Name: Happy Birthday, dear Hans. Hans Scheuerecker on his Birthday
Start: 2026-06-19T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-23T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst - Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus

A Birthday as an Artistic Moment: Hans Scheuerecker at BLMK

For the 75th birthday of Hans Scheuerecker, the Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art in the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus is dedicating an exhibition to the influential artist of the city, featuring works from its own collection as well as from private collections. The presentation opens up a dense art experience between painting, drawing, and examination of works that makes Scheuerecker's position in East German contemporary art visible.

A Look at a Distinctive Artistic Handwriting

Since the early 1970s, Hans Scheuerecker has been part of the Cottbus art scene. Since 1979, he has been working as a freelance painter, graphic artist, action artist, poet, photographer, and stage designer. His biography and diverse oeuvre reflect an artistic attitude that feels committed to both reduction and expressive density. Works such as portraits, figurative compositions, and powerful pictorial signs belong to that visual language which has shaped his work over the decades.

The BLMK Collection as a Resonance Space

BLMK displays works from its own collection and complements them with loans from private collections. This creates a multifaceted exhibition situation where public collection, private memory, and art historical classification intertwine. It is precisely this connection that gives the show a special proximity: It tells not only of an artist but also of the cultural anchoring of his works in Cottbus and Brandenburg.

Location, Atmosphere, and Exhibition Experience

The Diesel Power Plant itself, as an industrial monument, is an impressive place for modern art. The architecture from the 1920s, with its tension between New Objectivity and Brick Expressionism, enhances the presence of the exhibition and creates a space where colors, surfaces, and pictorial rhythms have a particularly intense effect. The visit combines architecture, museum education, and aesthetic experience into a clear cultural event.

Why the Visit is Worthwhile

This exhibition offers a concentrated access to an artist whose work is closely connected to Cottbus while also extending far beyond the region. Those interested in painting, artistic biographies, and the development of modernity in East Germany will experience here an exhibition with historical weight and immediate visual power. Definitely visit live and let the works impact you in the space.