Ernst Goldberg was an influencial performance artist and photographer in the non-conformist alternative art scene in the GDR, among others in the context of the "Autoperforationsartisten". Goldberg's photographic has been shown in 2012 in the exhibition "Geschlossene Gesellschaft - Künstlerische Fotografie in der DDR 1949-1989" at the Berlinische Galerie.