All the best, dear Hans at BLMK: Experience Hans Scheuerecker in Cottbus
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Hans Scheuerecker at the Diesel Power Station: A birthday exhibition full of color, figure, and attitude
The Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art honors Cottbus artist Hans Scheuerecker on the occasion of his 75th birthday with this exhibition. Important works from the BLMK collection and selected loans from private collections will be shown. The exhibition opens a concentrated view of a body of work that connects painting, graphics, poster art, and sculptural works. Scheuerecker has been closely connected with Cottbus since the early 1970s; since 1979 he has worked as a freelance painter, graphic artist, actionist, and set designer. In 1992, he was the first artist to receive the Art Prize of the State of Brandenburg. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/kalender/))
A work between expressiveness and reduction
Scheuerecker's art repeatedly revolves around humanity. His visual worlds rely on expressive colors, clear density, and a strong psychological presence of the figure. Art historically, his work can be located in the context of expressive, figurative tendencies in East German art since the 1970s, which increasingly broke free from the constraints of representation and opened up to the subjective. Those who observe here encounter not just individual images but an artistic attitude that brings vulnerability, identity, and existence into a concise form. ([art-in.de](https://www.art-in.de/ausstellung.php?id=10400&utm_source=openai))
Collection history as an aesthetic trace
The connection between museum and artist is particularly exciting: The BLMK and its predecessor institutions have accompanied Scheuerecker's journey since the 1970s and built up an extensive collection over decades. Thus, the exhibition also becomes a narrative about collection work, art historical continuities, and the visibility of East German modernity. Works from different creative phases will be shown, including paintings, graphics, posters, and sculptures. ([art-in.de](https://www.art-in.de/ausstellung.php?id=10400&utm_source=openai))
The Diesel Power Station as a place for viewing works
The Diesel Power Station Cottbus combines industrial culture with modern and contemporary art. As the site of the BLMK, it offers barrier-free accessible exhibition spaces, an event hall, and the mukk. The exhibition atmosphere is suitable for quiet, concentrated viewing of works, where materiality, gesture, and image space have a particularly intense effect. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/))
Education, tours, and deep access
The BLMK anchors the exhibition in its art education. A tour with Ulrike Kremeier is announced for the exhibition; the museum also offers a wide range of educational programs for schools, children, young people, and adults. This creates an art experience that can not only be viewed but also contextualized and reflected upon. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/kalender/))
Conclusion: Those who encounter Hans Scheuerecker in this exhibition will experience an independent, tension-filled work between figuration, gesture, and reduction. The interplay of collection, private collection, and museum curation makes a visit to Cottbus a rewarding cultural and aesthetic experience. This exhibition deserves an encounter on site. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/kalender/))
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