25.Oct-24.nov 2024
cabinet of curiosities
Exterior view of the VdBK 1867 e.v. featuring Nolte’s “Miracle Papilio Diversitas”
glimpses into inner worlds
exhibition
Group exhibition
date
24.Oct. – 24.Dec 2024
location
Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen 1867 e.V., Eisenacher Str. 118, 10777 Berlin www.vdbk1867.de
curators
Friederike Jokisch, Paula Anke
The core of the project was the exhibition in the space of the Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen 1867 e.V., “Die Wunderkammer der Anderen – Le Cabinet des Curiosités des Autres” reveals glimpses into the inner worlds of the artists and showcases a very diverse creative spectrum. A large number of artists presented display cases featuring objects, presented in a setting designed specifically for young people. Artists from the association, as well as international artists, among others, are participating in the exhibition.
The exhibition was a collaborative project between the Alexander and Renata Camaro Foundation, the Bühler-Bolstorff Foundation, and the VdBK 1867. Daily guided tours and workshops for Berlin schools took place during the exhibition and will continue in the spaces of the Alexander and Renata Camaro Foundation beyond the exhibition’s duration. The Bühler-Bolstorff Foundation Berlin aims, among other things, to promote art and culture, as well as to support the education and upbringing of young people in particular.
exhibition views*
*with focus on my “miracles”: Papilio diversitas, garnetbird, migrabee. All creatures captured “alive” in wooden boxes to be admired. (Video loops FHD )
program & artists
Opening: Thursday, October 24, 6:00 p.m. Introduction: Paula Anke
Discussion: Friday, October 25, 6:00 p.m.
Discussion on the development of an educational program for children in the presence of the French artists (in English)
Miracle Feast: Friday • Nov. 8 • 7 p.m. Artists’ dinner
Closing event: Sunday • Nov. 24 • starting at 4 p.m.
Susanne Ahner • Kristin Albrecht • Murshida Arzu Alpana • Paula Anke • Andreas R. Bartsch • Fides Becker • Broder Burow • Bettina Cohnen • Burkhild Eichheim • Niki Elbe • Esther • Enzian • Pia Fischer • Frank • Daniela Fromberg • anna onno gatjal • Jeanne Gerardin • Vivian Gerardin • Dina Goldstein/Ayelet Golan • Sabine Herrmann • Margareta Hesse • Veronike Hinsberg • Ingartan • Friederike Jokisch • Delia Keller • Friederike Klotz • Pauline Kraneis • Rachel Kohn • Mara Loytved-Hardegg • Jana Muraitis • Roswitha Maul • Sarah Patroni • Uta Reinhardt • Marie-Hélène Richard • Cornelia Renz • Zuza Rosanka • Ellen Rouppe • Carola Ruf • Susanne Schirdewahn • Oliver Schmidt • Semra Sevin • Ulrike Seyboth • Nadja Siegl • Julia Steinmann • Lucy Teasdale • Anja Teske • Viktoria Tremmel • Andreas Treykorn • Lioba von den Driesch • Sibylle Prinzessin von Preußen • Gisela Weimann • Ruzica Zajec • Uta Zeidler
historical background
The Alexander and Renata Camaro Foundation is now housed in the former studio building on Potsdamer Straße; in addition to exhibiting and preserving the work of its namesakes, it serves as a partner for artistic education projects.
The Association of Berlin Women Artists was founded in 1867 as a true pioneering achievement. Until 1919, women were denied access to art academies. In 1893, the studio building at Potsdamer Straße 98A was constructed for the association (today’s Camaro House), serving as Germany’s first art college for women. Artists such as Käthe Kollwitz and Paula Modersohn-Becker worked there. The VdBK 1867 helped ensure that women, too, received a solid artistic education, social security, and opportunities to exhibit and sell their work.
Today, the association presents a cross-generational exhibition program featuring both historical members and contemporary artists in its exhibition spaces at Eisenacher Straße 118, and advocates for the visibility and equality of women artists.
The international networking of the VdBK 1867 and the Camaro Foundation came about through collaboration with a cultural institute in France. The exhibition’s educational concept was developed during an artist residency and further refined in Berlin.