Herbert Hossmann
Herbert Hossmann (1942, Breslau, today Wrocław, Poland - 2024, Celle, Germany) was a German administrative lawyer, publisher, and founder of the art book publisher Édition Lebeer Hossmann, as well as curator and executor of Anna Oppermann's estate. He lived in Hamburg and Celle (Lower Saxony).
In addition to his work at the Hamburg Ministry for Science (1966–2008), Herbert was involved in local cultural policy, working to improve production conditions for artists, he was co-founder of the production gallery Vorsetzen (1986), and also served as co-curator for some legendary events (Peace Biennal, 1985; Hermit? Researcher? Social worker? The changing self-image of artists who, in 1979, Kampnagel Performance Festival, 1984).
From 1974 to 1993, he lived with the artist Anna Oppermann and, after her death, managed her estate together with different partners. As co-founder of the Édition Lebeer-Hossmann, he was primarily concerned with the German-speaking artists of the édition (Dieter Roth, Hanne Darboven, Jochen Gerz, Anna Oppermann) and had a particular interest in producing experimental Vinyls (Nam June Paik, Dieter Roth, Henning Christiansen, Hermann Nitsch). Since 2000, he was married to artist Cornelia Sollfrank.
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