With the group exhibition ‘herzwärts wild’, which builds on the successful project of the same name from 2022–2025, the Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art (BLMK) in Frankfurt (Oder) invites visitors, from 19 July to 27 September 2026, to rediscover the turbulent years of upheaval in the 1980s and 1990s from a unique perspective. The exhibition focuses on works by female artists from the GDR and the People’s Republic of Poland, whose works powerfully convey stories of social change, personal self-assertion and artistic freedom.
With expressive flair, humour, a zest for life and, at the same time, a profound thoughtfulness, the artists challenge traditional gender roles and social expectations. They explore questions of the autonomy of artistic creation, comment on political circumstances and, in particular, place the female body – often their own – at the centre of their works. Rather than conventional depictions, the result is incisive reflections on identity, self-presentation and the realities of women’s lives, which deliberately break with established visual conventions.
Featuring works by Tina Bara, Annemirl Bauer, Bärbel Bohley, Halina Chrostowska, Angela Hampel, Izabella Gustowska, Ingrid Hartmetz, Sabine Herrmann, Bożena Markowicz, Helga Paris, Krystyna Piotrowska, Christine Schlegel, Cornelia Schleime, Maria Sewcz, Heike Stephan, Gabriele Stötzer, Erika Stürmer-Alex, Gudrun Trendafilov, Karla Woisnitza, Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt, Doris Ziegler and others
When and where?
Exhibition opening
Sunday, 19 July 2026 | 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Free admission
Packhof Frankfurt (Oder)
Carl-Philipp-Emanuel-Bach-Str. 11, 15230 Frankfurt (Oder)