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As contemporary witnesses, artists accurately documented and commented on the political struggles and social change that were characteristic of the Weimar Republic. After a world war and period of revolution, Berlin became a glittering capital of pleasure during these years.Not unsympathetically, graphic artists traced the deep lines that the struggle for existence had left in the faces of people, as they hunted for happiness on the boulevards, in the bars or in the dimly lit dance halls.This catalogue and exhibition in 2012, containing works from the graphic arts collection of the Berlinische Galerie, features the drawings of many renowned artists whose draughtsmanship continues to shape our view of this era.English and German text.

How did free art photography express itself under the authoritarian conditions prevailing in the former East Germany (GDR)? And how did it change over the decades?This exhibition catalogue features a total of 33 selected photographers who show how, despite numerous obstacles, free art photography did exist and critically reflected social conditions.The selected positions convey the most important threads of development: montage and experimentation, documentary perspective and social reportage and the work of young newcomers in the 1980s.Published to accompany the exhibition Künstlerische Fotografie in der DDR 1949–1989 at Berlinische Galerie, Berlin,4 October 2012 – 28 January 2013.English and German text.

Friedrich Seidenstücker (1882-1966) ist bekannt für seine atmosphärischen Aufnahmen vom Berliner Alltagsleben der Weimarer Republik. Unter den Tier- und Zooliebhabern erwarb er sich mit seinen einfühlsamen Tierstudien einen geradezu legendären Ruf und für Historiker sind seine eindringlichen Aufnahmen des zerstörten Berlin eine kostbare Quelle. Seine Bilder wirken, als wären sie das Resultat einer spontanen, Anteil nehmenden Momentfotografie, frei von jeder Überhöhung oder Extravaganz, und zeugen von Humor, den man in der Fotografie eher selten findet. Sein Werk ist von einem grundsätzlichen Optimismus getragen, ohne jedoch die Härten, die Armut und das Elend der Zeit zu verschweigen. Neben sieben Textbeiträgen, die sich mit Seidenstückers Werk im Kontext der Fotografiegeschichte der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts auseinander setzen, beinhaltet die Publikation auch einen wissenschaftlichen Anhang. Ausstellung: Berlinische Galerie, Berlin 29.9.2011-30.1.2012.

The renowned artist Monica Bonvicini (b. 1965, Venice, Italy) has developed an incisive pictorial language and a cross-media approach over the years.With her installations, drawings, and sculptures, she poses questions with respect to gender and power relationships in quite diverse contexts. She focuses on the fields of architecture and sexuality, as well as politics and representation, and reveals how they are interconnected.With her first institutional solo presentation in Berlin, the Berlinische Galerie honours the artist and her particular importance for the city.This exhibition catalogue/artist's book, with texts on Bonvicini's oeuvre and numerous images, is published on the occasion of the site-specific exhibition, Monica Bonvicini at Berlinischen Galerie, Berlin (13 September 2017 - 26 February 2018).English and German text.

An extensive study of Blumenfeld's early work.