All the best, dear Hans at BLMK Cottbus: Scheuerecker for 75.
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Hans Scheuerecker at the BLMK: A birthday greeting full of color, gesture, and memory
For the 75th birthday of the Cottbus artist Hans Scheuerecker, the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art at the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus is presenting a focused exhibition featuring works from its own collection and private collections. The exhibition offers a precise view of an oeuvre that has been one of the most significant positions in East German contemporary art for decades. ([cottbus-news.de](https://www.cottbus-news.de/veranstaltungen/ausstellungen/alles-gute-lieber-hans-hans-scheuerecker-zum-geburtstag-werke-aus-der-sammlung-des-blmk-sowie-privatsammlungen-26072007222259))
Neo-expressionism with Cottbus handwriting
Hans Scheuerecker is considered a defining voice of the Cottbus art scene and an important representative of a neo-expressive movement that opened new spaces for painting, graphics, and action in the 1980s. His visual language combines energetic lines, condensed surfaces, and an immediate, physical gesture into an art that oscillates between intuition and composition. ([cottbus-news.de](https://www.cottbus-news.de/veranstaltungen/ausstellungen/alles-gute-lieber-hans-hans-scheuerecker-zum-geburtstag-werke-aus-der-sammlung-des-blmk-sowie-privatsammlungen-26072007222259))
Painting, graphics, poster and sculpture in dialogue
The exhibition brings together important works from the BLMK’s collection and enhances them with loans. This creates an observation of works that not only celebrates individual images but also makes visible developmental lines, themes, and formal experiments spanning nearly five decades. Paintings, graphics, posters, and sculptural works enter into a lively relationship. ([cottbus-news.de](https://www.cottbus-news.de/veranstaltungen/ausstellungen/alles-gute-lieber-hans-hans-scheuerecker-zum-geburtstag-werke-aus-der-sammlung-des-blmk-sowie-privatsammlungen-26072007222259))
Collection as a vibrant resonance space
The BLMK has a large collection of art from the GDR and subsequent artistic traditions; the exhibition program is closely linked to this collection. Therefore, the exhibition at the Diesel Power Plant does not act as a mere anniversary but as a curated dialogue between artistic biography, museum collection, and cultural memory. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/blmk-2quartalsheft-2025-ansicht.pdf?utm_source=openai))
Exhibition atmosphere in an industrial monument
The Diesel Power Plant Cottbus offers a powerful framework for Scheuerecker's visual world with its industrial architecture. Light, wall surfaces, and spatial depth enhance the aesthetic experience and give the works the presence necessary for an intensive observation of the art. The house is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 11 am to 7 pm; the exhibition rooms are accessible by elevators. ([cottbus-news.de](https://www.cottbus-news.de/veranstaltungen/ausstellungen/alles-gute-lieber-hans-hans-scheuerecker-zum-geburtstag-werke-aus-der-sammlung-des-blmk-sowie-privatsammlungen-26072007222259))
Cultural education and educational added value
The BLMK sees itself not only as a venue for exhibitions but also as a space for cultural education. Guided tours, workshops, and other educational formats are part of the museum's profile and make modern art accessible to different target groups. Those who visit the exhibition experience art history, contemporary art, and mediation in a dense, sensual form. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/blmk-2quartalsheft-2025-ansicht.pdf?utm_source=openai))
Conclusion: All the best, dear Hans is more than a birthday exhibition. The exhibition offers a concentrated, art-historically relevant, and sensually strong view of Hans Scheuerecker and invites visitors to discover his visual world in person. Anyone who wants to experience color, line, and gesture directly should visit this exhibition live in Cottbus. ([cottbus-news.de](https://www.cottbus-news.de/veranstaltungen/ausstellungen/alles-gute-lieber-hans-hans-scheuerecker-zum-geburtstag-werke-aus-der-sammlung-des-blmk-sowie-privatsammlungen-26072007222259))
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