10. Egmont-Schaefer-Preis für Zeichnung an Barbara Camilla Tucholski
Award Ceremony and Exhibition Opening on Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at 8 PM
Welcome by Kathleen Krenzlin, Director of Galerie Parterre Berlin
Laudation for the Award by Carmela Thiele, Author, Karlsruhe
Greeting from the Verein Berliner Kabinett, Frank Diersch, Egmont-Schaefer Prize Winner 1998
Award Presentation by Dr. Jens Semrau, Executive Board Member
The Verein Berliner Kabinett e. V. has awarded the Egmont-Schaefer Prize for Drawing to the artist Barbara Camilla Tucholski, who lives in Oevelgönne, Vienna, and Rome. This prize was established by the Verein Berliner Kabinett in 1998 in honor of the Berlin-based artist Egmont Schaefer (1908–2004). It aims to promote drawing as an artistic medium and to recognize the significance of drawing as a form of artistic expression. There are no formal requirements regarding age, background, or education, and since 2014, it has been awarded in collaboration with Galerie Parterre Berlin. The prize is awarded every two years and includes a monetary award of 1,000 EUR, an exhibition at Galerie Parterre Berlin, and a publication.
The award recipient is chosen by an independent and rotating jury, which includes the permanent member, the chairman of the Verein Berliner Kabinett, painter and sculptor Joachim Böttcher. Other jury members include: Dr. Katrin Arrieta, Artistic Director of the Kunstmuseum Ahrenshoop | Dr. Anita Beloubek-Hammer, Curator for Modern Classical Art at the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett, retired | Naomi Hennig (M.A.), program coordinator at Galerie im Turm in Berlin-Friedrichshain until the end of 2015 | Michael Freitag, Director of the Lyonel-Feininger-Galerie Quedlinburg | Hanns Schimansky, artist in Berlin, and Christian Ulrich, artist in Berlin and member of the Verein Berliner Kabinett.
In the jury's statement, it is noted: "The works of Barbara Camilla Tucholski have been dedicated to the drawn line for decades. This award recognizes a body of work that transforms real places into artistic spaces, where reflections on nature, spontaneity, and reduction coexist in a convincing and balanced relationship without illusionism."
Biography:
Barbara Camilla Tucholski was born in 1947 in Loitz an der Peene and studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University in Bonn. In 2002/03, she received the DaimlerChrysler Scholarship from Casa di Goethe, Rome; until 2013, she was a professor at Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel. Since 1988, she has had numerous exhibitions and participations, including at the Drawing Center New York, Albertina, Vienna, Sfeir-Semler Gallery in Beirut, Galerie Werner Klein in Cologne, Casa di Goethe in Rome, Morat Institute for Art and Art Science in Freiburg im Breisgau, and Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf. Her works are included in many public collections, such as: Frac Picardie, Amiens; Kunstmuseum Bonn; Sammlung Hanck, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf; Kupferstichkabinett Dresden; Kunsthalle zu Kiel; Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München; Casa di Goethe, Rome; Albertina, Vienna.
Alongside the award winner's exhibition, works by previous award recipients Frank Diersch, Peter Graf, Andreas Bindl, Jürgen Köhler, Sati Zech, German Stegmaier, Heinz Handschick, Doris Leue, and Hans Scheib will also be on display.
This exhibition will be accompanied by Working Paper XII from Galerie Parterre Berlin in collaboration with the Verein Berliner Kabinett and Barbara Camilla Tucholski.
The Egmont-Schaefer Prize for Drawing originated from the exhibition series BERLINER KABINETT, which was established in 1990 by HOW Toppel and Karl-Friedrich Schmalwaßer. In 1998, the Verein Berliner Kabinett e.V. was founded as a non-profit organization. It continues to focus on the BERLINER KABINETT exhibitions, preserves the estate of Egmont Schaefer, and awards the eponymous prize for drawing.
Events during the exhibition
Thursday, May 26, 8 PM
World Premiere of the composition by Hermann Keller:
Ihr sollt die Wahrheit erben for speaking cellist based on the book of the same name by Anita Lasker-Wallfisch with Constance Ricard (Cello)
Wednesday, June 22, 8 PM
KNM Berlin: Hommage à Edison Denissow featuring works by Edison Denissow, Anton Webern, Alexandra Filonenko, Pierre Boulez
Exhibition from May 4 to July 3, 2016
Image: Barbara Camilla Tucholski Albertina, 11.3.2000 Pencil on paper, 32 x 24 cm