Happy Birthday, dear Hans: Hans Scheuerecker at BLMK Cottbus
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A birthday greeting to the expressive power of Hans Scheuerecker
The Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art is dedicating an exhibition to Hans Scheuerecker on the occasion of his 75th birthday, condensing painting, graphic art, poster art, and sculpture into a multifaceted artistic experience. In the Diesel Power Station Cottbus, an examination of works unfolds that makes visible not only the artistic development but also the uniqueness of one of the most distinctive positions in the Cottbus art scene. The show runs from May 30 to August 23, 2026. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/programm/alles-gute-lieber-hans/))
Between Figure, Color, and Reduction
The exhibition features works from the BLMK collection as well as from private collections and follows an oeuvre that has been systematically developed since the 1970s. The shifts from expressive gestures to graphic condensation, schematic clarity, and a more concentrated primary color palette become visible. At the same time, the human figure remains an existential theme and lends a special emotional tension to the presentation. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/programm/alles-gute-lieber-hans/))
An artist between Neoexpressionism and Independence
According to the nGbK archive, Hans Scheuerecker is considered an important representative of a neo-expressive movement that significantly broke open East German art in the 1980s. The Brandenburg Gallery describes him as a painter, graphic artist, actionist, poet, photographer, and stage designer, who has been working as a freelancer in Cottbus since 1979 and has been present in over 100 solo and group exhibitions. This art historical range explains why his works are so convincing between abstraction, art brut-like directness, and formal reduction. ([archiv.ngbk.de](https://archiv.ngbk.de/projekte/hans-scheuerecker/))
The Diesel Power Station as a Space for Focused Examination
The BLMK in Cottbus is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 11 am to 7 pm; the exhibition rooms in the Diesel Power Station are accessible by elevator without barriers. The address is Uferstraße/Am Amtsteich 15, 03046 Cottbus. Thus, the institution provides a well-accessible framework for cultural education, art historical classification, and a quiet, in-depth exhibition experience. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/programm/alles-gute-lieber-hans/))
Deepening Through Mediation
For the exhibition, a guided tour with Ulrike Kremeier is announced. According to BLMK, the tour will take place on August 6, 2026, at 3 pm and costs 5.50 euros including admission. This offers a particularly good opportunity to learn about the backgrounds of work groups, collection history, and curatorial concepts firsthand. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/programm/fuehrung-in-alles-gute-lieber-hans-3/))
Those interested in East German art history, expressive painting, and the development of an idiosyncratic artistic cosmos will find an exhibition of remarkable density here. Happy Birthday, dear Hans is not merely an honor but a lively invitation to experience Scheuerecker's visual language in the original and to deepen the aesthetic experience in the museum immediately. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/programm/alles-gute-lieber-hans/))
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