Klasse in Weißensee! Wolfgang Peuker und seine Schüler:innen

(Class in Weissensee! Wolfgang Peuker and his students)

‘School begins in the classroom. The atmosphere in a classroom is determined, among other things, by the intellectual density of what is on offer, the artistic example set by the teacher and their credibility. As an image maker, I am responsible for teaching painting and hand drawing. This conscious professional distinction is important to me because it saves detours and protects against excessive demands.’[1] (translated by the author)

The exhibition Klasse in Weißensee! Wolfgang Peuker und seine Schüler:innen (Class in Weissensee! Wolfgang Peuker and his students) will open on February 11 till 5th of July 2026, at the Stiftung Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank. It will be divided into three sections and will show Wolfgang Peuker’s works from 1989 to 2001, his work as a teacher at the Weissensee University of the Arts in Berlin and works by his students. Peuker’s paintings, in dialogue with works influenced by his teaching, create a tension between artistic production in Berlin between 1989 and the present.

[1] From: Wolfgang Peuker – Schülerinnen & Schüler: Erik Kraft, Anna Mannewitz, Sibylle Prange, Philipp Schack [About the exhibition Wolfgang Peuker – Schülerinnen und Schüler, Malerei und Grafik]. Berlin, 1995.