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The exhibition QUEER ART IN THE GDR? and the accompanying educational programme are dedicated to queer artistic positions from the GDR from 28. March to 28. June. The focus is on the multifaceted lives of nine artists and their works, including painting, sculpture, ceramics and photography. These biographies reveal how differently the artists responded to the political and social conditions of their time and what role their sexual orientation played in their artistic practice and professional development.
Despite gradual decriminalisation, homosexuality remained a strong social and political taboo in the GDR. Even after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the situation for queer artists improved only to a limited extent; many positions from the GDR were instead forgotten. While interest in the art and culture of the GDR is growing today, as is attention to queer realities of life, the intertwining of both perspectives – queer biographies and artistic forms of expression within the communist dictatorship – has hardly been researched to date.
The term ‘queer’ is deliberately used in the exhibition in its current meaning, even though it did not exist in …
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Image above: Andreas Fux, Berlin, 1985, Fotografie, Courtesy: Andreas Fux & KVOST, Berlin
