QUOBO. Art in Berlin 1989 – 1999
On 9 November 1989 the island status and the East-West division of the city of Berlin, both defined by the Wall, suddenly came to an end. At the eastern as well as the western part of the city the firmly established structures were set in motion. The subsequent phase of restructuring was brought to a preliminary conclusion in the autumn of 1999, with the federal government’s move from Bonn to Berlin, the city regained its role as capital.
14 Stops
Lima, Peru
Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI)
2008
28.04.–25.05.
Tallinn, Estland
Eesti Kunstimuuseum / Art Museum of Estonia (KUMU)
2007/08
06.12.–17.02.
Novosibirsk, Russland
Novosibirsk State Art Museum
2007
23.03.–07.05.
14 Artists
3 Contributors
Ingrid Buschmann,
Gabriele Knapstein,
Concept
Alexander Lisewski,
Project Management ifa
About the exhibiton
For art in Berlin, the years between 1989 and 1999 brought drastic changes. Not only did a new generation of artists from East and West Berlin emerge at the end of the 80s, the city also became a centre of attraction for artists from Germany and abroad. In the course of reconstructing the city, numerous temporary sites were found and then occupied by artists and artist projects. The non-institutional structures that emerged contributed considerably to the multiplication and acceleration of art production.
The choice of works by the 14 artists in the exhibition emphasizes certain significant aspects of art in Berlin between 1989 and 1999: the site- and situation-specific ways of working and questioning the context of art are characteristic of the works presented here.