Exhibition theme: The Border Opens: The first painting on the East side of the Wall [38/87]
OBJECT INFORMATION
Info
November 19 1989
Berlin, Potsdamer Platz
Created By:
Jürgen NagelLicense: Not Creative Commons
The painted East side of the Berlin Wall at the newly installed Potsdamer Platz border crossing as part of the campaign initiated by the graphic artist Manfred Butzmann, who pleaded in favour of painting the East side of the Berlin Wall on 16 November 1989 at the general assembly of the GDR Visual Artists Union Berlin (Eugen Blume (Publisher): Butzmanns Heimatkunde in 24 Abteilungen, Berlin 1992, p.110-114)
Depicts
animal,
art event,
banner (flag),
barrier grid,
Berlin Wall (East),
border guard,
graffiti (mural),
group of peoplePeople/Organizations
Butzmann, ManfredPlaces
Postdamer Platz border crossing,
Potsdamer PlatzOther items in this set
Almost everyone knows to this day where he or she was on 9 November 1989. The joy at being suddenly granted the freedom to travel, also to West Germany, was immense. Each time a new border crossing was opened, people celebrated. In the same way, the removal of segments of the Wall and of border fence, as well as the reconstruction of roads between East and West became important events. Countless photographs and films taken in Berlin and at the inner-German border document these incidents as they occurred – thus preserving the good fortune of experiencing everything live for the family album.
