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Hello World at the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum in Berlin

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Hello World

Mimi Berlin Blogger Team went to visit the Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, that’s the museum of Modern Art in Berlin, the other day. The exhibiton “Hello World, Revising a Collection” works from the museum’s collection (and some on loan) were on show. What a wonderful show!

Guess wich painting? Tip: by Andy Warhol
Guess wich painting? Tip: by Andy Warhol.
Walter Dahn, selfportrait as a chinese african.
Walter Dahn, selfportrait as a chinese african.
Walter Dahn, selfportrait as a chinese african.

(imagecredits: mimi berlin)

Educational

The way the exhibition was layed out was very new and interesting to us; paintings  were accompanied by groups of imagery, or narratives, ‘explaining’ the art. Both a joy to look at and very educational as well. Most of the times ‘educational’ isn’t a nice word for an art exhibiton, but in this case it is. Nothing childish about the narratives here: without using any text, they allowed the visitor to get associative information in a visual way.

Wow, we , at Mimi Berlin, loved that!! Continue reading →

The Passage at the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum

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Am Hamburger Bahnhof

Hamburger Bahnhof is the museum for modern art in Berlin, Germany. The museum quarters were expanded to accommodate the Friedrich Christian Flick Collection, presented to the museum in 2004 as a long-term loan.

(image ecredits: Mimi Berlin)

Passage

The former dispatch warehouses located behind the main building were renovated by the architectural firm Kuehn Malvezzi and connected to the historical building via a passage. This hallway replicates a metro with it’a fresh green tiles and original trainstation text.(as seen above) The new ‘Rieckhallen’ increased the exhibition space in a huge way. (read more smb.museum)

Björk’s Distorted Drag Makeup by Isshehungry

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Bjork’s Distorted Drag Makeup by Isshehungry

@isshehungry works and lives in Berlin, Germany. ‘Hungry’ is a very talented makeup artist, crossing the bounderies of the common perception of beauty. The created faces almost look like a Photoshop session gone wild; but don’t let them fool you: it’s all painted for real! Did you know: the face of Björk on the ‘Utopia’ album cover has been done by Hungry…..Nice!

 

image via bjork.com
image via bjork.com
image via @isshehungry
image via @isshehungry
image via @isshehungry

(imagecredits; björk/@isshehyungry)

Links: Björk’s ninth album: Utopia/Read an interview with’Hungry’ here; indie-mag.com

inges idee Personal Absurdities: Hans Hemmert’s Level

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inges idee Personal Absurdities: Hans Hemmert’s Level

Level by Hans Hemmert (1997, Styrodur/Rubber/Velcro, variable dimensions) is an installation, or performance if you will, in which the visitor could, according to his or her lenght, choose the suitable shoe-height in order to get a 2 meters body height. FUN! #wecanallbebasketballplayers

Level by Hans Hemmert © VG Bild Kunst Bonn
Level by Hans Hemmert © VG Bild Kunst Bonn

inges idee are the artists Hans Hemmert, Axel Lieber, Thomas A. Schmidt und Georg Zey, who have worked jointly on projects in public space since the group was founded in Berlin in 1992. Along with works carried out in the group, all members are active in their own individual artistic practice. In 1997 Hans Hemmert created “Level” (Styrodur/Rubber/Velcro, variable dimensions) which was shown at the exhibition “Personal Absurdities” at Galerie Gebauer Berlin 1997 (credits; http://ingesidee.de/page.php?pgid=74&lang=en)(images via core77.com)

Und thahanks Mr P van O for making us notice this work.

The Shellveys; Human Totems

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The Shellveys; Human Totems

(Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
(Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
(Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

“Germany Free State Prussia Berlin: Equilibrists Contortionist act of The Shellveys in Berlin’s Wintergarten vaudeville theater. Contortion is often part of acrobatics and circus acts and involve dramatic bending and flexing of the human body – undated, probably 1912 – Published by: ‘Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung’ 50/1912 Vintage property of ullstein bild” (getty images)

It’s things-from-the-past-you-should-see-week, an educational program at Mimi Berlin.

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