149 Klaus Dennhardt: Installation of the “Mast mit zwei Faltungszonen” (Pole with two folding zones) by Hermann Glöckner (1982), black-and-white photograph, 29.5 × 42 cm, inv. no. KB03682 In addition to works on paper by the Dresden painter and graphic artist Klaus Dennhardt (* 1941), the collection also includes three documentary photographs of the installation of Hermann Glöckner’s “Mast mit zwei Faltungszonen”. Dennhardt worked closely with the constructivist in the 1980s. Schulze. They all stand for the continuation and reinterpretation of “East Modernity” at TUD. It is equally remarkable that under TUD ceramics engineer Harry Schulze, pioneering investigations into building materials and ceramic glazes were commissioned in close cooperation with Dresden artists at the Chair of Building Construction and in the workshops of TUD. As a rule, however, fewer works were commissioned during these years. In the main, sculptures were purchased, including works by Ludwig Engelhardt, Werner Stötzer, and Theo Balden from the art exhibitions of the GDR. In view of this otherwise customary practice, the decision to place a two-part group of figures by Wieland Förster in front of today’s dormitory at St. Petersburger Straße 25 amounts to an almost unique occurrence in the University’s procurement of the time. Not only did the Artistic Advisory Board have lower sums at its disposal from the investment budget, but the Rector’s Office also saw less and less need to substantially promote and expand the Art Collections. This also led to a decline in the acquisition of paintings. Instead, a disproportionate number of works on paper – few of them originals – as well as works from portfolios were purchased. Analogous to the commissioning of site-related art, hardly any works by progressive artists found their way into the Collection. Under the architect and artist Jürgen Schieferdecker, who took over the leadership of the Artistic Advisory Board from 1975 to 2003, purchasing and commissioning changed only marginally. Schieferdecker’s hands were tied due to structural changes at the University and the financially limited room to maneuver, so that in the 1980s and 1990s he was only able to make selective additions, such as acquisitions from Helge Leiberg, Angela Hampel, Petra Kasten, Veit Hofmann, and other artists of the generation born between 1940 and 1960. Of great success was the installation of the steel sculpture “Mast mit zwei Faltungszonen” (1982) by Hermann Glöckner on Fritz-
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