BERLIN IM SIEBDRUCK – Die tip-Siebdruckeditionen 2014-2024

In the organizer's words:

Since 2014, tip Berlin has been publishing a limited screen print edition. The works in 50 x 70 cm format are created in close collaboration with Berlin-based artists who work primarily in the fields of comics and illustration. The motifs deal with Berlin. The screen prints are produced by the Berlin printer Jens-Uwe Clauß, who has established himself as one of the best addresses for the art of screen printing over the past 30 years with his Shining Labor in Prenzlauer Berg. The signed and numbered works are distributed exclusively by tip Berlin in editions of 99, and most of the motifs have long been sold out. After ten years, the entire tip screen print editions are now being presented in a joint exhibition at the neurotitan gallery in Haus Schwarzenberg.

The series was kicked off by Berlin graphic artist Kat Menschik, whose motif "Berlin Wild Life" was dedicated to Berlin's wildlife. This was followed by ATAK with the motif "Owl and TV Tower", a Berlin still life. Illustrator Nadia Budde designed a quirky creature for each Berlin district for her work "Kiezköpfe" and Jim Avignon delved deep into the hedonistic Berlin night in "Bar Berlin", while Barbara Yelin evoked the Friedrichstraße of the 1920s in "Du bist verrückt mein Kind ...". Kat Menschik's motif "Moabit" and her "Kafka" also refer to Berlin's history before the Second World War. Reinhard Kleist, on the other hand, looks at the mythical radiance of the Wall City in the 1970s and 1980s with his works on music legends Nick Cave and David Bowie, who once lived in Berlin. The American Jason Lutes, whose graphic novel trilogy "Berlin" paints a spectacular picture of the Weimar Republic, is represented with a work on the Berlin Wall and the illustrator Flix, who has already brought Spirou to Berlin, has placed the legendary Marsupilami on the Victory Column for tip.

A special feature of the tip screen print editions is the "Heinrich Zille portfolio". Five artists, including the comic artist Mawil ("Kinderland"), the illustrator Jakob Hinrichs and the artist, university professor and graphic designer Henning Wagenbreth, have explored the work of Heinrich Zille and reinterpreted images from his oeuvre.

The screen print editions at the center of the exhibition are complemented by other works by the participating artists as well as works from the tip Berlin environment, including cartoons by Hannes Richert ("Comics für den gehobenen Pöbel") and a series of portrait photos by the young Berlin photographer MAK.

ARTISTS

ATAK | Jim Avignon | Nadia Budde | Flix | Jakob Hinrichs | Reinhard Kleist | Jason Lutes | Mawil | Kat Menschik | Christoph Niemann | Henning Wagenbreth | Barbara Yelin