Exhibition Opening 

Exhibition Opening

The Ceramics Workshop of Wilfriede Maaẞ​
Friday, August 28, at 6–10 PM

Artists' talk with Wilfriede Maaß and Sabine Herrmann, moderated by the exhibition's curator, Daniel Milnes.
 

On the occasion of the public preview of the exhibition "The Ceramics Workshop of Wilfriede Maaß" Wilfriede Maaß will be in conversation with artist and longtime companion Sabine Herrmann as part of the opening night of the MINSK LIVE Summer Festival. The conversation will be moderated by exhibition curator Daniel Milnes. The event will offer insights into the shared artistic experiences of the two artists in the East Berlin workshop and into the formative period of transformation following German reunification.

The opening will be accompanied by an open-air film program, where author, curator, and film historian Claus Löser will present four short films by Gino Hahnemann, Helge Leiberg, Christine Schlegel, and Cornelia Schleime from the first half of the 1980s that emerged within the milieu of GDR subculture and correspond, directly or indirectly, with the workshop.

Alongside the exhibition program, Cafébar HEDWIG, in collaboration with OSC Berlin, will host an evening of sake and a DJ set, reminiscent of the Sake Bar established by Mikael Eriksson in 1996 at Wilfriede Maaß's gallery.
 

Admission is free. Registration is not required. 

 

About the exhibition

The exhibition in the cabinet space of DAS MINSK—running from September 5, 2026, alongside the retrospective Annemirl Bauer. A Rupture in the World—traces the history of Wilfriede Maaß's studio in East Berlin. In the 1980s, the ceramics studio located at Schönfließer Straße 21—which would later double as a gallery—served as an important space for art that did not conform to the rules of the GDR. On view are tableware sets, plates, vases, and experimental ceramic sculptures shaped by Wilfriede Maaß and painted by various artists. The works from the Wilfriede Maaß Collection engage in a dialogue with 1980s and 1990s paintings from the Hasso Plattner Collection, as well as with works on loan from key figures associated with the workshop.