Article from the Art Cologne Journal, 2023
German
The story of the beginning has been told many times: Gerd Harry "Judy" Lybke, born in Leipzig in 1961, was so politically inconvenient to the GDR government that he was not allowed to study or work in any socialist company. He therefore worked as a nude model at the art academy in Leipzig. On the side, he showed his friends' art in his apartment. He was in his early 20's. The first exhibition under the name "Eigen + Art" opened on April 10, 1983 - 40 years ago.
Kunstmagazin Parnass
Interview with Uta Baier
German
Listen to this radio interview with Gerd Harry Lybke about the history of the gallery, the times in the former GDR and the cooperation with our artists.
Deutschlandradio feature / mediatheque
Interview with Marietta Schwarz
German
Enjoy!
The Interview is from the Audiothek of FluxFM (100,6) and in German.
The podcast is number 30 of the WELTKUNST series and in German.
Also get an impression of the exhibitions by Neo Rauch at Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin or Mirjam Völker at Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig in 2017. And much more....
Kunsthändler, 2017, arte / radiobremen
Film by: Grit Lederer
ca. 26 min
Documentary in a series with Larry Gagosian, Paul Cassirer by arte / radiobremen
German, no subtitles
Judy Lybke talks about his life, his beginnings, his own experiences from the GDR, about the changes in the art scene and how the historical place - the "Spinnerei" - became a center for art and culture that is unique in Europe.
Interviews e.g. with Uwe Kowski, Neo Rauch, Titus Schade, Kerstin Wahala, Alfred Weidinger - Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig and Steffen Hildebrandt - G2 Kunstsammlung Leipzig.
Judy Lybke - Galerist und Erfinder der Neuen Leipziger Schule, 2017
Film by: Nicola Graef und Kira Pohl.
mdr, ca. 29 min
German, no subtitles
Enjoy Gerd Harry Lybke in conversation about his artists, the origins of Galerie EIGEN + ART and interviews with e.g. Carsten Nicolai, Birgit Brenner, Stella Hamberg.
Die Ostdeutschen, 2014
15 min documentary Gerd Harry Lybke (aka Judy)
German, no subtitle
With interviews of Gerd Harry Lybke (aka Judy), Birgit Brenner, Martin Eder, Stella Hamberg, Christiane zu Salm, some team members and many more.
Ein Sachse erobert den Kunstmarkt, 2008, mdr
Film by: Christian Gramstadt
ca. 28:33 min
German, no subtitles
Here you will not just see our booths at Art Cologne or Art Basel but also great interviews with artists we used to work with from the start, like e.g. Carsten Nicolai.
Lebensbilder, 1994, mdr
Documentary by Ulla Martinson and Jürgen Ast
ca. 29 min
German, no subtitle
This interview was broadcast on German TV for the news channel ZDF heute journal.
TV Report: Steffen Seibert
Channel: ZDF heute jounal, 1993
ca. 3 min
German, no subtitles
This film documents an action in a closed room in which "employees" had planned to re-enact a working day. The task is to clean and whitewash an empty factory building in Leipzig during 8 hours, as well as to take a break with a cultural programme. For all protagonists was a ban on talking. All in all, a pointless and exhausting activity that surrounded the heroic aura that justifies the term "work". However, the ban on speaking was avoided through gestural and onomatopoeic communication. Instead of subjecting oneself to the effort of mindless work, one immediately began to let the creative imagination run its course and to create a kind of common environment. The aim was not to rebel against the ban alone, but to go behind it and ultimately leave it to itself. The raising of the white flags ended the action.
Jörg Herold
Beiwerk, 1985
Super 8, Black and White
8:40 min
Edition of 12
courtesy Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin
Concept: Jörg Herold
Actors: Gerd Harry Lybke, Jörg Herold, Frank Behrend, Götz Lehmann, Torsten Schilling, Jan Raue,Thomas Krüger
Camera: Uwe Walter
