Saarbrücken City Gallery

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The Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken is a gallery for contemporary art in Saarbrücken . The state capital Saarbrücken is the sponsor.

City gallery with inner courtyard (Richard-Wenzel-Platz) (2011)

history

The Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken was founded in 1985 by the city of Saarbrücken based on the concept of Bernd Schulz , who managed the gallery until 2002. In 1994 the sponsorship was transferred to the Saarland Cultural Heritage Foundation . In 2003 Ernest W. Uthemann took over the management. Since 2012, the state capital of Saarbrücken has again been the sponsor of the museum under the direction of the Stuttgart art historian Andrea Jahn.

Right from the start, the exhibition focused on contemporary art. She acquired a nationally recognized reputation through exhibitions of sound art . There were also concerts with predominantly contemporary music as well as free improvised music, some of which were recorded by Saarland Radio . Concerts are currently taking place in the event room of the Stadtgalerie and in its courtyard as part of summer music and other events such as the Old Town Festival. In cooperation with the Saar College of Fine Arts , the "Statements" series is being realized with graduates from the Saar College of Fine Arts. The artmix artist exchange has also been taking place in the city gallery since 2015. It also offers an extensive educational program with guided tours, workshops and lectures.

The reopening took place on November 30, 2012 under the new director Andrea Jahn. The art historian is known for exhibitions on current art such as performance, installation and video art. Since the reopening, an international program of young, contemporary positions has determined the profile of the Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken. This is implemented with conceptual artists such as Pablo Wendel, Delphine Reist and Laurent Faulon, video and performance artists such as Anahita Razmi, Pia Maria Martin or Nezaket Ekici, themed exhibitions such as the NEON exhibition or elaborate room installations such as Chiharu Shiota's “Seven Dresses”. The Stadtgalerie is a "permanent laboratory" with a clear commitment to site-specific, installation and experimental artistic positions. Some artists realized installations on site and the inner courtyard of the city gallery is still used regularly as an exhibition space.

The building

The listed building at St. Johanner Markt 24 was built in the 18th century as a residential building. After this time the Gasthaus Zum Bären , the Hotel Guépratte and then the Kaiserhof were located there . After a renovation in 1904 by the architect Gustav Schmoll , a market hall was to be found here, and from 1908 the Saar Museum . In 1924 the local history museum of the city of Saarbrücken followed and from 1937 the name was Saarland-Museum . The inner courtyard was named in 1954 after Richard Wenzel (1889–1934), the chairman of the first Saarland artists' association.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fred Oberhauser: Das Saarland , DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1992, p. 88

Coordinates: 49 ° 13 '57.92 "  N , 6 ° 59' 49.34"  E