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Kunsthaus Göttingen

Kunsthaus Göttingen is an exhibition space in Göttingen, Germany. Its focus is on contemporary art for works on paper, photography, and new media with an international emphasis. The Kunsthaus is part of KuQua (Kunstquartier Göttingen, Göttingen Art Quarter).[1]

Kunsthaus Göttingen
Facade of the Kunsthaus Göttingen
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Established2021
LocationGöttingen
TypeExhibition house for contemporary art
DirectorDorle Meyer (managing director), Gerhard Steidl (honorary founding director)
Websitewww.kunsthaus-goettingen.de

History

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The Kunsthaus project was initiated by the publisher Gerhard Steidl.[2][3][4] and was realized with local and federal government support.[5][6] The building had its topping out ceremony at the end of September 2019,[2][7] and was completed in December 2020. The originally estimated total cost was €5,874,000, of which three-quarters was financed by federal funds from the "National Projects of Urban Development" funding program,[1][8][9] The final cost was put at "6.5 to 7 million euros" by Göttingen's mayor.[10]

On June 4, 2021, the Kunsthaus opened with a solo exhibition by the artist Roni Horn titled Roni Horn. You are the weather.[11][12]

Management

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The start-up phase of the Kunsthaus was managed by Alfons von Uslar, who was Honorary Founding Managing Director from 2020 to June 2022,[13] and by Ute Eskildsen, retired curator of the Folkwang Museum in Essen, who advised on the building planning and organised the first two exhibitions. As of February 2023, Dr. Dorle Meyer leads the Kunsthaus's operations as Managing Director and the Curator Lotte Dinse has been responsible for content since 2023.[14] In the early years, as honorary director, Gerhard Steidl supported the house with curation.[15]

Architecture

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At the end of 2015, after several years of preparations, the city of Göttingen, as the building owner, launched an architectural competition, chaired by Jórunn Ragnarsdóttir, in which 15 architectural firms participated, including two from abroad. The winners of the first prize, the architects of Atelier30 (in Kassel), later withdrew due to artistic conflicts,[16] so the winner of the second prize, Atelier ST[17][better source needed] from Leipzig, was assigned.[18] In 2017, Berlin landscape architect Stefan Bernard won the competition for the design of the inner courtyard.[19][20]

 
Cross section of the building

The completed, externally three-story Kunsthaus is based on historic Göttingen half-timbered houses in its closed construction, the building cubature, the gable roof as a roof form, and the floors that project twice toward the top. The linear structure of the horizontal modeling plaster is intended to be reminiscent of "stacked papers".[21]


The courtyard measures around 1,300 square meters.[22][23] On the south side of the inner courtyard lies the "House of Words" pavilion, which opened shortly after the Kunsthaus in the summer of 2021. Inside is the installation Poet Singing (The Flowering Sheets) by the American artist Jim Dine - donated to the city of Göttingen by the artist.[24][25]

 
Jim Dine's The Flowering Sheets at House of Words

Exhibitions

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Installation of Maya Mercer

The exhibition focus of the Kunsthaus is on current positions of international contemporary art. Four exhibitions a year are hosted.[26]

As a partner project of documenta fifteen, the Kunsthaus opened a group exhibition titled Printing futures[27] from June 18 to September 25, 2022, which presented internationally known artists such as Dayanita Singh, Theseus Chan and Shahidul Alam.[28][29] Göttingen's mayor Petra Broistedt evaluated the cooperation with documenta as a milestone for Göttingen as a cultural location.[30]

A video project by Sebastian Stumpf documenting the building's construction is on permanent display.[31]

Förderkreis Kunsthaus Göttingen e.V.

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In the spring of 2023, a registered association in support of the Kunsthaus' activities was founded: "Förderkreis Kunsthaus Göttingen e.V.". It was initiated by Rolf-Georg Köhler (retired mayor) and Alfons v. Uslar (former founding managing director of the Kunsthaus).[32][33]

References

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  1. ^ a b "KuQua: Das Kunstquartier in Göttingen". Stadt Göttingen (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-11.
  2. ^ a b Thomas Kopietz: Steidl und sein Traum einer Galerie: das Kunsthaus Göttingen feiert Richtfest, Hessisch/Niedersächsische Allgemeine, 27 September 2019, accessed 18 February 2023.
  3. ^ Alexander, Matthias. "Kunsthaus in Göttingen: Eigenbrötler als Netzwerker". Frankfurter Allgemeiner Zeitung (in German). ISSN 0174-4909. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  4. ^ "Kunsthaus Göttingen - Mehr als ein Museum". Deutschlandfunk Kultur (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  5. ^ "Das Kunsthaus ist eröffnet – auch ein Erfolg der SPD". spd-goettingen.de. SPD-Stadtverband Göttingen. 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  6. ^ Christoph Oppermann (2018-05-28). "Oppermann im Interview. "Göttingen muss kulturell spannender und attraktiver werden"". Göttinger Tageblatt. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  7. ^ Michael Brakemeier (2019-09-27). "Richtfest für das Kunsthaus im Kunstquartier Göttingen". Göttinger Tageblatt. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  8. ^ "Göttingen Kunstquartier (KuQua)". Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (BBSR) im Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung (BBR). Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  9. ^ Christoph Oppermann und Nadine Eckermann (2018-06-01). "Interview Kunstquartier: "Ein magischer Punkt für Göttingen" Gespräch zum KuQua mit Verleger Gerhard Steidl und ottobock-Chef Hans-Georg Näder". Göttinger Tageblatt. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  10. ^ "Gerade eröffnet. Ein Kunsthaus für Göttingen als Zentrum des Kunstquartiers (Kuqua)". Göttinger Tageblatt. 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  11. ^ "Roni Horn, 4. Juni 2021 – 8. August 2021 Einzelausstellung Buch – Zeichnung – Fotografie". Kunsthaus Göttingen. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  12. ^ Peter Krüger-Lenz (2021-06-04). "Internationaler Start: Roni Horn ist die erste Künstlerin im Kunsthaus Göttingen". Göttinger Tageblatt (Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack GmbH & Co. KG). Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  13. ^ Thomas Kopietz (2022-07-29). "Dorle Meyer leitet ab sofort das Kunsthaus in Göttingen". Hessisch/Niedersächsische Allgemeine. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  14. ^ "Team". Kunsthaus Göttingen. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  15. ^ Kunsthaus Göttingen. Mehr als ein Museum. Gerhard Steidl im Gespräch mit Marietta Schwarz, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, 3 June 2021, accessed 18 Februar 2023.
  16. ^ "Weiterverfolgt. Kunsthaus, Göttingen/ Deutschland". Wettbewerbe Aktuell. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  17. ^ Göttingen, 2020, Atelier ST
  18. ^ "Steidls Galerie für Göttingen", Bauwelt.
  19. ^ "Kunsthaus: Berliner Büro soll Innenhof gestalten" Archived 2020-11-26 at the Wayback Machine, goettingen.de
  20. ^ Göttinger Kunstquartier: Berliner Büro soll Hof gestalten, Hessisch/Niedersächsische Allgemeine.
  21. ^ "Stacked paper and historical buildings inform the design of Göttingen art gallery in Germany". Designboom. 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  22. ^ "Kunsthaus. Berliner Büro soll Innenhof gestalten". Stadt Göttingen. 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  23. ^ Bernd Schlegel (2017-06-22). "Göttinger Kunstquartier: Berliner Büro soll Hof gestalten". Hessisch/Niedersächsische Allgemeine. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  24. ^ "House of Words". Kunsthaus Göttingen. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  25. ^ Thomas Kopietz (2021-09-02). "Weltklasse-Künstler Jim Dine schenkt Göttingen das "House of Words"". Hessisch/Niedersächsische Allgemeine. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  26. ^ "Mehr Kunst in die City: Neues Ausstellungshaus eröffnet in Göttingen". Monopol (in German). 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
  27. ^ printing futures, kunsthaus-goettingen.de
  28. ^ "Documenta-Partnerprojekt: Wer nach Kassel fährt, sollte in Göttingen vorbeischauen". Monopol (in German). 2022-07-01. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  29. ^ Documenta: Kunsthaus Göttingen wird zum "Haus des Papiers", Norddeutscher Rundfunk, 29 March 2022
  30. ^ Wiethoff, Bärbel (2022-03-29). "Kunsthaus Göttingen übernimmt eine Partnerschaft der documenta 15". Norddeutscher Rundfunk (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-11.
  31. ^ "Gekämmte Fassade und Spitzenfotokunst: Neue Galerie Kunsthaus Göttingen ist Fixpunkt im Kunstquartier". Hessisch/Niedersächsische Allgemeine (in German). 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  32. ^ "Engagement". Kunsthaus Göttingen.
  33. ^ "Förderkreis Kunsthaus Göttingen e.V. gegründet!". Kunsthaus Göttingen (in German). 2023-05-23. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
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