Drawing The City: Paper-based Works From 1945 To The Present
Aug 07, 2020 - Jan 04, 2021
Berlin has been drawn by its history, by triumphs and fiascos, by feudalism, pragmatism, liberalism, democracies and dictatorships. It has also been drawn and painted by many artists. The Berlinische Galerie holds one of the biggest and most significant collections of art about the city of Berlin. A special selection will go on display from 7 August, in many cases for the first time. More than 175 works by 22 women and 47 men will be on show: mostly drawings in all formats from big to small, much in colour, much in black-and-white, in very different techniques and in a variegated bouquet of representational art, photorealism, surrealism, late Expressionism, abstract styles, illustrations and comics. 鈥淒rawing the City鈥� is structured in six chapters and features artists of world renown 鈥� among them Rainer Fetting, K.H. H枚dicke, Tal R, Tacita Dean, Wolf Vostell 鈥� but also plenty of time and space for discoveries and rediscoveries of powerful works and powerful biographies of artists like Gabriele Basch, Thomas Bayrle, Gertrude Sandmann, Werner Heldt, Evelyn Kuwertz, Klaus Vogelsang. Exhibition curator Annelie L眉tgens explores this fascination with the metropolis, links East with West. Traces of history can be detected in many works, and there are flickers of visual memory from Berlin in the Weimar Republic. This year Berlin marks the centenary of its birth in its current contours with a range of events and shows; 鈥淒rawing the City鈥� is part of the celebration.
Berlin has been drawn by its history, by triumphs and fiascos, by feudalism, pragmatism, liberalism, democracies and dictatorships. It has also been drawn and painted by many artists. The Berlinische Galerie holds one of the biggest and most significant collections of art about the city of Berlin. A special selection will go on display from 7 August, in many cases for the first time. More than 175 works by 22 women and 47 men will be on show: mostly drawings in all formats from big to small, much in colour, much in black-and-white, in very different techniques and in a variegated bouquet of representational art, photorealism, surrealism, late Expressionism, abstract styles, illustrations and comics. 鈥淒rawing the City鈥� is structured in six chapters and features artists of world renown 鈥� among them Rainer Fetting, K.H. H枚dicke, Tal R, Tacita Dean, Wolf Vostell 鈥� but also plenty of time and space for discoveries and rediscoveries of powerful works and powerful biographies of artists like Gabriele Basch, Thomas Bayrle, Gertrude Sandmann, Werner Heldt, Evelyn Kuwertz, Klaus Vogelsang. Exhibition curator Annelie L眉tgens explores this fascination with the metropolis, links East with West. Traces of history can be detected in many works, and there are flickers of visual memory from Berlin in the Weimar Republic. This year Berlin marks the centenary of its birth in its current contours with a range of events and shows; 鈥淒rawing the City鈥� is part of the celebration.
Artists on show
- Alexander Roob
- Andreas Seltzer
- Antje Dorn
- Antje Fretwurst-Colberg
- Antonio Saura
- Arved Dietrich
- Bernd Trasberger
- Bertram Hasenauer
- Bettina Blohm
- Catherine Bu虉hrendt-Me虂tais
- Claus Haase
- Dieter Goltzsche
- Eberhard Havekost
- Egmont Schaefer
- Elli Graetz
- Emilio Vedova
- Eugen Schönebeck
- Evelyn Kuwertz
- Florian Merkel
- Frank Hartung
- Franz Ackermann
- Friederike Klotz
- Friedrich Wilhelm Fretwurst
- Gabriele Basch
- Gerd Wessel
- Gertrude Sandmann
- Gisela Breitling
- Gisela Neumann
- Gu虉nter Blendinger
- Günter Horn
- Heike Kati Barath
- Jan Huber
- Joachim Böttcher
- Ju虉rgen Rosemann
- Karin Fleischer
- Karl Horst Hödicke
- Katharina Meldner
- Klaus Ensikat
- Klaus Peter Brehmer
- Klaus Roenspiess
- Klaus Vogelgesang
- Lothar Gemmel
- Malte Spohr
- Marcel van Eeden
- Mark Kubitzke
- Marwan
- Michael Otto
- Monika Meiser
- Nanne Meyer
- Norbert Behrendt
- Patrizia Bach
- Pia Linz
- Rainer Fetting
- Robert Rehfeldt
- Rolf Lindemann
- Sarah Haffner
- Susanne Mahlmeister
- Tacita Dean
- Tal R
- Terry Fox
- Theresa Lükenwerk
- Thomas Bayrle
- Thomas Hermsdorf
- Thomas Ravens
- Volker Bartsch
- Walter Stöhrer
- Werner Heldt
- Wolf Vostell
- Wolfgang Leber
Contact details
Sunday - Monday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday - Saturday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Alte Jakobstrasse 124-128 Kreuzberg - Berlin, Germany 10969
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