Picture Cellar – Bilderkeller
There are some “buried” paintings in the cellar at the Akademie der Künste on Pariser Platz. These paintings were made for Fasching (Carnival) events. They were produced 1957 and 1958 by master students at the Deutsche Akademie der Künste, and aside from the exhibition halls, they are the only surviving remnants of the historic building. The works were photographed for the first time in May 1989. After nearly 30 years the murals are now accessible to the general public. The “Picture Cellar” is a unique artefact of youthful rebellion and opposition within East Berlin painting.
How did this come about? Following the precedent set by the Preußische Akademie der Künste, the tradition of master student training was continued in the GDR. Under the supervision of members, this programme offered artists the chance to work relatively independently over a two-year period in the studios located at Pariser Platz 4. During the culturally and politically explosive era in the 1950s and 1960s bitter debates grew up around the master student generation that included Manfred Böttcher, Wieland Förster, Dieter Goltzsche, Harald Metzkes, Ernst Schroeder, Werner Stötzer and Horst Zickelbein.
It was a proxy war against members of the Akademie. Among them was the sculptor Fritz Cremer, who initiated an exhibition of works by young artists shortly before construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 – one that led to a cultural-political scandal. Cremer resigned as director and Otto Nagel, the president of the Akademie, had to leave as well – for “health reasons” – according to official statements. The generation of artists born around 1930 was a force to be reckoned with and they played a major role in the formation of the “Berlin School”.
They aspired to something other than state-approved Socialist Realism, The use of terms such as “esoteric”, “not of this time” and “art out of a can” are exemplary of the press campaign with which these artists were confronted. The master student programme was even temporarily suspended. Pressures from outside brought the artists closer together and they responded to one another through their paintings, A series of paintings in darker hues developed in the works of Schroeder, Metzkes, Böttcher and Zickelbein.
The creative freedom surrounding their Fasching designs at the Akademie released an air of experimentation, one which was also fed by a large can of black paint. Free and uninhibited scenery populate the walls of the cellar, where the artists were able to experiment with works that could not have otherwise been exhibited, In the cellar interview films with Jürgen Böttcher, Strawalde, Matthias Flügge, Dieter Goltzsche, Harald Metzkes and Werner Stötzer will be shown, insights into the work of the conservators will be given, sound documents of the former disputes can be heard and guided tours will be offered.
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