Berlin is the most exciting city in Germany. I know what I am talking about, I lived in Berlin for a while, I am visiting friends there as often as I can, and I love it! Not only because of its vibrant art scene and subcultures, but also because of its history. Berlin's chequered past is on the one hand represented in numerous museums and memorial sites, but on the other hand still visible in the architecture and urban environment. Did you know that you can always tell if you are in the former western or eastern part of the city just by looking at the pavement?! In the eastern part it looks like this:
In the western part the pavement is mostly asphalt. However, Berlin is also a city of historical important monuments and buildings; and some of them are pictured in photographs now exhibited at Exposure Gallery. The exhibition presents recent photographic works by Abigail Gossage, Barbara Bolton, Leslie Hossack and Patricia Wallace. A main focus lies on the Jewish Museum in Berlin with its distinctive architecture by Daniel Libeskind, the Holocaust Memorial, the Olympic Stadium (venue for the 1936 Summer Olympics) and of course the Berlin Wall.
These photographs of urban landscapes and monuments in their strict compositions and mostly black and white provide a striking view on the global city.
Facts:
Berlin. An Exhibition of Photographs
Exposure Gallery
1255 Wellington Street
December 9, 2010 to January 18, 2011
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