Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig
The Braunschweig University of Art (Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, HBK) is the second largest College of Fine Arts in Germany.
History
The history of the “Hochschule für Bildende Künste” (College of Fine Arts) – abbreviated as HBK - in Brunswick (Braunschweig) goes back to the “Zeichnen-Instithut” (Drawing Institute) founded by the Brunswick Business Association in 1841 and which was first led by Johannes Selenka. From that Drawing Institute, the state-approved urban “Handwerker-Kunstgewerbeschule” (Artisan Arts and Crafts School) developed via various stages, and shortly thereafter the “Meisterschule des Deutschen Handwerks” (Master School of German Craftsmanship) developed.
The real precursor of the HBK was founded in 1952: the urban “Werkkunstschule Braunschweig” (Art College Brunswick). It became the “Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste” (State College of Fine Arts) – abbreviated as SHFBK - and in 1978 it became the HBK. The SHFBK was already equated with the academic universities of Lower Saxony since 1972 and a few years later it was included in the Lower Saxony Higher Education Act as an artistic and scientific university. Since then the HBK has the right to award doctoral degrees as well as habilitation. Associated with this recognition was an extension in staff and space. In 1984, the award-winning new building of the Brunswick architects Kraemer, Sieverts & Partners was completed. A few years later, a multi-storied former factory building was rebuilt in which many of the artistic classes and workshops are housed. As a final addition, the library became an expansion which was built with parts of the dismantled Mexican pavilion from the EXPO 2000 by architect Ricardo Legorreta.
About 1,200 students are currently enrolled in the courses Media Studies (Bachelor and Master), Science of Art (Bachelor, Master and PhD), Fine Arts (Diploma), Communication Design (Bachelor and Master), Industrial Design (Bachelor, Master and phD[1]), Art Education (Bachelor), as well as Performing Arts / Arts in Action (Bachelor, Master of Education) at HBK.
Characteristics
The special profile of the HBK consists of relatively open studies. Individual projects, the discourse between students and professors and finally the discourse between the students (learning from and with each other) are supported. Students have the opportunity to link different subjects together and participate in all college courses and activities.
Persons
Visual Arts
- Marina Abramović
- Hermann Albert
- John Armleder
- Stephan Berg
- Candice Breitz
- Johannes Brus
- Michael Brynntrup
- Gerhard Büttenbender
- Emil Cimiotti
- Walter Dahn
- Roland Dörfler
- Bogomir Ecker
- Dörte Eißfeldt
- Wolfgang Ellenrieder
- Ulrich Eller
- Jochen Gerz
- Asta Gröting
- Birgit Hein
- Thomas Huber
- Olav Christopher Jenssen
- Raimund Kummer
- Lienhard von Monkiewitsch
- Siegfried Neuenhausen
- Hartmut Neumann
- Heinz-Günter Prager
- Thomas Rentmeister
- Corinna Schnitt
- Frances Scholz
- Karl-Christoph Schulz
- Friedemann von Stockhausen
- Klaus Stümpel
- Norbert Tadeusz
- Gert Tobias
- Uwe Tobias
- Thomas Virnich
- Rudolf Zwirner
External links
- official website of the HBK
- website of the course Fine Arts
- website of the course Media Studies
- website of the course Science of Art
- website of the filmclass
Coordinates: 52°15′27″N 10°30′6″E / 52.25750°N 10.50167°E
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