Kunsthalle Rostock in dialogue with A. R. Penck

While the upper floor presents works by A. R. Penck, the ground floor show­cas­es pieces from the Kun­sthalle’s own col­lec­tion. These include works by impor­tant artists such as Willi Sitte and Wern­er Tübke, as well as more recent Scan­di­na­vian artists, for exam­ple, Per Kirke­by. The selec­tion is com­ple­ment­ed by works from less­er-known, some­times region­al, artists. Togeth­er, these works open up a dis­course on var­i­ous forms of artis­tic expression.

A par­tic­u­lar dis­cov­ery with­in the col­lec­tion is a large-for­mat paint­ing by Leon Pohle from 1901, which is being shown at the Kun­sthalle Ros­tock for the first time.

The works by A. R. Penck on dis­play come from the Böck­mann Col­lec­tion. The exhi­bi­tion was cre­at­ed in col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Weser­burg Muse­um in Bre­men. In addi­tion to well-known paint­ings, whose reduced visu­al lan­guage is rem­i­nis­cent of pre­his­toric cave paint­ings, more unusu­al works by the artist are also on dis­play – includ­ing record cov­ers designed by him. Togeth­er, they offer a glimpse into Penck­’s mul­ti­fac­eted and exu­ber­ant oeuvre.