Halle (Saale), November 22, 2023
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, With today’s newsletter we cordially invite you to Halberstadt. We are showing the group exhibition “generell frisch” in the magnificent St. Martini church until 3 December and have organized a varied finale for you (see below).
After the “visible” market and the “open studios” in September, we worked intensively on our “Saxony-Anhalt Visual Arts Database” in October. At the beginning of November, directories of the artists Helga Borisch (Magdeburg), Steffen Christophel (Halle), Heidrun Göres (Halle), René Schäffer (Halle), Christina Simon (Weißenfels) and Silke Trekel (Halle) went online.
We are still present in Magdeburg with our “Region in BBK Focus” format, where we have been able to exchange ideas with numerous players in the visual arts – including Forum Gestaltung, Kunst/Mitte, Q.Hof and Galerie Himmelreich – and will soon be working with the city administration to explore how the framework conditions for artistic work can be optimized.
With best regards
from the Board of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt
Marcus-Andreas Mohr (1st Chairman), Annegrete Riebesel (2nd Chairman), Stefanie Demmel, Line Jastram, Marion Münzberg, Friederike Nottrott and Julia Rückert
and from the office
Ruth Heftrig and Jenny Weber
generally fresh in Halberstadt 2023
Cover picture: Friederike Nottrott: “Handgranate” | Photo: Yvonne Most | Design: Ralf Zimmermann
As a prelude to “Region in BBK Focus / Harz Region 2024”, we will be presenting the exhibition “Generally Fresh” in Halberstadt’s St. Martini Church in fall 2023. 27 new members show new works in a wonderful sacred space with a long exhibition history. On display are installations, ceramic sculpture, metal sculpture and sculpture as well as painting, printmaking, drawing and photography by artists admitted to the BBK in 2021. Participating artists: Adam, Nadine | Amirov, Arif | Antony, Charlotte | Gebhardt, Micha | Kiwan, Sari | Knie, Frieda | Köbele, Corinna | Krieg, Kerstin | Kunze, Christoph | Leibe, Thomas | Löber, Katharina | Mandalka, Marie | Müller, Christin | Nerger, Tobias | Nottrott, Friederike | Nürnberg, Anja | Richter, Camillo | Schleicher, Julia | Seefeldt, Michael | Sivtsova, Valeria | Skalko-Karlovska, Tatiana | Späth, Anke | Standke-Schramm, Yvonne | Stein, Alexandra | Streu, Annegret | Traub, Johannes | Ziller, Deborah |Finnissage-WochenendeWe cordially invite you to the finissage weekend with special opening hours and an extensive art program:
Friday, 01.12.2023
12.00 to 22.00: Special opening to the Christmas courtyards, drinks bar with mulled wine and cold drinks
17.30 and 21.00: Live performance “In reference to Love me Tender” with ilka Leukefeld, 30 min. each.
Saturday, 02.12.2023
12.00 to 22.00: Special opening to the Christmas courtyards, drinks bar with mulled wine and cold drinks
3.30 pm: Reading “Kaffeemann & Naschmadame” with Thomas Leibe, the author and illustrator of the book. “Kaffeemann & Naschmadame” is a story for children aged 5 and over and (especially) for adults that fits perfectly into the pre-Christmas period. The audience can then purchase the book and have it signed.
Sunday, 03.12.2023
12.00 to 16.00: Exhibition open for the last time, drinks bar with mulled wine and cold drinks
12.00 to 16.00: “Sketching instead of photography” with Kerstin Krieg – make quick drawings for your memory in the exhibition space. No pre-registration necessary, participation is free of charge.
Location: St. Martini, Martiniplan, 38820 Halberstadt
Opening hours: Thursday to Sunday 12.00-16.00 h
Duration: until December 3, 2023
Admission: free of charge
Curator: ilka Leukefeld, Curatorial assistance: Kerstin Krieg
The project is funded by the state of Saxony-Anhalt and Lotto-Toto GmbH Saxony-Anhalt.
Visual Arts Database Saxony-Anhalt: Six new directories launched
The “newcomers” to the work database (from left to right): Heidrun Göres, Christina Simon, Katharina Lorenz (course instructor), Helga Borisch, Silke Trekel and Steffen Christophel at the Red Ox Memorial in Halle (Saale) | © Jenny Weber
On November 10, 2023, the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Sachsen-Anhalt e.V. activated six new directories in the “Werkdatenbank Bildende Kunst Sachsen-Anhalt”. This expands the project, which has been running since 2017, to include important positions in contemporary art from Saxony-Anhalt. This year, the participating artists took part in a three-part course run by the Halle art historian Katharina Lorenz, who was commissioned by the BBK to introduce them to the use of the database. The corrections and editing were carried out by the BBK office. The participating artists and BBK representatives met at the Roter Ochse memorial in Halle (Saale) for the launch. They celebrated the successful completion of a stage with a small drink. This means that 347 works have been added.
A total of 4,849 works by 34 artists are now presented in the work database. New additions:
Helga Borisch (*1939), Magdeburg, 54 works
Steffen Christophel (*1963), Halle (Saale), 51 works
Heidrun Göres (*1948), Halle (Saale), 135 works
René Schäffer (*1975), Halle (Saale), 35 works
Christina Simon (*1963), Weißenfels, 47 works
Silke Trekel (*1969), Halle (Saale), 52 works
November 2023: Diana Höding
© Thomas Kober
The main theme and artistic approach of my work is the ambivalence of life in the field of tension of our contradictory world. In my works of painting and object art, I try to capture today’s complex, fast-moving world of unmanageable scraps of information. Mixed media techniques come very close to this perception. They combine the desire to destroy and dismantle entrenched positions with the creative joy of creating something new and unexpected. It is a convincing means of deconstructing the extreme ideologies of a one-sided world view.
Further information about the artist: https://www.diana-hoeding.com/
Diana Höding
Only a seed of creation, mixed media on canvas, 2022 // The apocalyptic narcissist, object sculpture, 2022
Curator: Friederike Nottrott
Duration: November 1 to 30, 2023
Address: Große Klausstraße 6, 06108 Halle (Saale)
Visible from outside around the clock!
BBKarium Dessau / November 2023: Grit Wolf
Juliane Naumann
The members of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt from Dessau and the surrounding area (D.u.U.) have launched the BBKarium Dessau exhibition series. Following the example of the BBKarium in Halle (Saale) in the BBK office, monthly changing exhibitions will be on display in the shop window of Ferdinand-von-Schill-Straße 3 in Dessau. On November 2, 2023, the new project was presented to all interested parties and the first window exhibition was opened with the artist Grit Wolf.
Location: Shop window of Ferdinand-von-Schill-Straße 3, 06844 Dessau
Duration: November 2 to 30, 2023, vernissage on November 2, 2023 at 7 pm
Further information: https://www.instagram.com/bbkarium.dessau/
Visible from the outside around the clock!
BBK Saxony-Anhalt welcomes 19 new members
Ruth Heftrig
On October 10, 2023, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt was a guest at the Lichthaus in Halle for the recording session. Almost all of the registered artists from Saxony-Anhalt were able to present themselves to the admissions committee in order to become members of our association. The following 19 artists have been new since October: Ulrike Basner, Frank Borisch, Claudius Förster, Amar Guebailia, Heinrich Herbrügger, Julia Himmelmann, Manuela Homm, Antonia Jungk, Björn Kalhe, Maximilian Koch, Katja Labedzki, Winfried Mikolajczyk, Bernd Neumann, Desiree Sander, Stephan Schieritz, Johann Spengler, Katharina Stark, Franz Gabriel Walther and Anna Westphalen. A warm welcome to you! We would like to thank the members Magdalena Cichon and Fabian Jochen Kanzler, who supported the board members Marcus-Andreas Mohr, Julia Rückert and Friederike Nottrott in the admission committee, as well as Bettina Jungrichter as a supporter on site.
Culture needs inclusion – making diversity visible
In Germany, over 20% of the population live with an impairment – 95% of impairments only occur in the course of life. According to Article 30 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, people with disabilities have a guaranteed right to participate in the arts and culture on an equal basis with others. For the BBK Saxony-Anhalt, it is a self-evident and consistent attitude to stand up for enabling the participation of artists with disabilities. For example, we have contacted representatives of EUCREA – the Association of Art and Disability, the Magdeburg art association Zinnober e.V., the Farbenflimmer artists’ group of the Stadtmission Halle (Saale) and the Stammtisch Inklusion Halle (Saale) in order to actively participate in changing the public perception of artists with disabilities and to help shape the diversification of the art and cultural sector in favor of the people affected. A position paper on diversity in the arts and cultural sector in Germany is available for download from EUCREA here: https://www.eucrea.de/images/downloads/Diversitaet_Online_4.pdf.
Film review of the traveling exhibition “70 years of art in architecture in Germany”
Source: BBR / Studio Krimm Two years ago, we presented the traveling exhibition “70 Years of Art in Architecture in Germany” in Halle (Saale). The Federal Ministry of Construction (BMI) and the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) took the anniversary (1949-2019 or 1989-2019) as an opportunity to create an exhibition and a publication as well as produce a film. Numerous projects by renowned artists were publicized, which are inaccessible to the majority of the population due to their location on federal properties and are therefore hardly known. A supporting programme tailored to Halle (Saale) – organized by Christine Bergmann – took a look at selected local projects and put current practices of art in architecture up for discussion. Now, as part of another project in the “Neustart Kultur” program, we have also been able to complete a short film clip looking back at the Halle version of the exhibition. We would like to thank the Kulturstiftung der Länder with its program “KULTUR.GEMEINSCHAFTEN” as well as Christine Bergmann (director) and Denis Herzog (camera and editing).
You can find more information about the traveling exhibition here.
“Alliance for Free Culture Halle” founded – 5% of the city’s cultural budget for free culture demanded
In October 2023, the interest groups of the independent cultural scene – the IG Freie Theater, IG Bildende Kunst, IG Freie Musikveranstaltende and the Literaturhaus Halle – joined forces to form the “Allianz Freie Kultur Halle”. Together, we will champion the independent cultural scene in Halle, which always provides an essential, diverse and cross-generational offering. This creates a common point of contact for independent culture in Halle. Our first goal is to increase the budget for independent culture in Halle. An increase from the current 2.3% to 5% of the city’s cultural budget is absolutely necessary in view of the fact that the application amount is heavily oversubscribed and the costs for cultural professionals are constantly rising. Further common goals were also discussed at the founding meeting. Also in October, representatives presented the alliance and its demands to the Culture Committee. An invitation was also made to the administration and city politicians to discuss the issues of promoting professionalized structures, space shortages and appropriate remuneration in cultural and artistic work in a timely manner. Your “Allianz Freie Kultur Halle” (AFKH) = IG Musikveranstaltende Halle + IG Bildende Kunst + Literaturhaus Halle + IG Freie Theater
Member projects
Benjamin Kerwien (from the exhibition “Autumn Guests from Saxony-Anhalt”)
Petra Reichenbach in Wittenberg
Presentation of the essayistic illustrated book “Strong women in the Lichtenburg”
Date: November 22, 2023
Venue: Wittenberg City Library, Schloßstraße 7, 06886 Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Further information here
Daniel Schweitzer in Halle (Saale)
Inside Out” exhibition
Duration: until November 22, 2023
Location: Halle West District Library, Zur Saaleaue 25a, 06122 Halle (Saale)
Further information here
Mariella Gänsewig in Würzburg
Textile art in an artless space
Date: November 22, 2023
Location: Kunstleerer Raum, Dubliner Straße 54, 97084 Würzburg
Further information here
Franz Rentsch and Michael Seefeldt in Leipzig
Parallel universe. Porte meets galaxy of new arts
Duration: November 23 to December 14, 2023, vernissage with artist talk on November 23 at 6 p.m., finissage with artist talk on December 14 at 3 p.m.
Location: Kunstraum Porte, Lützner Straße 77, Leipzig
Further information here
Martin Möhwald in Halle (Saale)
Exhibition ‘Blind Spots’
Duration: until November 25, 2023
Location: Zeitkunstgalerie, Kleine Marktstraße 4, 06108 Halle (Saale)
Further information here
Korvin Reich in Magdeburg
The Pi Project personal exhibition, together with C. René Hirschfeld: sound installation
Duration: until November 26, 2023
Venue: Forum Gestaltung Magdeburg, Brandenburger Straße 9-10, 39104 Magdeburg
Further information here
Korvin Reich in Bernburg
“Line – Space – Movement” – Painting and drawing by Jean Kirsten and Korvin Reich
Duration: November 27, 2023 to March 29, 2024, vernissage on November 27 at 7 pm with music by Vera Böhlk, cello
Location: Foyer Theater Bernburg, Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Theater Bernburg, Schloßstraße 22, 06406 Bernburg (Saale)
Further information here
Anne Baumann and Alica Khaet in Halle (Saale)
Exhibition project “The Shoe Controversy” supplemented with caricatures by Alica Khaet as part of the Halle Women’s Culture Days
Duration: until November 29, 2023
Location: Women’s Center Weiberwirtschaft, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 34, 06114 Halle
Further information here
Katharina Gahlert, Line Jastram, Sabine Kunz and other artists in Halle (Saale)
Group exhibition “Lysistrata Variants” as part of the Halle Women’s Culture Days
Duration: until November 29, 2023
Location: Showroom and studio merche + thies, Richard-Wagner-Straße 53, 06114 Halle (Saale)
Further information here
Grit Wolf in Dessau
Exhibition in the new BBKarium Dessau Duration: until November 30, 2023
Location: BBKarium Dessau, Ferdinand-von-Schill-Straße 3, 06844 Dessau-Roßlau
Further information here
Nora Mona Bach, Franca Bartholomäi, Christiane Budig, Rita Lass, Ilko Koestler, Stephan Schieritz, Iris Trostel-Santander, Matthias Ritzmann, Marco Warmuth and Cornelia Weihe in Halle (Saale)
Members’ exhibition ‘Wrestlemänia – 188 goes berserk!’ – a contribution to the theme year “Streitkultur und Zusammenhalt” of the city of Halle/Saale
Duration: until December 3, 2023
Location: KunstHalle, Böllberger Weg 188, 06110 Halle (Saale)
Further information here
Helen Schneider in Halle (Saale)
WILDART LIFE ICH PACKE MEINEN KOFFER” exhibition
Duration: November 24 to December 8, 2023, opening on November 24 at 5 p.m.
Location: Room for Graphics, Geiststraße 43, 06108 Halle (Saale)
Further information here
Michela Benedan in Halle (Saale)
Advent sale
Date: Sunday, December 10, 2023, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: Studio SÜDlich, Pfännerhöhe 41, 06110 Halle (Saale)
Further information here
Sabine Brauns, Ines Buff, Josephine Cyranka, Diana Höding, Benjamin Kerwien, Elena Kiseleva-Arendt, Frank Meier, Zhana Nedelcheva, Tobias Nerger, Elfi Nitze, Daniela Schönemann, Alexandra Stein and Grit Wolf in Dörenthe
Exhibition “Autumn Guests 2023 | Artists from Saxony-Anhalt”
Term: until December 10, 2023
Venue: Kulturspeicher Dörenthe, Hafenstraße 14, 49479 Ibbenbüren
Further information here
Sabine Brauns, Katharina Gahlert, Benjamin Kerwien, Wiebke Kirchner, Anke Leonhardt, Sofia Mayer, Frank Meier, Tobias Nerger, Elfi Nitze, Annegrete Riebesel, Daniela Schönemann and Frank Täubner in Mettingen
Exhibition “Autumn Guests 2023 | Artists from Saxony-Anhalt”
Term: until December 10, 2023
Location: Kunstspeicher Mettingen, Burgstraße 9, 49497 Mettingen
Further information here
Lutz Bolldorf, Ines Buff, G. Burkhard Büttner, Elvira Franz, Benjamin Kerwin, Wiebke Kirchner, Elena Kiseleva-Arendt, Rita Lass, Anke Leonhardt, Marion Münzberg, Tobias Nerger, Elfi Nitze, Korvin Reich, Valeria Sivtsova, Frank Täubner and Grit Wendelberger in Ibbenbüren
Exhibition “Autumn Guests 2023 | Artists from Saxony-Anhalt”
Term: until December 10, 2023
Location: Kunsthaus Alte Honigfabrik, Klosterstraße 21 in 49477 Ibbenbüren
Further information here
Franca Bartholomäi at the WUK in Halle
Personal exhibition “Franca Bartholomäi: NEBELWEGE”
Term: until December 10, 2023
Venue: WUK Theater Quartier, Holzplatz 7a, 06110 Halle
Further information here
Dieter Gilfert in Magdeburg
GILFERT IM HIMMELREICH – Pictures by Dieter Gilfert
Duration: December 12 to January 05, 2023, vernissage on December 12, 2023 at 7 p.m.
Location: Galerie Himmelreich, Breiter Weg 213b, corner of Danzstraße, 39104 Magdeburg
Further information here
Christina Simon in Weißenfels
Anniversary exhibition 20 years of fire restoration under the motto Come! Into the open, friend!
Duration: until December 17, 2023
Location: BRAND-SANIERUNG e.V., Novalisstraße 13, 06667 Weißenfels
Further information here
Iris Trostel-Santander in Halle (Saale)
‘Novembersonne’ – Exhibition of the Halle etching cycle “URBAN ENCOUNTERS HALLE (SAALE)”
Duration: December 7 to 19, 2023, vernissage on December 7 from 7 pm
Location: Central Library Halle, Salzgrafenstraße 2, 06108 Halle (Saale)
Matthias Behne, Stefanie Demmel & Anett Hoffmann, Alica Khaet, Katja Labedzki, Annekathrin Pohle and Petra Reichenbach in Halle (Saale)
THE KIOSK, THE CHRISTMAS GALLERY – Advent Gallery
Duration: December 6 to December 23, 2023
Location: hr.fleischer e.V., Kiosk am Reileck, Händelstraße 1a, 06114 Halle
Iris Trostel-Santander and Elvira Franz in Eisenach
Exhibition ‘WASSERZEICHEN’ – 53 positions on an existential element
Duration: until December 27, 2023
Location: KUNSTPavillon, Center for Contemporary Art e.V., Wartburgallee 47, 99817 Eisenach
Further information here
Anne Deuter in Berlin-Zehlendorf
Exhibition ‘Das Gelbe vom Buch’ // Anne Deuter and Marianne Nagel // Artists’ books and graphics
Duration: until December 30, 2023, vernissage on September 8, 7.30 pm
Location: Braun & Hassenpflug, Fischerhüttenstraße 79, 14163 Berlin
Further information here
Simon Baumgart in Halle (Saale)
Exhibition ‘PICTURES HAVE NO FEELINGS’
Duration: December 2, 2023 to January 6, 2024, vernissage on December 2 at 6 pm
Location: Galerie Scherzer, Julius-Ebeling-Straße 1a, 06112 Halle
Further information here
Frank Meier and Jochen P. Heite in Magdeburg
Artistic encounter in cultural dialog in the Herbstasalon: Resistance and encounter: “Otto we all are”
Running time: November 19, 2023 to January 7, 2024, opening on November 18 at 2:30 p.m.
Location: Elbfoyer in the MDR-Landesfunkhaus Sachsen-Anhalt, Stadtparkstraße 8, 39114 Magdeburg
Further information here
Suchra Gummelt in Halle (Saale)
Exhibition “Amicitia. An artist friendship” of the Hallescher Kunstverein e.V.
Duration: until January 12, 2024
Venue: Small Gallery of the Halle Art Association, Große Klausstraße 18, 06108 Halle (Saale)
Further information here
Reneé Reichenbach in the Netherlands
Group exhibition “Building with clay” with Renée Reichenbach and other artists
Duration: until January 14, 2024 Location: Ceramics Center Tiendschuur Tegelen, Kasteellaan 8, 5932 AG Tegelen, Netherlands
Further information here
Petra Reichenbach in Halle (Saale)
Reading and discussion of the book “Starke Frauen in der Lichtenburg. Five electresses and five concentration camp inmates on exclusion and persecution.”
Date: January 15, 2024 at 7 p.m.
Location: Bookshop of the orphanage in the Francke Foundations, Halle (Saale)
Further information here
Petra Reichenbach in Magdeburg
Reading and discussion of the book “Starke Frauen in der Lichtenburg. Five electresses and five concentration camp inmates on exclusion and persecution.”
Date: January 18, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Magdeburg City Library, Breiter Weg 109, 39104 Magdeburg
Further information here
Julienne Jattiot in Bayreuth
Exhibition “Linocut today” from the collection of the municipal gallery in Bietigheim-Bissingen
Duration: until January 18, 2024
Venue: Bayreuth Art Museum, Old Baroque Town Hall, Maximilianstraße 33, 95444 Bayreuth
Further information here
Christina Simon in Halle (Saale)
‘The Song of the Sun of Akhenaten’ – linocuts by Christina Simon
Term: until January 31, 2024
Location: St. Moritz Church Halle/Catholic Academy of the Diocese of Magdeburg, Mauerstraße 13, 06108 Halle (Saale)
Further information here
Jorge Sánchez Di Bello in Burgrieden-Rot
Group exhibition “The transparent view”
Duration: until February 11, 2024
Location: Museum Villa Rot, Schlossweg 2, 88483 Burgrieden-Rot
Further information here
Silke Trekel in Hanau
Group exhibition “True Treasures – The Collection of the Goldsmiths’ House”
Duration: until February 25, 2024
Location: Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus (Hanau)
Further information here
Steffen Ahrens, Grit Berkner, Bernd Göbel, Katharina Günther, Georg Mann and Heidi Wagner-Kerkhof in Halle (Saale)
Exhibition “Focus Amo. Pictures for a scholar”
Duration: until March 24, 2024
Location: Central Custody, Kupferstichkabinett, Universitätsplatz 11 (Löwengebäude), 06108 Halle (Saale)
Further information here
Christina Simon in Weißenfels
Personal exhibition ‘Into the unbound goes a longing’ – Dimensions of printmaking
Term: until March 31, 2024
Venue: St. Trinitatis Castle Church (Neu-Augustusburg Castle), Zeitzer Straße 4, 06667 Weißenfels
Further information here
Anja Nürnberg in Halle (Saale)
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