GDR Black, 2018
“Born in Zwickau in 1984, the artist Henrike Naumann combines popular furniture and everyday design from the post-reunification period with GDR art, confronting viewers with questions about consumption, identity, beauty and ugliness. I am delighted that the Friends of the Kunstpalast acquired 'DDR Noir: Schichtwechsel' (DDR Noir: Shift Change) in 2019 because it is so thought-provoking.” Tatjana Kimmel, Director of the Friends of the Kunstpalast
“What fascinates me about Henrike Naumann’s work is the way she deals with history. Forgotten and repressed things become visible. This is very much in the spirit of William Faulkner and Christa Wolf: ‘The past is not dead, it is not even past.’” Steffen Krautzig, until 2023 Research Associate, Education
ArtistHenrike Naumann,
Zwickau
1984–2026
Berlin
Furniture, requisites, two studies by Karl Heinz Jakob (1929–1997) on the painting “Concert Introduction” (1962)
Status
not on displayAccessionPermanent loan of the Friends of the Kunstpalastes
Provenance2019 Acquisition by the Friends of the KunstpalastFrom 2019 on permanent loan of the friends of the Kunstpalast to the Kunstpalast
Inventory number0.2019.16L
Contact
sammlung@kunstpalast.de