Volker Plagemann

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Volker Plagemann (born November 8, 1938 in Hamburg ; † May 10, 2012 in Bremen ) was a German art historian , cultural politician and publicist .

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After studying architecture, music and art studies, Plagemann received his doctorate in 1966 at the University of Hamburg on the history of German art museums. He completed his habilitation in 1973 at RWTH Aachen University and in 1975 at the University of Hamburg on monuments and fountains in Hamburg in the 19th century. From 1973 to 1980 he headed the Bremen cultural authority as Senate Councilor and from 1980 to 2003 as Senate Director of the Hamburg cultural authority. At the same time, Plagemann has taught as a private lecturer since 1975, and as honorary professor for art history at the University of Hamburg from 2001 to 2003. Plagemann was a member of the culture committee of the Conference of Ministers of Education for 30 years and a member of the culture committee of the German Association of Cities for 20 years (13 years as its chairman).

As a cultural politician, Plagemann stood up for the municipal promotion of culture in German cities. In Hamburg, in addition to theater, music and district culture, he campaigned for Hamburg film funding and for the establishment of working grants for visual artists. Plagemann stood out with numerous publications and lectures on museum history, the history of monuments, art in public spaces and Hamburg art history from the Middle Ages to the present.

His organizational implementation of the Bremen model of art in public space and its design in practice in the Hanseatic cities of Bremen and Hamburg were of particular importance . The Bremen citizenship had decided in 1973 (before Plagemann took office) to fundamentally change the rules for art in buildings that had been in force since 1952 for buildings in the Hanseatic city and to set up a separate budget for “art in public space” without any direct link to the individual buildings; at the same time the responsibility was shifted from the building senator to the senator for culture. From the beginning (1974) onwards, an independent art commission, which also consisted of supraregional art experts, and - in the case of competitions - an independent jury had to decide on the locations and the individual measures.

After Plagemann moved to Hamburg, such a model replaced the art in building regulations for building projects in the Free and Hanseatic City there in 1981 . Conceptual ties, for example in relation to the function of the work of art, location or project volume, were largely eliminated. Artists could now also be given influence on the installation site, which was particularly beneficial for site-specific art.

Plagemann lived and worked in Bremen until his death .

Fonts (selection)

  • The German Art Museum 1790–1870. Location, structure, spatial organization, image program (= studies on the art of the nineteenth century. Vol. 3, ISSN  0081-7325 ). Prestel, Munich 1967 (at the same time: Hamburg, Univ., Diss. Of November 11, 1967).
  • as editor with Hans-Ernst Mittig : Monuments in the 19th century. Interpretation and criticism (= studies on 19th century art. Vol. 20). Prestel, Munich 1972, ISBN 3-7913-0349-X .
  • Bremen and Bremerhaven ( German Land - German Art ). 3rd, completely changed edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich a. a. 1979, ISBN 3-422-00113-1 .
  • as editor: Industrial culture in Hamburg. The German Empire's gateway to the world. CH Beck, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-406-09675-1 .
  • as editor: Übersee. Seafaring and sea power in the German Empire. CH Beck, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-406-33305-2 .
  • as editor: Art in public space. Impetus from the 80s. Published on behalf of the Hamburg cultural authority. DuMont, Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-7701-2482-0 .
  • Art history of the city of Hamburg. Junius-Verlag, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-88506-257-7 .
  • as editor: Art in public space. A guide through the city of Hamburg. Junius-Verlag, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-88506-275-5 .
  • Sunken art history. The churches and artists of the Middle Ages in Hamburg. Dölling and Galitz, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-933374-50-2 .
  • as editor: The art of the Protestant baroque in Hamburg (= lectures of the Stiftung Denkmalpflege Hamburg. Vol. 2). Dölling and Galitz, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-935549-02-4 .
  • as editor: The art in Hamburg from the Enlightenment to the modern age (= lectures of the Stiftung Denkmalpflege Hamburg. Vol. 3). Dölling and Galitz, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-935549-38-5 .
  • as editor: Hamburg's cultural monuments preserved. 25 years Hamburg Monument Preservation Foundation . Dölling and Galitz, Hamburg a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-935549-76-8 .
  • as editor: Die Kunst der Moderne in Hamburg (= lectures by the Stiftung Denkmalpflege Hamburg. Vol. 4). Dölling and Galitz, Hamburg a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-935549-58-X .
  • Eduard Bargheer. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8319-0324-5 .
  • Culture. In: Karl Marten Barefoot a . a. (Ed.): History of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen from 1945 to 2005. Volume 2: From 1970 to 1989. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2010, ISBN 978-3-8378-1020-2 , pp. 448–505.
  • The villas of Andrea Palladio. Published by the Bremen Center for Building Culture (b.zb) and the German-Italian Society in Bremen and Hamburg. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-8319-0462-4 .

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Remarks

  1. ^ Obituary in the Weser Kurier , May 12, 2012, p. 13.
  2. ↑ Prof. Dr. Volker Plagemann. ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2009 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. Art history seminar, University of Hamburg @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uni-hamburg.de
  3. ↑ k: art in public space bremen - program. Senator for Culture Bremen
personal data
SURNAME Plagemann, Volker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 2012
Place of death Bremen