Schinkel Pavilion (Berlin-Mitte)

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Schinkel Pavilion

The Schinkel Pavilion is located in a listed building on Oberwallstraße in Berlin-Mitte . The art association of the same name, founded in 2007, sees itself as a platform for experimental contemporary sculpture, installation and media art. The exhibitions curated by Nina Pohl show artistic positions that respond to the particularity of this place.

History and architecture

The pavilion , built in 1969 by architect Richard Paulick , is located in the park of the Kronprinzenpalais . The octagonal building is glazed all around and combines elements of classicism and modernity . With its exhibition program, the Kunstverein ties in with the institutional tradition of the Kronprinzenpalais. From 1918 the Kronprinzenpalais housed the New Department of the National Gallery , founded by Ludwig Justi , which was dedicated to contemporary art of the 20th century. The so-called “ Gallery of the Living ” served as a model for the founding of important contemporary museums, especially for the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Despite their outstanding position, the National Socialists closed the New Department in 1937 and the works of art were taken outside the country as degenerate art and destroyed. With the establishment of the Schinkel Pavillon e. V., this historic place, which Erich Honecker used for glamorous cocktail parties, was made accessible to the public again. Since 2014, the Schinkel Pavilion has also been using the former GDR restaurant, the Schinkel Klause, which became famous under Erich Honecker, as an exhibition space.

Mission and exhibition program

The listed architecture of the pavilion is located in the immediate vicinity of the Museum Island , the nucleus of Berlin's museum landscape, and forms the last bastion for contemporary art in the historic center of Berlin. The Schinkel Pavilion has set itself the task of introducing local artists to an international audience through solo exhibitions and, in return, to enrich the local art discourse with presentations by international artists. The core of the exhibition program conceived by the curator Nina Pohl , which has already brought artists such as Mike Kelley , Isa Genzken , Franz West and Paul McCarthy to the pavilion, is a new artistic production specially created for the extraordinary architecture that deals with the realities of the architecture Environment, and the historical context of the pavilion.

For example, with the performance “What it Does to Your City” for Berlin Art Week 2012, Cyprien Gaillard created a ballet for the cranes and excavators of the construction sites around the glass octagon. The awkward machines were choreographed like dancers to music and created an urban spectacle that combined processes of destruction and renewal.

Tatiana Trouvé's exhibitions also dealt with the changeability of the urban context of the pavilion. For her installation “Somewhere, 18-12-95. To Unknown. 1981 ”in January 2014, Trouvé integrated impressions from the devastated cityscape into the exhibition. Even Thomas Hirschhorn brought for his exhibition "Force Majeure" in August 2014, the outside world in the pavilion and the ceiling was the pavilion visually bring down and revealed as "the non showings, the hidden, the chaos" that only in moments of destruction, or of the structure becomes visible.

In 2013 the Schinkel Pavillon eV was awarded the € 30,000 prize for artistic, self-organized project spaces and initiatives in Berlin by the Berlin Senate.

In 2015 the Schinkel Pavillon eV successfully carried out a charity auction for 54 international artists, including John Baldessari , Paul McCarthy, George Condo , Fischli / Weiss , Isa Genzken, Andreas Gursky , Camille Henrot, Philippe Parreno , Cindy Sherman and Rosemarie Trockel donated their works and the proceeds of which made the renovation of the Schinkel Klause on the ground floor possible and ensured the continued existence of the institution.

Today, the Schinkel Pavilion again provides space for the presentation and further development of important, current artistic works and at the same time preserves an important GDR architectural monument for the public. The Schinkel Pavilion is unique in its combination of eccentric exhibition architecture and a sophisticated artist program.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Köster, Teresa: WHAT IT DOES TO YOUR CITY , in: SchirnMag, September 19, 2012.
  2. ↑ Kiyoizumi, AJ: "Exhibition // Tatiana Trouvé at Schinkel Pavillon", in: BerlinArtLink, February 29, 2014. ( http://www.berlinartlink.com/2014/01/29/exhibition-tatiana-trouve-at- schinkel pavilion / )
  3. ↑ Meixner, Christiane: «Chaos in the Schinkel Pavilion. Forced to look », in: Der Tagesspiegel, September 19, 2014. ( http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/thomas-hirschhorns-skulptur-hoehere-gewalt-chaos-im-schinkel-pavillon/10719998.html )
  4. ↑ "Project spaces awarded", in: CREATIVE CITY BERLIN, February 27, 2013. ( http://www.creative-city-berlin.de/de/news/2013/2/27/projektraume-ausgezeich/ )
  5. ^ "Benefit auction 'By artists for artists' in favor of the Schinkel Pavillon", in: BERLIN ART WEEK 15-20 Sept 2015, 19 September 2015. ( Archived copy ( memento of the original from 18 May 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info : The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.berlinartweek.de

Coordinates: 52 ° 30 '58.7 "  N , 13 ° 23' 48.6"  E