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Roland Schefferski – Artistic Strategies for Cultural Memory

Roland Schefferski
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Roland Schefferski

Roland Schefferski was born in Kattowitz/Katowice in 1956. From 1971 to 1976 he attended the artistic grammar school in Breslau/Wrocław. Following this, from 1976 to 1981, he continued his studies in the city by following a course in free art at the State College of Visual Arts. In 1984 he moved to Berlin where he still lives and works.

Mediathek Sorted

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  • ill. 1: Retrieved from Memory, 1993 - Retrieved from Memory, 1993 (Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Wiedergewonnen aus dem Gedächtnis, Konzept Museum Galerie, Berlin 1994)
  • ill. 2: Ten Commandments, 1997 - Ten Commandments, 1997 (Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Wiped out images, David Kirby antiquities shop, Berlin 1997)
  • ill. 3: Wiped out images, 1997 - Wiped out images, 1997 (Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Wiped out images, David Kirby antiquities shop, Berlin 1997)
  • ill. 4a: Proletariat, 1998 - Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Fragmentaryczność Pamięci/ Fragmenting the Memory, antiquities business, Danzig/Gdańsk 1998
  • ill. 4b: Proletariat, 1998 - Proletariat, 1998 (Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Fragmentaryczność Pamięci/ Fragmenting the Memory, antiquities business, Danzig/Gdańsk 1998)
  • ill. 5: Danzig Women, 1999 - Danzig Women, 1999 (Detail; Exhibition Events that remain Anonymous, Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg 2000)
  • ill. 6a: Exhibition Events that remain Anonymous, 2000 - Exhibition Events that remain Anonymous, Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg 2000 (on the occasion of the sponsorship award to the Lovis Corinth Prize)
  • ill. 6b: Exhibition Events that remain Anonymous, 2000 - Exhibition Events that remain Anonymous, Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg 2000 (on the occasion of the sponsorship award to the Lovis Corinth Prize)
  • ill. 7a: Sediment I und II, 1999-2000 - Sediment I und II, 1999-2000 (Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Empty Images, Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Łaźnia, Danzig 2007)
  • ill. 7b: Sediment I und II, 1999-2000 - Sediment I und II, 1999-2000 (ExhibitDanzig 2007)
  • ill. 8: Make your own Picture of Berlin, 2000 - Stwórz sobie własny obraz Berlina/Make your own Picture of Berlin, 2000 (poster action on the occasion of the Berlin days in Warsaw in 2000)
  • ill. 9: Berliners, 2000/2012 - Berliners, 2000/2012 (Berlińczycy, Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, Krakau 2012)
  • ill. 10: Enklawa/Enclave, 2004 - Enklawa/Enclave, 2004 (on the occasion of the exhibition Dialog Loci. Sztuka w zagubionym miejscu/Dialog Loci. Art in a lost Place, Kostrzyn nad Odrą 2004)
  • ill. 11a: This Concerns You, 2005 - This Concerns You/To dotyczy ciebie, 2005 (on the occasion of the international art project Słubfurt City?, Frankfurt (Oder ) / Słubice, 2004/05)
  • ill. 11b: This Concerns You, 2005 - This Concerns You/To dotyczy ciebie, 2005 (on the occasion of the international art project Słubfurt City?, Frankfurt (Oder ) / Słubice, 2004/05)
  • ill. 12: Conversation in the Green Area, 2006 - Conversation in the Green Area, 2006 (on the occasion of the city art series Occupation, Berlin 2006; on the platform erected by Christian Hasucha entitled The Island, Berlin-Neukölln)
  • ill. 13a: What does a fir tree do …, 2006 - What does a fir tree do …, 2006 (on the occasion of the art project Let’s get down to Work; in the garden of the LandKunstLeben At Club e.V., In the former Steinhöfel Schlossgarten /Brandenburg, 2006)
  • ill. 13b: What does a fir tree do …, 2006 - What does a fir tree do …, 2006 (on the occasion of the art project Let’s get down to Work; in the garden of the LandKunstLeben At Club e.V., In the former Steinhöfel Schlossgarten /Brandenburg, 2006)
  • ill. 14a: Our Garden, 2008 - Our Garden, 2008 (on the occasion of the art project Blossoming Landscapes, Zempow/Brandenburg 2008; in the farm garden at the Buchfinkenhof)
  • ill. 14b: Our Garden, 2008 - Our Garden, 2008 (on the occasion of the art project Blossoming Landscapes, Zempow/Brandenburg 2008; in the farm garden at the Buchfinkenhof)
  • ill. 15a: Inwentaryzacja/Inventory, 2003 - Inwentaryzacja/Inventory, Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra 2003
  • ill. 15b: Inwentaryzacja/Inventory, 2003 - Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra 2003
  • ill. 16a: reKonstruktion, 2009 - reKonstruktion, 2009 (in the Pomona Temple, Belvedere, Potsdam; built in 1800 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, rebuilt after war destruction in 1992/93, restored in 2009)
  • ill. 16b: reKonstruktion, 2009 - reKonstruktion, 2009 (in the Pomona Temple, Belvedere, Potsdam; built in 1800 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, rebuilt after war destruction in 1992/93, restored in 2009)
  • ill. 17a: Empty Images, 2000/2006 - Empty Images, 2000/2006. Los Angeles Times, 4th August 2000
  • ill. 17b: Empty Images, 2000/2006 - Empty Images, 2000/2006. Bild (Berlin), 12th January 2006
  • ill. 18a: Financial Time(s), 2012 - Financial Time(s), Collegium Polonicum, Słubice 2012
  • ill. 18b: Financial Time(s), 2012 - Financial Time(s), Collegium Polonicum, Słubice 2012
  • ill. 19a: From the Life of Europeans, 2012 - From the Life of Europeans, 2012 (Exhibition Recall - Roland Schefferski: Z życia Europejczyków/ From the Life of Europeans / Monika Weiss: Całuny/Winding Sheets, Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra 2012)
  • ill. 19b: From the Life of Europeans, 2012 - From the Life of Europeans, 2012 (Exhibition Recall - Roland Schefferski: Z życia Europejczyków/ From the Life of Europeans / Monika Weiss: Całuny/Winding Sheets, Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra 2012)
  • Simone Froboese: Roland Schefferski - To dotyczy ciebie/Das betrifft dich, Divine Film, Berlin 2005

    Simone Froboese: Roland Schefferski

    To dotyczy ciebie/Das betrifft dich, Divine Film, Berlin 2005

Roland Schefferski – Artistic Strategies for Cultural Memory

Roland Schefferski
Roland Schefferski
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Roland Schefferski

Further reading:

Schattensprung. 11 Künstlerinnen und Künstler aus Berlin, Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst - Ujazdowski-Schloss, Warschau, hrsg. vom Museumspädagogischen Dienst, Berlin 1995 (German/Polish.)

Lovis-Corinth-Preis 2000. Förderpreis Roland Schefferski, Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg, hrsg. von der Künstlergilde, Esslingen 2000 (German/Polish)

Dialog Loci. Kunst an einem verlorenen Ort. Kunstbuch zur internationalen Ausstellung Dialog Loci auf dem Gelände der Festung Küstrin, Hilden 2004 (German/Polish/English)

Roland Schefferski. Bestandsaufnahme. Inwentaryzacja, Zielona Góra 2005 (Polish/German; anlässlich der Ausstellung Roland Schefferski. Bestandsaufnahme - Inwentaryzacja, Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra 2003)

Wanderweg „blühende Landschaften“. Zempow. Handbuch für die Erkundung eines Dorfes am Zonenrand, Berlin 2009

Roland Schefferski. Financial Time(s), Reihe: Kolekcja Sztuki Współczesnej. Collegium Polonicum. Sammlung der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Słubice, Frankfurt (Oder) 2013 (German/Polish)

Recall, Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra 2014 (Polish/German/English; anlässlich der Ausstellung Roland Schefferski Recall - Z życia Europejczyków/Aus dem Leben von Europäern / Monika Weiss - Całuny/Leichentücher, Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej / Galeria BWA, Zielona Góra 2012)

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