Life Across: Art and Migration in Berlin
Cecilia Boisier, Santos Chávez, Ximena Ferrer Pizarro, Evelyn Kuwertz, Ertekin Özcan, Minh Duc Pham, Núria Quevedo, Chetna Vora, Hanefi Yeter
Museum Ephraim-Palais
Poststraße 16, Berlin, Berlin 10178
Tue–Sun 10am–6pm, Mon closed
Admission
7 euros
Single ticket for day admission. Combi-ticket 15 euros valid for two consecutive days at three museums in the Nikolaiviertel. Free admission for children and adolescents under 18 years, students, trainees, FSJ/FÖJ/BFD volunteers, Berlin Ticket S holders, severely disabled persons with personal assistant, refugees with valid work/residence permit, recipients of transfer payments, ICOM members, press representatives and other eligible groups.
About
The exhibition presents Berlin as a city where the histories of art and migration are closely intertwined. What does it mean to live between places, languages and memories? Artistic positions from the 1970s to the present explore this question. Rarely exhibited works from the Berlin Museum collection and selected loans tell stories of exile, everyday life and self-determination. Archival materials and audio interviews with the artists complement the artworks and open up transnational perspectives on Berlin's history and the many stories connected to it. The artists' journeys are as diverse as their works. For some, Berlin became a new home where they could study and develop their artistic practice. For others, it became a place of refuge. What traces have migration and exile left on Berlin's art scene? How do experiences differ between East and West Berlin? What role do networks, shared spaces and self-organisation play? The exhibition explores artistic practice through painting, graphic art, film and sculpture.