Lucas Ospina - You Are Insatiable
03 May 2009
7 x 2: a one-day exhibition
seven Berlin galleries invite seven partners into the architectural icon built by Hermann Henselmann on Strausberger Platz
Tanya Leighton Gallery and White Columns, New York
3 May 2009, 11am - 6pm
Henselmann Tower (former 'Haus des Kindes')
Strausberger Platz 19
10243 Berlin
7x2 is a special exhibition project during this year's Gallery Weekend in Berlin. On 3 May from 11 am to 6 pm seven young galleries each invite an international or national partner to exhibit together on seven floors of the former House of Children on Strausberger Platz. Constructed between 1952 and 1953, the building was planned by architect Hermann Henselmann for the former showcase street of socialism, Stalinallee (now Karl-Marx-Allee) in East Berlin. Due to its representative design and its detailed interiors, this communist tower is today considered a unique example of Socialist Realism.
Tanya Leighton introduces the work of Colombian artist Lucas Ospina, who will present several drawings under the title "You Are Insatiable" referring to the Kafka text "Before the Law". (> "What do you still want to know now?" asks the gatekeeper. "You are insatiable.")
seven Berlin galleries invite seven partners into the architectural icon built by Hermann Henselmann on Strausberger Platz
Tanya Leighton Gallery and White Columns, New York
3 May 2009, 11am - 6pm
Henselmann Tower (former 'Haus des Kindes')
Strausberger Platz 19
10243 Berlin
7x2 is a special exhibition project during this year's Gallery Weekend in Berlin. On 3 May from 11 am to 6 pm seven young galleries each invite an international or national partner to exhibit together on seven floors of the former House of Children on Strausberger Platz. Constructed between 1952 and 1953, the building was planned by architect Hermann Henselmann for the former showcase street of socialism, Stalinallee (now Karl-Marx-Allee) in East Berlin. Due to its representative design and its detailed interiors, this communist tower is today considered a unique example of Socialist Realism.
Tanya Leighton introduces the work of Colombian artist Lucas Ospina, who will present several drawings under the title "You Are Insatiable" referring to the Kafka text "Before the Law". (> "What do you still want to know now?" asks the gatekeeper. "You are insatiable.")