelck

Peter Woelck (born April 12, 1948 in Berlin ; † March 1, 2010 there ) was a German photographer and chronicler of the turning point and peaceful revolution in the GDR .

Life

Woelck was born in Wilhelmshagen and grew up with his grandparents in the Köpenick district . In 1968 Woelck was invited to the Young Masters Club by the photographers Arno Fischer and Sibylle Bergemann .

Woelck studied photography from 1972 to 1977 with Heinz Föppel at the University of Graphic and Book Art in Leipzig with a diploma. He then worked as a freelancer for cultural offices, magazines, publishers and various large companies.

In 1981 he returned to East Berlin , where he became a member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists . From 1982 to the end, Woelck lived in a studio at Kastanienallee at the corner of Schwedter Strasse in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg .

Exhibitions

• 2007: Photographs Peter Woelck - Zeitblicke. BrotfabrikGalerie , Berlin.
• 2008/2009: Dal Lae Jin - Connie Lehmann - Peter Woelk: AugenBlicke! Art association BrachLand, Velbert , Forum Niederberg.
• 2013: After the shift. Photographs by Peter Woelck. Galerie Laura Mars, Berlin (March 16 to April 6)
• 2014: PeWo's report on the youth situation. Galerie Laura Mars, Berlin (October 18 to November 22)
• 2015: Europe Under Construction: Berlin 1945 - 2015. Galerie 36, Berlin (October 2, 2015 to March 15, 2016)
• 2015: Klozin, Peter Woelck: Transgender in Hoyerswerda. How it really was. Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg (November 27, 2015 to February 14, 2016)
• 2017: Impressions from the Ore Mountains. Galerie Laura Mars, Berlin (October 14th to December 2nd)
• 2020: Who we are and what we do - in the middle of the museum. Mitte Museum, Berlin (from June 7th)

literature

• Europe Under Construction: Berlin 1945 - 2015. Catalog for the exhibition of the same name. Chaussee 36, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-9817566-0-9 .
• Peter Woelck - Dancing in Connewitz. Publication with photographs by Peter Woelck, texts: Bettina Klein, Wilhelm Klotzek, Peter Richter. Fantôme Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-940999-33-7 .
• Esther Slevogt: The sensitive documentary from everyday life. In: TAZ , March 17, 2010.
• Petra Ahne: The last tenant. In: Berliner Zeitung , August 1, 2009.
• Eva Kalwa: Prenzlauer Berg - The anger of the photographer dinosaur. In: Der Tagesspiegel , July 15, 2009.
• Peter Richter : “Pick up the camera, buddy!” Peter Woelck took photos that are so good that the man finally has to become famous. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , January 28, 2007.
• Esther Slevogt: Celestial lighting moods. In: TAZ , January 2, 2007.

Web links

• Sarah E. James: Pictures for a Different Future - How curators and artists work with photo archives from the GDR and the former Eastern Bloc and re-contextualize them. In: Frieze Magazin , issue 17, December 2014 - February 2015
• Peter Woelck, the photographer. Photo series in Der Tagesspiegel , July 14, 2009.
• Jan Sobottka: Photo series about and with Peter Woelck (2006–2009)
• Biography of Peter Woelck ( memento from June 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Heinz Föppel
2. ↑ Press release ( memento of February 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) of February 25, 2008, accessed on the Velbert city website on May 11, 2013.
3. ^ Exhibition description on the gallery's website: Laura Mars → Exhibitions → Past → 2013. Accessed on May 11, 2013.
4. ↑ Description of the exhibition on the European Month of Photography website: ( Memento of October 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) European Month of Photography 2014
5. ↑ Europe Under Construction: Berlin 1945 - 2015. ( Memento from November 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Description of the exhibition at Galerie 36, Berlin.
6. ↑ Klozin, Peter Wölck: Transgender in Hoyerswerda. How it really was. Heidelberg Art Association
7. ^ Exhibition description on the gallery website: Laura Mars → Exhibitions → Current
8. ↑ Mitte Museum Berlin | Home center museum. Retrieved August 8, 2020 .