On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. Thirty years later, only several fragments remained which were available to graffiti artists and others as an extravagant place to create. East Side Gallery in Berlin is called the longest open-air art gallery. Over a hundred murals decorate the longest preserved fragment of the Berlin Wall. The East Side Gallery is the most visited place in Germany. Each year the east side gallery is visited approximately by 3 million tourists. Originally, most of the murals ware painted in 1990 on the eastern side of the Berlin Wall. Despite two renovations (the first time in 2000, when 33 paintings were re-painted, and the second time in 2009), some works were destroyed by erosion and… vandals. The East Side Gallery is filled with beautiful murals that combine the style of pop art, avant-garde, caricatures, satire and stylizations, surrealism and cartonist.
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Among over 100 paintings, I chosed those that made me think the most.
“My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love.” It depicts the kissing communist leaders Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker. It wa- s painted by Dimitry Vrubel in 1990.
“Amour, Paix/“Peace, Love-Wisdom”” by Morlay and Paulunin in 1990 is a cheerful street-art extravaganza, showing various motifs, including the sprayed portraits of several well-known personalities. , he added many words in French. With this painting, he aimed to change the negative aura of the Wall into a positive one.(but the monkey looks kinda for analog horror)
“It´s Happened In November” Created by Kani Alavi in 1990.
“Flora is going/Flora geht” depicts a paradise-like place Flora, the Roman goddess of spring, seems to be leaving.The roman goddnes is leaving everything beyond her which we can impret as how fast earth environment is getting destroy.Her face impression says she dont wanna to leave . It was, and still is, important to Böttcher that her art serves as a reminder of threats to the future of the planet.;
Painting Engela „Marionetten eines abgesetzten Stücks” (Puppets in a dropped play) presents depressing scene of 3 pupets .The yellow puppet looks like it is inspired by the “scream” ( painted by Edvanda Muncha) and is crying blood. All 3 marionets looks miserable.There is two impretentions witch we can presume one is refering to the reunification of Germany after World War II (West Germany and East Germany),and suffering of east side or saying goodbye to your old life and starting new one.
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