Israel’s Tel Aviv Museum visits Berlin
An Art Exhibition to Symbolize the 50th Anniversary of German-Israeli Relations
March 25th, 2015
An Exhibition will be held at Martin-Gropius-Bau, Kreuzberg, on March 27th with some of Israel’s most significant artworks. To mark the 50th anniversary of German-Israeli diplomatic relations, the Tel Aviv Museum in Israel is sending some of its most important works to Berlins historical Martin-Gropius-Bau. The exhibition "Tel Aviv Museum of Art visits Berlin" was brought to life by the generous support of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Department of Science and Culture and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media.
There is a modern-age focus of the exhibition, complemented by contemporary media art from Israel. Artistic movements of the 20th century are represented through paintings, sculptures and graphics. Masterpieces by some of the greatest modernist artists including Jackson Pollock, Edgar Degas, Wassily Kandinsky, Claude Monet, Marc Chagall, Mark Rothko and Lesser Ury will be on display. Contemporary Israeli artists, including Yael Bartana, Guy Ben Ner and Nevet Yitzchak, will have their artworks contrasting with video installations and photographic works. Here, we will see how dialogue with contemporary Israeli media art can create masterpieces.
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art was founded in 1932 by then-mayor Meir Dizengoff. In fact, the founding director of the museum was Karl Schwarz from the Berlin art historian society. He was the director from 1933 to 1947. Today, the collection of works comprises all major styles spanning over the 20th century, with impressionism to expressionism amongst various forms of geometric abstraction and surrealism. Tel Aviv extends over three buildings and displays up to 30 exhibitions annually and for the first time is coming to Berlin.
The well-known art museum Martin-Gropius-Bau has its exhibition rooms surrounded by a grandiose atrium, decorated with mosaics and coats of arms of German states. It was built between 1877 and 1881 in a neo-renaissance style, originally to house Berlin’s Museum of Applied Arts. During the final weeks of the Second World War the building was severely damaged, however re-opened in 1981 after reconstruction and is now a significantly important hub for the exchange of culture and art.
Germany is represented in Israel through its embassy in Tel Aviv. Israel is represented in Germany through its embassy in Berlin and its Consulate-General in Munich. Both countries are full members of the Union for the Mediterranean. Israel and Germany maintain a relationship based on shared beliefs, Western values and a combination of historical perspectives.
The exhibition displayed at Martin-Gropius-Bau this Friday is an important part of marking the occasion of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany
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