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Roland Schefferski – Artistic Strategies for Cultural Memory

Roland Schefferski
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Roland Schefferski

Roland Schefferski was born in Kattowitz/Katowice in 1956. From 1971 to 1976 he attended the artistic grammar school in Breslau/Wrocław. Following this, from 1976 to 1981, he continued his studies in the city by following a course in free art at the State College of Visual Arts. In 1984 he moved to Berlin where he still lives and works.

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  • ill. 1: Retrieved from Memory - Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Wiedergewonnen aus dem Gedächtnis, Konzept Museum Galerie, Berlin 1994.
  • ill. 2: Ten Commandments - Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Wiped out images, David Kirby antiquities shop, Berlin 1997.
  • ill. 3: Wiped out images, 2 - Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Wiped out images, David Kirby antiquities shop, Berlin 1997.
  • ill. 4a: Proletariat - Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Fragmentaryczność Pamięci/ Fragmenting the Memory, antiquities business, Danzig/Gdańsk 1998.
  • ill. 4b: Proletariat, 2 - Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Fragmentaryczność Pamięci/ Fragmenting the Memory, antiquities business, Danzig/Gdańsk 1998.
  • ill. 5: Danzig Women, detail - Exhibition "Events that remain Anonymous", Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg 2000.
  • ill. 6a: Exhibition Events that remain Anonymous - On the occasion of the sponsorship award to the Lovis Corinth Prize.
  • ill. 6b: Exhibition Events that remain Anonymous, 2 -
  • ill. 7a: Sediment I und II, 1999-2000 - Exhibition Roland Schefferski "Empty Images", Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Łaźnia, Danzig 2007.
  • ill. 7b: Sediment I und II, 1999-2000 - Exhibition, Danzig 2007.
  • ill. 8: Make your own Picture of Berlin/ Stwórz sobie własny obraz Berlina - Poster action on the occasion of the Berlin days in Warsaw in 2000.
  • ill. 9: Berliners, 2000/2012 - Berlińczycy, Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, Krakau 2012.
  • ill. 10: Enklawa/Enclave - On the occasion of the exhibition Dialog Loci. Sztuka w zagubionym miejscu/Dialog Loci. Art in a lost Place, Kostrzyn nad Odrą 2004.
  • ill. 11a: This Concerns You - On the occasion of the international art project Słubfurt City?, Frankfurt (Oder ) / Słubice, 2004/05.
  • ill. 11b: This Concerns You, 2 - On the occasion of the international art project Słubfurt City?, Frankfurt (Oder ) / Słubice, 2004/05.
  • ill. 12: Conversation in the Green Area, on the platform "Die Insel", Berlin-Neukölln, built by Christian Hasucha - On the occasion of the city art series "Occupation".
  • ill. 13a: What does a fir tree do … - On the occasion of the art project "Let’s get down to Work"; in the garden of the LandKunstLeben At Club e.V., In the former Steinhöfel Schlossgarten /Brandenburg.
  • ill. 13b: What does a fir tree do …, 2 - On the occasion of the art project "Let’s get down to Work"; in the garden of the LandKunstLeben At Club e.V., In the former Steinhöfel Schlossgarten /Brandenburg.
  • ill. 14a: Our Garden - On the occasion of the art project "Blossoming Landscapes", Zempow/Brandenburg 2008; in the farm garden at the Buchfinkenhof.
  • ill. 14b: Our Garden, 2 - On the occasion of the art project "Blossoming Landscapes", Zempow/Brandenburg 2008; in the farm garden at the Buchfinkenhof.
  • ill. 15a: Inwentaryzacja/Inventory - Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra.
  • ill. 15b: Inwentaryzacja/Inventory, 2 - Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra.
  • ill. 16a: reKonstruktion, inside view - In the Pomona Temple, Belvedere, Potsdam; built in 1800 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, rebuilt after war destruction in 1992/93, restored in 2009.
  • ill. 16b: reKonstruktion, outside view - In the Pomona Temple, Belvedere, Potsdam; built in 1800 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, rebuilt after war destruction in 1992/93, restored in 2009.
  • ill. 17a: Empty Images, 2000/2006 - Los Angeles Times, 4th August 2000.
  • ill. 17b: Empty Images, 2000/2006 - Bild (Berlin), 12th January 2006.
  • ill. 18a: Financial Time(s), 2012 - Collegium Polonicum, Słubice.
  • ill. 18b: Financial Time(s), 2012, view 2 - Collegium Polonicum, Słubice.
  • ill. 19a: From the Life of Europeans - Exhibition "Recall", Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra.
  • ill. 19b: From the Life of Europeans, 2 - Exhibition "Recall", Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra.
  • Simone Froboese: Roland Schefferski - This concerns you/To dotyczy ciebie/Das betrifft dich, Divine Film.

    Simone Froboese: Roland Schefferski

    This concerns you/To dotyczy ciebie/Das betrifft dich, Divine Film.
ill. 1: Retrieved from Memory - Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Wiedergewonnen aus dem Gedächtnis, Konzept Museum Galerie, Berlin 1994.
ill. 1: Retrieved from Memory
ill. 1: Retrieved from Memory - Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Wiedergewonnen aus dem Gedächtnis, Konzept Museum Galerie, Berlin 1994. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 2: Ten Commandments - Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Wiped out images, David Kirby antiquities shop, Berlin 1997.
ill. 2: Ten Commandments
ill. 2: Ten Commandments - Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Wiped out images, David Kirby antiquities shop, Berlin 1997. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 3: Wiped out images, 2 - Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Wiped out images, David Kirby antiquities shop, Berlin 1997.
ill. 3: Wiped out images, 2
ill. 3: Wiped out images, 2 - Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Wiped out images, David Kirby antiquities shop, Berlin 1997. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 4a: Proletariat - Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Fragmentaryczność Pamięci/ Fragmenting the Memory, antiquities business, Danzig/Gdańsk 1998.
ill. 4a: Proletariat
ill. 4a: Proletariat - Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Fragmentaryczność Pamięci/ Fragmenting the Memory, antiquities business, Danzig/Gdańsk 1998. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 1: Retrieved from Memory
Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Wiedergewonnen aus dem Gedächtnis, Konzept Museum Galerie, Berlin 1994.
ill. 2: Ten Commandments
Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Wiped out images, David Kirby antiquities shop, Berlin 1997.
ill. 3: Wiped out images, 2
Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Wiped out images, David Kirby antiquities shop, Berlin 1997.
ill. 4a: Proletariat
Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Fragmentaryczność Pamięci/ Fragmenting the Memory, antiquities business, Danzig/Gdańsk 1998.
ill. 4b: Proletariat, 2 - Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Fragmentaryczność Pamięci/ Fragmenting the Memory, antiquities business, Danzig/Gdańsk 1998.
ill. 4b: Proletariat, 2
ill. 4b: Proletariat, 2 - Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Fragmentaryczność Pamięci/ Fragmenting the Memory, antiquities business, Danzig/Gdańsk 1998. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 5: Danzig Women, detail - Exhibition "Events that remain Anonymous", Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg 2000.
ill. 5: Danzig Women, detail
ill. 5: Danzig Women, detail - Exhibition "Events that remain Anonymous", Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg 2000. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 6a: Exhibition Events that remain Anonymous - On the occasion of the sponsorship award to the Lovis Corinth Prize.
ill. 6a: Exhibition Events that remain Anonymous
ill. 6a: Exhibition Events that remain Anonymous - On the occasion of the sponsorship award to the Lovis Corinth Prize. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 6b: Exhibition Events that remain Anonymous, 2 - null
ill. 6b: Exhibition Events that remain Anonymous, 2
ill. 6b: Exhibition Events that remain Anonymous, 2 - null © Roland Schefferski
ill. 4b: Proletariat, 2
Exhibition Roland Schefferski. Fragmentaryczność Pamięci/ Fragmenting the Memory, antiquities business, Danzig/Gdańsk 1998.
ill. 5: Danzig Women, detail
Exhibition "Events that remain Anonymous", Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg 2000.
ill. 6a: Exhibition Events that remain Anonymous
On the occasion of the sponsorship award to the Lovis Corinth Prize.
ill. 6b: Exhibition Events that remain Anonymous, 2
ill. 6b: Exhibition Events that remain Anonymous, 2
ill. 7a: Sediment I und II, 1999-2000 - Exhibition Roland Schefferski "Empty Images", Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Łaźnia, Danzig 2007.
ill. 7a: Sediment I und II, 1999-2000
ill. 7a: Sediment I und II, 1999-2000 - Exhibition Roland Schefferski "Empty Images", Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Łaźnia, Danzig 2007. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 7b: Sediment I und II, 1999-2000 - Exhibition, Danzig 2007.
ill. 7b: Sediment I und II, 1999-2000
ill. 7b: Sediment I und II, 1999-2000 - Exhibition, Danzig 2007. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 8: Make your own Picture of Berlin/ Stwórz sobie własny obraz Berlina - Poster action on the occasion of the Berlin days in Warsaw in 2000.
ill. 8: Make your own Picture of Berlin/ Stwórz sobie własny obraz Berlina
ill. 8: Make your own Picture of Berlin/ Stwórz sobie własny obraz Berlina - Poster action on the occasion of the Berlin days in Warsaw in 2000. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 9: Berliners, 2000/2012 - Berlińczycy, Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, Krakau 2012.
ill. 9: Berliners, 2000/2012
ill. 9: Berliners, 2000/2012 - Berlińczycy, Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, Krakau 2012. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 7a: Sediment I und II, 1999-2000
Exhibition Roland Schefferski "Empty Images", Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Łaźnia, Danzig 2007.
ill. 7b: Sediment I und II, 1999-2000
Exhibition, Danzig 2007.
ill. 8: Make your own Picture of Berlin/ Stwórz sobie własny obraz Berlina
Poster action on the occasion of the Berlin days in Warsaw in 2000.
ill. 9: Berliners, 2000/2012
Berlińczycy, Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, Krakau 2012.
ill. 10: Enklawa/Enclave - On the occasion of the exhibition Dialog Loci. Sztuka w zagubionym miejscu/Dialog Loci. Art in a lost Place, Kostrzyn nad Odrą 2004.
ill. 10: Enklawa/Enclave
ill. 10: Enklawa/Enclave - On the occasion of the exhibition Dialog Loci. Sztuka w zagubionym miejscu/Dialog Loci. Art in a lost Place, Kostrzyn nad Odrą 2004. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 11a: This Concerns You - On the occasion of the international art project Słubfurt City?, Frankfurt (Oder ) / Słubice, 2004/05.
ill. 11a: This Concerns You
ill. 11a: This Concerns You - On the occasion of the international art project Słubfurt City?, Frankfurt (Oder ) / Słubice, 2004/05. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 11b: This Concerns You, 2 - On the occasion of the international art project Słubfurt City?, Frankfurt (Oder ) / Słubice, 2004/05.
ill. 11b: This Concerns You, 2
ill. 11b: This Concerns You, 2 - On the occasion of the international art project Słubfurt City?, Frankfurt (Oder ) / Słubice, 2004/05. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 12: Conversation in the Green Area, on the platform "Die Insel", Berlin-Neukölln, built by Christian Hasucha - On the occasion of the city art series "Occupation".
ill. 12: Conversation in the Green Area, on the platform "Die Insel", Berlin-Neukölln, built by Christian Hasucha
ill. 12: Conversation in the Green Area, on the platform "Die Insel", Berlin-Neukölln, built by Christian Hasucha - On the occasion of the city art series "Occupation". © Roland Schefferski
ill. 10: Enklawa/Enclave
On the occasion of the exhibition Dialog Loci. Sztuka w zagubionym miejscu/Dialog Loci. Art in a lost Place, Kostrzyn nad Odrą 2004.
ill. 11a: This Concerns You
On the occasion of the international art project Słubfurt City?, Frankfurt (Oder ) / Słubice, 2004/05.
ill. 11b: This Concerns You, 2
On the occasion of the international art project Słubfurt City?, Frankfurt (Oder ) / Słubice, 2004/05.
ill. 12: Conversation in the Green Area, on the platform "Die Insel", Berlin-Neukölln, built by Christian Hasucha
On the occasion of the city art series "Occupation".
ill. 13a: What does a fir tree do … - On the occasion of the art project "Let’s get down to Work"; in the garden of the LandKunstLeben At Club e.V., In the former Steinhöfel Schlossgarten /Brandenburg.
ill. 13a: What does a fir tree do …
ill. 13a: What does a fir tree do … - On the occasion of the art project "Let’s get down to Work"; in the garden of the LandKunstLeben At Club e.V., In the former Steinhöfel Schlossgarten /Brandenburg. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 13b: What does a fir tree do …, 2 - On the occasion of the art project "Let’s get down to Work"; in the garden of the LandKunstLeben At Club e.V., In the former Steinhöfel Schlossgarten /Brandenburg.
ill. 13b: What does a fir tree do …, 2
ill. 13b: What does a fir tree do …, 2 - On the occasion of the art project "Let’s get down to Work"; in the garden of the LandKunstLeben At Club e.V., In the former Steinhöfel Schlossgarten /Brandenburg. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 14a: Our Garden - On the occasion of the art project "Blossoming Landscapes", Zempow/Brandenburg 2008; in the farm garden at the Buchfinkenhof.
ill. 14a: Our Garden
ill. 14a: Our Garden - On the occasion of the art project "Blossoming Landscapes", Zempow/Brandenburg 2008; in the farm garden at the Buchfinkenhof. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 14b: Our Garden, 2 - On the occasion of the art project "Blossoming Landscapes", Zempow/Brandenburg 2008; in the farm garden at the Buchfinkenhof.
ill. 14b: Our Garden, 2
ill. 14b: Our Garden, 2 - On the occasion of the art project "Blossoming Landscapes", Zempow/Brandenburg 2008; in the farm garden at the Buchfinkenhof. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 13a: What does a fir tree do …
On the occasion of the art project "Let’s get down to Work"; in the garden of the LandKunstLeben At Club e.V., In the former Steinhöfel Schlossgarten /Brandenburg.
ill. 13b: What does a fir tree do …, 2
On the occasion of the art project "Let’s get down to Work"; in the garden of the LandKunstLeben At Club e.V., In the former Steinhöfel Schlossgarten /Brandenburg.
ill. 14a: Our Garden
On the occasion of the art project "Blossoming Landscapes", Zempow/Brandenburg 2008; in the farm garden at the Buchfinkenhof.
ill. 14b: Our Garden, 2
On the occasion of the art project "Blossoming Landscapes", Zempow/Brandenburg 2008; in the farm garden at the Buchfinkenhof.
ill. 15a: Inwentaryzacja/Inventory - Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra.
ill. 15a: Inwentaryzacja/Inventory
ill. 15a: Inwentaryzacja/Inventory - Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 15b: Inwentaryzacja/Inventory, 2 - Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra.
ill. 15b: Inwentaryzacja/Inventory, 2
ill. 15b: Inwentaryzacja/Inventory, 2 - Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 16a: reKonstruktion, inside view - In the Pomona Temple, Belvedere, Potsdam; built in 1800 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, rebuilt after war destruction in 1992/93, restored in 2009.
ill. 16a: reKonstruktion, inside view
ill. 16a: reKonstruktion, inside view - In the Pomona Temple, Belvedere, Potsdam; built in 1800 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, rebuilt after war destruction in 1992/93, restored in 2009. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 16b: reKonstruktion, outside view - In the Pomona Temple, Belvedere, Potsdam; built in 1800 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, rebuilt after war destruction in 1992/93, restored in 2009.
ill. 16b: reKonstruktion, outside view
ill. 16b: reKonstruktion, outside view - In the Pomona Temple, Belvedere, Potsdam; built in 1800 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, rebuilt after war destruction in 1992/93, restored in 2009. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 15a: Inwentaryzacja/Inventory
Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra.
ill. 15b: Inwentaryzacja/Inventory, 2
Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra.
ill. 16a: reKonstruktion, inside view
In the Pomona Temple, Belvedere, Potsdam; built in 1800 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, rebuilt after war destruction in 1992/93, restored in 2009.
ill. 16b: reKonstruktion, outside view
In the Pomona Temple, Belvedere, Potsdam; built in 1800 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, rebuilt after war destruction in 1992/93, restored in 2009.
ill. 17a: Empty Images, 2000/2006 - Los Angeles Times, 4th August 2000.
ill. 17a: Empty Images, 2000/2006
ill. 17a: Empty Images, 2000/2006 - Los Angeles Times, 4th August 2000. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 17b: Empty Images, 2000/2006 - Bild (Berlin), 12th January 2006.
ill. 17b: Empty Images, 2000/2006
ill. 17b: Empty Images, 2000/2006 - Bild (Berlin), 12th January 2006. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 18a: Financial Time(s), 2012 - Collegium Polonicum, Słubice.
ill. 18a: Financial Time(s), 2012
ill. 18a: Financial Time(s), 2012 - Collegium Polonicum, Słubice. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 18b: Financial Time(s), 2012, view 2 - Collegium Polonicum, Słubice.
ill. 18b: Financial Time(s), 2012, view 2
ill. 18b: Financial Time(s), 2012, view 2 - Collegium Polonicum, Słubice. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 17a: Empty Images, 2000/2006
Los Angeles Times, 4th August 2000.
ill. 17b: Empty Images, 2000/2006
Bild (Berlin), 12th January 2006.
ill. 18a: Financial Time(s), 2012
Collegium Polonicum, Słubice.
ill. 18b: Financial Time(s), 2012, view 2
Collegium Polonicum, Słubice.
ill. 19a: From the Life of Europeans - Exhibition "Recall", Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra.
ill. 19a: From the Life of Europeans
ill. 19a: From the Life of Europeans - Exhibition "Recall", Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra. © Roland Schefferski
ill. 19b: From the Life of Europeans, 2 - Exhibition "Recall", Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra.
ill. 19b: From the Life of Europeans, 2
ill. 19b: From the Life of Europeans, 2 - Exhibition "Recall", Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra. © Roland Schefferski
Simone Froboese: Roland Schefferski - This concerns you/To dotyczy ciebie/Das betrifft dich, Divine Film.
Simone Froboese: Roland Schefferski
Simone Froboese: Roland Schefferski
ill. 19a: From the Life of Europeans
Exhibition "Recall", Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra.
ill. 19b: From the Life of Europeans, 2
Exhibition "Recall", Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra.
Simone Froboese: Roland Schefferski
This concerns you/To dotyczy ciebie/Das betrifft dich, Divine Film.
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Schattensprung. 11 Künstlerinnen und Künstler aus Berlin, Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst - Ujazdowski-Schloss, Warschau, hrsg. vom Museumspädagogischen Dienst, Berlin 1995 (German/Polish.)

Lovis-Corinth-Preis 2000. Förderpreis Roland Schefferski, Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg, hrsg. von der Künstlergilde, Esslingen 2000 (German/Polish)

Dialog Loci. Kunst an einem verlorenen Ort. Kunstbuch zur internationalen Ausstellung Dialog Loci auf dem Gelände der Festung Küstrin, Hilden 2004 (German/Polish/English)

Roland Schefferski. Bestandsaufnahme. Inwentaryzacja, Zielona Góra 2005 (Polish/German; anlässlich der Ausstellung Roland Schefferski. Bestandsaufnahme - Inwentaryzacja, Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra 2003)

Wanderweg „blühende Landschaften“. Zempow. Handbuch für die Erkundung eines Dorfes am Zonenrand, Berlin 2009

Roland Schefferski. Financial Time(s), Reihe: Kolekcja Sztuki Współczesnej. Collegium Polonicum. Sammlung der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Słubice, Frankfurt (Oder) 2013 (German/Polish)

Recall, Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej, Zielona Góra 2014 (Polish/German/English; anlässlich der Ausstellung Roland Schefferski Recall - Z życia Europejczyków/Aus dem Leben von Europäern / Monika Weiss - Całuny/Leichentücher, Muzeum Ziemi Lubuskiej / Galeria BWA, Zielona Góra 2012)

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