Marked space - unmarked space

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Design marked space - unmarked space by Fritz Balthaus in Berlin-Kreuzberg

The facade of the Berlinische Galerie is a work of art called marked space - unmarked space by the German artist Fritz Balthaus .

It is part of an eleven-part exhibition entitled Art - City - Space of the gallery, which can be seen in public space.

construction

The artist had the task of designing the facade, the entrance and the wall panel of the gallery. This happened u. a. with a free-standing wall measuring 11 × 5 m, an open museum room and an external facade that consists of a striped, white and gray pattern on the back of the building. This striking shade should make it easier for visitors to find their way to the museum.

symbolism

For Balthaus, the gallery is a space in which art is presented, ie a “marked space”. In contrast to this, the surrounding area, which was created as a Berlin perimeter block development mainly in the course of the International Building Exhibition in 1984 , is an “unmarked space” as pure living space.

Analogous to this distinction between “inside” and “outside”, the artist had a wall with the dimensions 11 × 5 m built in the front entrance area of ​​the former glass warehouse. This white painted surface shows the visitor the dimensions of the rear exhibition hall at the entrance to the building.

In addition, there are other architectural elements that create an arc of tension between architecture and sculpture or painting: The aforementioned white-gray stripes on the outside of the building, for example, are so wide that the studs of the hall are visible. The architecture of the hall thus already appears to a visitor from the outside.

Environment of the exhibition

Since the Berlinische Galerie cannot maintain its own sculpture garden due to lack of space , the idea arose to transform the area around the gallery into a public art space. This is intended to signal to walkers who are looking for museums such as the Jewish Museum in southern Friedrichstadt : "I'm sure I am right here."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jörn Merkert: ART - CITY - SPACE. An ensemble of eleven works of art between the Berlin Gallery and the Jewish Museum. Druckhaus Berlin-Mitte, Berlin 2005 ( PDF file ( memento from October 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), folding plan of the Berlinische Galerie, accessed on March 2, 2011).
  2. ^ Fritz Balthaus, marked space - unmarked space, 2003-2004. ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.berlinischegalerie.de archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Information from the Berlinische Galerie on the building. Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  3. ↑ Information about the work on the artist's website. . Retrieved March 2, 2011.
  4. ↑ Art - City - Space between Past and Present. Information from the Berlinische Galerie on the exhibition. Retrieved March 2, 2011.

Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 27 ″  N , 13 ° 24 ′ 13.5 ″  E