Fellowship Schenkung Sammlung Hoffmann
The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden are awarding the FELLOWSHIP SCHENKUNG SAMMLUNG HOFFMANN for the third time.
In 2018, the collection of Erika and Rolf Hoffmann has been donated to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. It is an internationally important private collection of contemporary art and brings together around 1,200 works of painting, photography, drawing, sculpture, installation, film and video art. Among the artists represented are Nobuyoshi Araki, Monica Bonvicini, Marcel Broodthaers, Miriam Cahn, Olga Černyševa, Isa Genzken, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roni Horn, Katarzyna Kozyra, Fang Lijun, Julie Mehretu, François Morellet, Sarah Morris, Bruce Nauman, Ernesto Neto, Hermann Nitsch, Albert Oehlen, Sigmar Polke, Pipilotti Rist, Anri Sala, Chiharu Shiota, Nancy Spero, Frank Stella, Hiroshi Sugimoto oder Wolfgang Tillmans.
The beginnings of the collection date back to the 1960s. Initially based in Mönchengladbach, later in Cologne, the Hoffmanns were closely connected to the vibrant art scene of the Rhineland and collected in close contact with artists. From the very beginning, the Hoffmanns were interested in artistic rule-breaking and border-crossing, in which an examination of the present becomes apparent. Since the death of her husband in 2001, Erika Hoffmann has consistently continued her collecting activities and expanded the focus towards Eastern Europe. The collection, which has been housed in a former sewing machine factory in the Sophie-Gips-Höfe in Berlin-Mitte since 1997 and is open to the public, will find its final home in Dresden in the next few years.
The fellowship is intended to support research projects dedicated to the history, conception, or collection focus of the Sammlung Hoffmann or aspects of the interplay between public and private art collections.
The fellowship is endowed with a total of 6,000 euros gross (plus contribution towards accommodation and travel expenses). A time volume of three months is assumed, whereby the work periods can be stretched over a maximum period of 6 months. The fellowship is to be completed by November 30, 2022 at the latest by submitting a publishable essay (in German or English, 35,000 characters) that meets the standards of scientific work. Furthermore, the research is to be presented at an event in Dresden or Berlin. If necessary, the research work can be carried out in the Berlin premises of the Sammlung Hoffmann.
The call is primarily aimed at graduates (Master), PhD students and postdocs in art history, cultural studies and other humanities disciplines.
Application documents: Curriculum vitae in tabular form, copies of relevant certificates, max. 4-page exposé on the research project and its implementation. Please send application documents as a PDF (and any queries) by February 7, 2022 to: Dr Dorothée Brill, Head of Schenkung Sammlung Hoffmann, dorothee.brill@skd.museum
Data protection notice: Personal data will be processed on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b) DSGVO for the purpose of carrying out the selection procedure and will be deleted immediately after the procedure has ended.
