The joint exhibition of the Kunshaus Dresden and the ifa - Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations in the robotron canteen takes a look at the IX and X. Kunstausstellung as the largest and most visited survey exhibition of the GDR as well as the alternative culture of the 1980s as a resonance space for social change.
Based on the historical holdings of the Centre for Art Exhibitions of the GDR (ZfK), whose graphic art collection was transferred to the ifa in 1991, the exhibition opens up a dialogue between the generations with over fifty participating artists and offers insights into the special relationship between art and the public.
With works by
Karl-Heinz Adler, Walter Arnold, Bernd Bankroth, Falko Behrendt, Sibylle Bergemann, Christian Borchert, Anna Bromley, Klaus Dennhardt, Reinhard Dietrich, Michael Freudenberg, Freunde der italienischen Oper, Manuel Frolik, Manuel Frolik, Hubertus Giebe, Hermann Glöckner, Dieter Goltzsche, Eberhard Göschel, Hans-Hendrik Grimmling, Herta Günther, Angela Hampel, Andreas Hegewald, Christian Heinze, Christine Heitmann, Ernst Hirsch / Gartenfest Heinz Wittig, Olaf Holzapfel, Wilhelm Klotzek, Friedrich Kracht, Sylvie Kürsten, Gerda Lepke, Werner Lieberknecht, Peter Makolies, Martin Maleschka, Yana Milev, Henrike Naumann, Helga Paris, A. R. Penck, Johannes Peschel, David Polzin, Núria Quevedo, Günther Rechn, Gerhard Rommel, Jürgen Schieferdecker, Hanns Schimansky, Werner Schinko, Luise Schröder, Klaus Schwabe, Sabine Slatosch, Wolfgang Smy, Erika Stürmer-Alex, Ulrich Tarlatt, Alfred Thiele, Max Uhlig, Norbert Wagenbrett, Suse Weber, Claus Weidensdorfer, Horst Weisse, Olav Westphalen, Leoni Wirth, Karla Woisnitza, Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt, Willy Wolff, Ulrich Wüst, Fotis Zaprasis
With an artistic contemporary witness project by Sylvie Kürsten with Susanne Altmann, Michael Freudenberg, Hubertus Giebe, Prof. Dr Bernd Lindner, Yana Milev, Peter Segor, Sabine Slatosch
"Productive Unrest" in the robotron canteen is the first of six chapters in the ifa exhibition series "Publik Machen", , which is dedicated to the work of the ZfK. The ZfK combined state cultural policy with international exchange and today opens up new perspectives on the relationship between art and the state. "Publik Machen" is taking place at five other exhibition venues in Berlin: ifa-Galerie Berlin, Schloss Biesdorf, KVOST - Kunstverein Ost, Prater Galerie and Galerie im Turm.
A joint exhibition of the Kunsthaus Dresden and the ifa - Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, in co-operation with the Wüstenrot Foundation. Further partners are Kunstfonds / Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and Art in Networks - a research project of the Chair of Visual Studies and Art History at TU Dresden.
Further information on the programme can also be found at agora.ifa.de.
Exhibition dates
Opening: Productive unrest
An exhibition on art and the public at art exhibitions in the GDR in the 1980s
Opening with a greeting from the Mayor of Culture Annekatrin Klepsch and a panel discussion with contributors to the exhibition
Followed by a live concert by the band "Freunde der italienischen Oper" (20:00)
The exhibition in the robotron canteen takes up the IX. and X. Kunstausstellung as the largest and most visited survey exhibition of the GDR as well as the alternative culture of the 1980s as a resonance space for social change.
Based on the historical collection of the ifa - Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, the exhibition, in which over 50 artists are involved, opens up a dialogue between the generations and offers insights into the special relationship between art and the public.
"The drummer from Zwitschermaschine"
Concert by the band "Der Schlagzeuger von Zwitschermaschine (DSVZ)"
as part of the exhibition "Produktive Unruhe" in the robotron canteen
The band was founded by the drummer of the GDR art-punk band "Zwitschermaschine" Walter Grossmann, brought to life by Cornelia Schleime and Ralf Kerbach, the then and still legendary formation originally existed from 1979 to 1983.
"Der Schlagzeuger von Zwitschermaschine" in a six-piece line-up including Wolfgang Grossmann (vocals, drums), Ralf Kerbach (guitar) and Jörg Schittkowski (bass, guitar)
reconstructs old material and composes new music that annexes punk, freestyle and expressionism with Michael Rom's unburnished poetry.
- Current line-up:
Wolfgang Grossmann (vocals, drums)
Ralf Kerbach (guitar)
Jörg Schittkowski (bass, guitar)
Rajko Gohlke (bass)
Pegman (guitar)
Serge (drums)