Rosenheim Museum

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Rosenheim Museum

The Rosenheim Museum was a museum for contemporary art in Offenbach am Main . It got its name from Bernd Rosenheim , born in Offenbach am Main in 1931 , who made a name for himself as an artist, documentary filmmaker and author.

Foundation, endowment

The museum was supported by the non-profit Bernd and Gisela Rosenheim Foundation founded in 1993 on behalf of Bernd Rosenheim . In 2003 they acquired the listed Villa Jäger in Dreieich Park from the city of Offenbach and extensively modernized it. After a first exhibition during the renovation work in 2007, the museum opened regular operations on April 13, 2008 with the exhibition “The Mask of Myth. Late works by Bernd Rosenheim ”. Due to financial bottlenecks at the foundation, the museum was closed again in May 2011 and the building was sold to a private investor at the end of 2012.

Despite the sale of the museum, the Bernd and Gisela Rosenheim Foundation continues to exist, as does the foundation's art prize. After the museum was closed, the award was given in 2014 in the Haus der Stadtgeschichte in Offenbach am Main. The subject of the call for proposals, which was linked to an exhibition, was: "Europe, Myth and Vision".

The next Europe-wide call for tenders focuses on the topic of Babylon - miracles, delusions and reality . The prize of 5000 euros and the associated exhibition and symposium will take place in 2016 in Spijkenisse ( Netherlands ).

concept

Rosenheim Museum

The museum realized the foundation's goal of promoting contemporary fine arts in the fields of painting, sculpture and graphics, whereby “convincing design and formative power” were decisive according to the foundation statutes. The tasks of the museum included

  • to preserve, maintain and show the work of Bernd Rosenheim
  • Exhibit works by other contemporary artists
  • build a collection of contemporary art.

The constant was the work of Bernd Rosenheim, which extends over sculpture, painting, drawing and graphic art and which often combines the genres. The various, seemingly contradicting work phases were gradually made accessible in exhibitions with accompanying catalogs.

Accents were set by exhibitions by other artists (both young and established) and an art prize that was announced every two years by the Bernd and Gisela Rosenheim Foundation. In 2010 it had the motto Orient - Occident , the award-winning work was shown in an exhibition with the best entries.

Exhibitions

  • 2009: Rainer Kurka
  • 2010: Yongbo Zhao
  • 2010: Asiatika - ritual and art objects from Asia, hand drawings by Bernd Rosenheim
  • 2010: Michael Morgner - Traces
  • 2011: Orient - Occident - Art Prize of the Bernd and Gisela Rosenheim Foundation

literature

  • Marcus Frings: The Mask of Myth. Late works by Bernd Rosenheim , catalog opening exhibition Rosenheim Museum Offenbach, ed. from the Bernd Rosenheim Foundation, Weimar: vdg 2008, ISBN 978-3-89739-592-3
  • Competition - victory and defeat. Art Prize 2008 of the Bernd Rosenheim Foundation , catalog exhibition Rosenheim Museum Offenbach, ed. from the Bernd Rosenheim Foundation, Weimar: vdg 2008, ISBN 978-3-89739-617-3
  • Marcus Frings: Presence. Clay and bronze sculptures by Rainer Kurka , catalog exhibition Rosenheim-Museum Offenbach, ed. from the Bernd Rosenheim Foundation, Weimar: vdg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89739-618-0

Web links

Commons : Rosenheim Museum  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jörg Muthorst: Art in Offenbach: Rosenheim Museum at the end. In: fr-online.de. June 3, 2011, accessed June 23, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Madeleine Reckmann: Ex-Rosenheim-Museum: Villa Jäger is sold. In: fr-online.de. June 23, 2012, accessed June 23, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Art Prize. (PDF; 499 kB) Bernd and Gisela Rosenheim Foundation, accessed on April 4, 2013 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 6.5 ″  N , 8 ° 44 ′ 50.8 ″  E