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The Peace Gallery at the Anti-War Museum |
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Current exhibitions at the Peace Gallery:
From August 28th. 2010 till January 29th 2011 Leo Tolstoy and the Doukhobors - Conscientious Objection Commemorating the death century of the russian writer Leo Tolstoy Opening: Saturday, 28th August 2010, 19 hrs Patron: Dr. Christian Hanke, Mayor of Berlin's Central District Mitte
Realisation: Christian Bartolf, Dominique Miething
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From April 11th. 2010 till August 22th 2010
John Ruskin - "Unto This Last" Reflections on Justice and Peace Realisation: Christian Bartolf, Thomas Oertzen Opening: Sunday, 11. April 2010, 18 hrs Patron: Dr. Christian Hanke, Mayor of Berlin's Central District Mitte
Gandhi-Informations-Zentrum e.V.
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From Jan. 30th 2010 till April 05th 2010 Exhibition of paintings from Hella Rost Paintings about farewell from adolescence – going away from accustomed people – grief that can turn into confidence – searching for new ways… The opening of the exhibition was on Jan. 30th 2010. Patron: MP Dr. Eva Högl, SPD Introducing words: Tommy Spree Laudatio: Heiner Welz Hella Rost attends the exhibition every Wednesday from 4 till 8 o`clock pm.
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From Nov. 1st till Jan. 24th 2010 Artists against war – and the dove flies on The exposed works of art are from the collection of the association ‘art for peace’. The major inventory of the collection is a part of the historical touring exhibition “artists against war” from the time of arming of the Federal Republic of Germany which took place in the fifties of the last century, expanded and completed by works of the following decades. The tradition of socially committed art of Fritz Cremer, Waldemar Grzimek, Hanns Kralik, Marie Marcks, Carlo Schellemann, Dore Vax and many others will be continued. The exhibition is set up by historical works from artists who think about today´s wars, peace and military conflicts. Realisation: Kunst für Frieden e. V. – www.friedensatelier.de In addition to this collection a book has been published: “Und die Taube fliegt (weiter) – Bildende Künstler engagieren sich für Frieden” (“And the dove flies on – Artists engaged in peace”) with articles from Annegret Jürgens-Kirchhoff, Arno Klönne, Hans Wallner, editied by Kunst für Frieden e. V. , Regensburg 2008, 92 pages, 10 €, (ISBN: 978-3-86805-262-6).
............................................................................................................... September 1, 2009 to October 25, 2009 anniversary exhibition) Marion Kahnert ................................................................................................................. January 15th - March 28th 2005 »Rising hopes - loving life to find peace« Acrylic paint, tempera, watercolour, print, collages by Heike Pestke-Nielebock  The artist, Heike Pestke-Nielebock, is an educator and art therapist and lives in Berlin. She took up arts in 1989. Subjects and themes: nature, water, flowers, poppies, still lifes, cycles, religious references Works shown from private collections and by courtesy of Atelier-Galerie Freystil, Kunstzentrum Tegel Süd    ................................................................................................................. October 1st 2004 - January 6th 2005 »NEWS FROM BABEL VISIBLE / INVISIBLE« »NEUES AUS BABEL SCHEINBAR · UNSCHEINBAR« Paintings and graphic prints by Sabine Maier-Wallmann and Martin Gietz Two Berliner artists, Sabine Maier-Wallmann and Martin Gietz show their works. Their common concern is the conflict in Irak and the war in general.  Martin Gietzstudied art-pedagogics and graphic-design. Since 1974 he works as painter and graphic artist as well as an art-teacher in Berlin. He is regually exhibiting abroad and in Germany and is represented in public and private collections. In his artistic work - in particular landscapes and cities - he often is influenced by his impressions and his experinces (especially during his journeys). In his multifarious artwork he is always emphatizing social problems and takes a stand against war, violence and destruction. Not only is he showing his etchings, but we can also discover a rarity in this exhibition: A woodcut (2,5 x 1,5 m) which was printed with a bulldozer.  Sabine Maier-Wallmannives and works as a painter in Berlin. Since 1999 she exhibits in Berlin and Basel. The graphic platform is the base of her artwork. She is usually working in oil on large scaled canvas. In order to catch the emotions from the distress and grief as well as oppression of the war in Irak, she will utilize 1cm2 details taken out of the photos.They are extremely enlarged and set into a new context. So we are introduced to pictures which are far away from her usual colourful style. Within this cycle they are reduced to black and white. »Durst«, this picture is based on an enlarged detail of two water-containers. Looking at it more closely we can see faces which express one of the subjects of the war in Irak: DURST2 ("THURST"), 2004, 100 x140 cm ................................................................................................................. |
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1st of August to 26th of September 2004 »Icarus in No Man's Land - A 21st Century View on World War One« contemporary art Sig Bang Schmidt - the German artist Steve Dalachinsky - the New York poet |
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Sig Bang Schmidt Born 1958 in Germany / Hockenheim lives and works as an independent artist in Berlin / Germany and Vienna / Austria. Steve Dalachinsky was born in Brooklyn, New York / Manhattan where he has been living for the past 35 years, writing poetry for many years and working with many international musicians. An extraordinary artistic cooperation The bright and intense, computer-painted, original WW1 - photography by Sig Bang Schmidt inspired Steve Dalachinsky to create his exclusive poems. They worked together from 2002 - 2004 and created a series on art & poetry, that expels the transformation and fragmentation of the real and the unreal of war itself. You are not going to see any of those heroes, no glorification of the past, no artistic mystification - these two artist only proceed a 21st Century View on World War One. They do bring the past into the present and help us to have a closer view on this fundamental war. This year we have the 90th anniversary of the outbreak of "The Great War" the outbreak of mass-destruction-weapons and military-science, that brought us instant food and non-stop fear. For further information please call: Gerda Schmidt, PR AGENTUR BILDENDE KUNST BERLIN: ++49+30-69 50 77 60 |
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May 8th - July 31th 2004 Rolf-D. Banek »Signs of power« Paintings and Installations |
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................................................................................................................. March 6th - May 2nd 2004 Klaus Staeck »Environment on being tested« Political Posters ................................................................................................................. |
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January 10th - February 29th 2004 Nicola Schaller »United People« canvas prints ................................................................................................................. October 24th - December 30th 2003 Heinrich Heidner (1876-1974) »Against War with the Easel - Painting amidst Fighting« 25 Original Prints |
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 ................................................................................................................. July 12th - October 3rd 2003 Ilona Engelke, Köln »Coming to Consciousness« Paintings ................................................................................................................. May 11th - June 27th 2003 Arlen Kaschkurjewitsch - Graphics Igor Kaschkurjewitsch - Installlations »DIE SCHREIE DER ERDE« ................................................................................................................. February 21th - April 25th 2003 Marc Dettmann »The Desasters of War - 12 Screenprints on litho film after Goya« Francisco de Goya witnessed the war between the Spanish and the occupying French. In his etching series »Los Desastres de la Guerra« he refrains from depicting events in an anecdotal fashion. In the titles of his prints Goya comments critically on the cruelty of war, its suffering and dehumanising effect on the civilian population, without limiting himself to simply reporting pivotal events. The war he depicts is universal war. What Goya showed openly in the early 19th Century is today vague or completely disguised by censorship. These works have their origins in the first US military attacks against Afghanistan in late October of 2001. Television screens show soldiers' grainy silhouettes, one sees light-green tracer ammunition arching through the night towards an unseen target. As in the last Gulf War the battlefield appears like a meadow filled with fireflies and other nocturnal insects, but without warfare itself. Through the complete exlusion of violence by the night-vision lense an almost abstract spectacle is transmitted into one's living room. I photographed the reports directly from the TV screen. The 35mm camera exaggerated the abstraction even further; shapes emerge from the footage and regain their original horror since direct depiction is far less cruel than abstract images brought to life by one's imagination. Photographs of German suburbia, printed not on photo paper, but on transparent litho film complement the television images. Houses float vaguely in front of the images of warfare merging sender and receiver, or for the latter more correctly consumer of information. War thus enters the living room. Explosions and attack helicopters on semi-transparent film give rise to associations with cancerous tumors on X-ray sheets. The images spread, pulsating through suburban gardens or appearing in front of half-closed curtains. Today war seems clean, »politically correct«, but the titles of Goya's prints are still valid today. They provide the critical commentary to the images, revealing that the ravages of war remain the same throughout the centuries and cannot be blanked out through attempts to edit information. The artist: Marc Dettmann (born 1975 in Hannover) lives and works in Berlin since march 2002. He studied graphic design in Hildesheim and, while on an exchange programme to Spain, painting in Madrid. On graduating he became tutor for printmaking at the University of Applied Science in Hildesheim. Following several group exhibitions thoughout Germany he presents his first solo exhibition at the Anti-War-Museum, Berlin. ................................................................................................................. December 7th 2002 - February 16th 2003 Wolfgang Brecklinghaus »APOKALYPSE - Arbeiten aus Militärschrott / APOCALYPSE - Objects out of military scrap« Materialcollagen und Skulpturen / Collages and sculptures ................................................................................................................. October 6th 2002 - November 24th 2002 Squaw Rose »Russische Spuren - Verlassene Orte« / »Russian Marks - Deserted Places« Photography - Objects Found - Paintings Further information: artinfo-international.com/galerienberlin/peacegallery.htm ................................................................................................................. August 31th 2002 - September 29th 2002 »Paintings and drawings« by artists of the creative workshop of the Hoffnungstaler Anstalten Lobetal ................................................................................................................. June 16th 2002 - August 20th 2002 RUMIKO=H+U (Rumiko Uchida) (Berlin / Japan) »Keine Antwort / No Answer« Paintings ................................................................................................................. April 7th 2002 - May 29th 2002 Maureen Burdock (USA) »Sehnen und Saiten« / »Tendons and Strings« Paintings - Graphic Art - Posters - Sound June 16th 2002 - August 20th 2002 greenburdockmultimedia.com ................................................................................................................. February 28th - March 31st 2002 Sophie Fabien (Berlin / France) »Phytobunker - Synthesis of Peace« Installation + Netart for more about this ongoing project see: phytobunker.de ................................................................................................................. November 11th 2001 - February 3rd 2002 Roswitha Schaab - Sculptures and Prints Artim Gezhilli - Paintings André Willi - Installation ................................................................................................................. |
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The Peace Gallery presents international artists working with different techniques, materials and approaches. Art history knows death, war, destruction and violence from the very beginnings of human living. For example the hunting and killing of animal and man is present in the cave-paintings of Lascaux. We find scenes of fighting at antique temples as well as the effects of destruction in paintings by Rembrandt etc. The place, the Peace Gallery, is defined; art is free. Artists are free to present their work in this context. The idea is to present artists whose work reflects elementary themes of life. The life of man and animal is always in danger. Life is threatened, destroyed, exterminated, today as well as in the past. The Nazi-crimes against humanity are still present. Therefore it is also the protection from violence, destruction and extermination that is at stake. And the love of life, and of our neighbours. These thoughts are being reflected by the exhibitions at the Peace Gallery. It is not enough to show violence and fear; it is necessary to irritate and to break with our narrow perspectives and perceptions. |
