Zeitgenössische Kunst im Humboldt Forum in Berlin
In the organizer's words:
Whether in the staircase hall, on the roof terrace or in the middle of the exhibition spaces - you can discover numerous, sometimes expansive works of contemporary art in the areas of the Humboldt Forum in Berlin. In four competitions for seven locations in the Humboldt Forum, artists were invited to address the history of the site, its future use as an exhibition venue and event center, as a place of education and science in the context of Humboldt's ideas or with the external appearance of the building. Seven works of art-in-building were realized that deal with the history of the site, with the Humboldt Forum as a "place of the world", of encounters and exchange, make reference to colonialism and coloniality or pay tribute to the namesakes, the brothers Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt. These include:
- Dellbrügge & de Moll The Architects (ground floor Small Foyer, in front of Hall 1 + 2)
- Stefan Sous ZEITMASCHINE (2nd floor foyer in front of the Berlin exhibition)
- An Seebach / Christiane Stegat: GLOBAL BAROCC - CCORAB LABOLG (2nd floor Ethnological Collections, 2nd + 3rd floor staircase)
- Tim Trantenroth Untitled (2nd floor Ethnological Collections, 2nd + 3rd floor staircase)
- Kang Sunkoo Statue of Limitations (2nd floor, central staircase)
- Antje Schiffers / Thomas Sprenger Insurgentes Sur (roof terrace)
- Emeka Ogboh The Cosmos - Things Fall Apart (roof terrace)
In the exhibitions of the Ethnological Museum, the Museum of Asian Art and the State of Berlin, works by artists from various societies of origin also enrich the collections. Whether Ai Wei Wei's teahouse under a contemporary interpretation of a Chinese pagoda roof by Pritzker Prize winner Wang Shu or the modern interpretation of a teahouse by URA Architects & Engineers, all works invite exciting discussions. Among the works to be discovered are
- Untitled by fashion designer Cynthia Schimming in the Namibia collections
- Township Walls by António Ole in the Africa section
- "Codex Humboldt Fragment 1 / Codex Azoyú Reverso" by artist Mariana Castillo Deball in the Mesoamerica section
- the installation Indignation by Justine Gaga in the Colonial Entanglements module
- the 375 m² mural: New York urban artists How and Nosm (Berlin Global)
In addition to these examples, there are many other exciting works to discover. The work by Wolfgang Mattheuer "Guten Tag" in the central stairwell of the Humboldt Forum from the former gallery in the Palace of the Republic should also be mentioned.
With the exception of the Berlin Global exhibition and the special exhibition areas, all areas of the Humboldt Forum are accessible free of charge. Go on a tour of discovery!
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