Deichtorhallen

The Deichtorhallen in Hamburg are among the major exhibition venues for contemporary art and photography in Europe. The two historic halls with their open steel glass architecture were built from 1911 to 1913. They stand near the HafenCity. The hall for contemporary art and the house of photography are complemented by a branch in Hamburg -Harburg with the Falkenberg collection. Director of the Deichtorhallen is the doctor of art historian Dirk Luckow.

History

Between 1911 and 1914, the Deichtorhallen were built on the site of the former Berlin railway station, the Hamburg counterpart of the " Hamburger Bahnhof " in Berlin, as the market halls. You are one of the few surviving examples of industrial architecture of the transition period from Art Nouveau to the forms of expression of the 20th century represents the two halls are open steel structures: the northern hall is a three-aisled nave of 3800 m² area, the southern hall (1800 m²) a central building with lantern.

The Deichtorhallen were restored by the Körber Foundation and are owned by the city of Hamburg. In 1989 she was handed over to the Deichtorhallen Expo GmbH. On November 9, opened in 1989 with the exhibition obviousness of Harald Szeemann the international art exhibition program of the halls.

Since 2009, Dirk Luckow director of Deichtorhallen, which he heads, together with the Commercial Director Bert Anthony Kaufmann.

Hall for contemporary art

In the northern Deichtorhalle artistic positions of the present are presented in major projects. Solo exhibitions of painters, sculptors and designers of international fame are in the foreground. The projects will be mostly site -specific developed in close collaboration with the artists.

Since 1989, the more than 160 major exhibitions were shown. In addition to extensive monographic exhibitions by famous artists such as Andy Warhol, Martin Kippenberger, Louise Bourgeois, younger artists will be featured in major exhibitions such as 1994 Andreas Gursky, Jason Rhoades (1999) and Jonathan Meese (2006). In addition, topics and group exhibitions as well as major international art collections such as the Julia Stoschek Collection (2010 ) are shown.

Also there are regular exhibitions with a programmatic close of culture and everyday life, with cultural and historical subjects, ranging deliberately aimed at a wide audience. The program of the hall for contemporary art is the responsibility of the directors of the Deichtorhallen Dirk Luckow.

House of Photography

With the House of Photography in the southern building of the Deichtorhallen received in 2005 an exhibition house with two large photographic collections: the FC Gundlach Collection, as well as the image archive of the news magazine Der Spiegel. The House of Photography shows international exhibitions of photography, works of the 19th and 20th century to young contemporary photographers and aspects of the digital revolution.

. Was designed Relevant is the House of Photography FC Gundlach, the founding director and artistic director of the House of Photography in the 2003 to 2005 He also curated the opening exhibition Martin Munkácsi: Think While You Shoot! (2005). Since 2006, Gundlach is no longer program director of the house, but also a member of the Supervisory Board. The reconstruction of the southern Deichtorhalle for House of Photography was done from 2004 to 2005 by the Hamburg architect Jan Störmer.

Gundlach collection

Core pieces of the house of photography form the FC Gundlach Collection - a collection in fashion photography and art photography - as well as the image archive of the news magazine Der Spiegel. Both collections are created in Hamburg and could be held as long -term permanent loan in Hamburg, thanks to the investment in the technology exhibition, the architecture and the conservation conditions of the house of photography.

In his role as a founding director of the House of Photography in the Deichtorhallen Gundlach presented his private collection to the House in 2003 as a permanent loan for a period of 20 years. The aim of the house is to present the collection and its inherent themes to a wide audience. In addition to photographic work since the mid- 1980s, numerous works by visual artists were interesting for Gundlach, who occupied themselves in their work with the medium of photography. Since 2003 numerous exhibitions have been compiled from the collection of the collection, including "A Clear Vision " (2003 ), "The Heartbeat of Fashion" (2006), "American Beauties " (2007) or " Nobuyoshi Araki. Silent Wishes " (2010).

Collection Falkenberg

The collection Falkenberg is located since 2001 in the Phoenix Halls in Hamburg -Harburg. 2007 was acquired by the lawyer and entrepreneur Harald Falkenberg one of the building and had this rebuilt by the Berlin architect Roger Bundschuh to an exhibition space for his collection.

Since opening in May 2008, 28 exhibitions with artists such as Paul Thek, Jon Kessler and Robert Wilson were there shown, but also thematic exhibitions and collection presentations. The rooms make it possible for larger installations and multimedia projects by artists such as John Bock, General Idea, Thomas Hirschhorn, Mike Kelley, Jon Kessler, Jonathan Meese and Gregor Schneider to show.

Since January 2011, the collection Falkenberg belongs organizationally to Deichtorhallen Hamburg GmbH and is used by this under the name " Deichtorhallen - Collection Falkenberg " operated. The exhibition concept of the collection Falkenberg is to be continued and expanded to new aspects.

The collection includes about 2,000 works of contemporary art. It focuses on German and American contemporary art of the last 30 years. It provides an overview of these, the model of the " Counter Culture ", a counter - culture and youth undertook development of contemporary art. Important artists are represented with work groups.

Important exhibitions

Harburg (quarter) Robert Wilson (director) Mike Kelley (artist) Harry Callahan (photographer)
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