Berlin independent photography gallery Pavlov’s Dog started a tradition last year of inviting 50 photographers for a themed group show – if you’re familiar with their (small-ish) space, you will know that that is no mean feat in itself. Coming up this Friday is the second installment, this time on a subject we never get tired of, which is our potentially lovely hometown – if only winter would go away for good that is. Here is what the curators have to say:
Berlin: No other city stirs so many longings and desires. And yet- everyone loves something different about this town, in which one is currently beginning to re-build an ancient palace. Berlin 2013 is a city full of contradictions: Booming start-ups and airport disasters, property boom and nostalgia for the Berlin Wall, Berghain and Waldorf Astoria. Artists have always had a particular visual sense for cracks and rifts, both of which are so apparent in Berlin. That is why pavlov’s dog is now looking onto Berlin – in 50 photographs by 50 photographers:
Luke Abiol / Özgür Albayrak / DS Allen / Diana Artus / Elmer Bambach / Holger Biermann / Yves Borgwarth / Mathias Bothor / Jörg Brüggemann / Dejan / Patrick Desbrosses / Frank Darius / Martin Eberle / Florian Fleischauer / Thorsten Futh / Johann Sebastian Hänel / Olaf Heine / Frederike Hellwig / Gabriel Jones / Monika Keiler / Hartwig Klappert / Norman Konrad / Carolin Leschzynski / Li-Han Lin / Michael Mann / Bernhard Moosbauer / Oliver Möst / Fay Nolan / Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs / Katharina Poblotzki / Kai von Rabenau / Maria do Mar Rego / Peter Rigaud / Julian Rosefeldt / Gilles Roudiere / Andy Rumball / Julia Schauenburg / Ralf Schmerberg / Valentina Seidel / Michael Sieber / Gerrit Sievert / Pamela Spitz / Frank Thiel / Heinrich Völkel / Donata Wenders / Marei Wenzel / Christian Werner / Paula Winkler / Harf Zimmermann / Urban Zintel
BER – Bilder einer Stadt
12 April to 18 May 2013
Opening: 11April 2013 / 19h
Pavlov’s Dog
Space for Photography
Bergstrasse 19
10115 Berlin
