A Rupture in the World
In the fall of 2026, the MINSK Kunsthaus Potsdam will present a comprehensive retrospective of Annemirl Bauer (1939–1989), featuring paintings, works on paper, collages, and objects.
Image gallery
Annemirl Bauer, o. T., o. J., Öl auf Holz (Schublade), 38,5 × 40,5 cm
Annemirl Bauer, Wartende (Frau auf weggeworfener Schranktür / Gefunden auf dem Berge Prenzlau), 1985, Mischtechnik auf Holz, 139,5 × 41 cm
Annemirl Bauer vor ihrer Wandbildcollage Nicht eines Lebens kunstgetriebene Schale…, 1983, Annemirl Bauer Archiv
The exhibition honors the artist, who lived in Berlin and Brandenburg and was an independent voice in the GDR, whose work was long excluded from the artistic canon.
Her works reflect her self-image as a painter and reveal an uncompromising observer who consistently advocated for social justice and took a stand against the repression of SED policies.
Spanning over three decades of her artistic career—from the late 1950s until her untimely death in 1989—the exhibition features approximately 150 paintings, drawings, collages, and objects from this extraordinary body of work.
Organized into four chapters, this thematically structured retrospective explores Annemirl Bauer’s works, which address gender roles and power dynamics within patriarchal structures, self-empowerment, human rights, environmental destruction, and state oppression.
- The exhibition is curated by Marie Gerbaulet, with support from Luisa Bachmann, in close collaboration with Amrei Bauer, estate administrator and founder and director of the Annemirl Bauer House in Niederwerbig, Brandenburg.
