THE OBJECTIVES
Supporting artists in the realization of their ideas and projects is one
of the main task of the Starke Foundation. Primarily talented,
unestablished artists are to be assisted on their path to success.The
foundation offers support in all different forms of art: painting /
sculpture; architecture / design, music / composition; performance;
installation; concept art;literature; contextual work and new media
(Internet, photography, video, CD-ROM)
Such widely spread sponsoring opportunities are designed to support the
starting personal visions and styles of each artist, but at the same
time it is desired that the contact with other forms of art – as well as
styles – enables the artist to enlarge his vision and the flexibility of
his artistic growth and production. Thus a number of different further
artistic developments are open to the artist. Out of the applications
received, an independent jury selects those artists and art trends which
the foundation will sponsor in the year to come.
THE “ARTIST IN RESIDENCE” PROGRAM
The “artist in residence” program is the key to the purpose of Stiftung
Starke. Short-term visitors’ apartments for established artists such as
Hans Haacke, Muntadas, Yoko Ono, and Ilja Kabakov as well as studio
sponsorship for several months for young, up-and-coming artists such as,
for example, Jean-Yves Klein, Rolf Behm, Adem Yilmaz, Andrea Scrima, and
Marina Makowski are awarded by the Foundation. For a period of 3-12
months, the foundation will provide those artists selected with
residential and working premises. Besides this long term support for
young artists, short-term visitors apartments for established artists
are available. In addition, Stiftung Starke arranges numerous national
and international contacts to museums, galleries and public institutions
as well as to representatives in the fields of culture, science, economy,
sports and politics. The in-depth preparation of meetings between young
art and business is also an important part of the program. Moreover, the
“artist in residence” program gives the artists the opportunity to
present the projects and pieces created during their stay at the
Löwenpalais to a wide public in an exhibition in the mansion’s own
gallery after their scholarship has ended. The projects of the Starke
foundation are also accompanied scientifically by international curators
such as Bernard Brunond, Houston, Jon Hendricks, New York, and Christoph
Tannert, Berlin.
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The foundation’s main goal is to
sponsor young artists in different art forms by providing them with
housing and working premises.
Jörg Starke
Managing member of the Board of
Trustees
THE FOUNDER, THE IDEA
In 1969, Consul Peter Starke purchased the Löwenpalais in Berlin’s
Grunewald. Following his death in 1987, his son Jörg Peter Starke, in
memory of his father, realized his father’s idea of furnishing the
apartments in the Löwenpalais as flats and studios for artists. Starting
with the organization of exhibitions, a lively meeting place for artists
and the art-enthusiastic public was created, the non-profit Peter Starke
Art Foundation was founded.
THE LÖWENPALAIS
The Löwenpalais, situated in the Grunewald, Berlin’s so-called “verdure
heart”, is a villa which represents traditional ties to the arts through
its history and architecture. In 1903, the renowned architect Hans
Sehring (Theater des Westens) built this country mansion for the royal
cellarman Habel and his family. In the 1930s, the building was divided
into luxurious single apartments which many famous artists and scholars
called home for a few years: The pianist and composer Prof. Karl Heinz
Taubert, the publisher Rowohlt, the world-famous composer Sergiou
Celibidace, the American singer Gladys Kurtha.
THE FACTS
Foundation of Stiftung Starke: 6th December 1988, Purpose of the
foundation: Granting young artists a limited guest residence at the
Löwenpalais; Promoting dialogue between artists and the public in all
appropriate forms. Assets of the foundation: Property Koenigsallee.
Continuous earnings: interests, rent. Earnings for specific projects:
Support from business sponsors, support from Berlin’s Senate Cultural
Committee. Managing member of the Board of Trustees: Jörg Starke.
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