More than 40 artists from the Berger Kulturverein are currently exhibiting their work in the Marstall.
A visit.
Berg - The corona crisis hits visual artists particularly hard, as they are less taken into account in the federal government's economic stimulus package than other cultural sectors.
So it is all the more important that exhibitions are visited.
On the coming weekend, after a year of silence, you will again have the opportunity to take part in one of the oldest art associations in the district, when over 40 active members of the Berg Kulturverein, founded in 1988, exhibit their work in the Berger Marstall.
The tour of the former royal riding stables is well worth it.
“Silence” was the theme for 2020. Then the annual exhibition was canceled, the country was in lockdown, and it became really quiet. No topic at all was given for this show, Lucie Plaschka's work “Silence” still refers to last year's motto. It shows deformed CDs lying on ashes. Sounding art? It doesn't exist. With Daniela Fugger-Antonacci the world stands still when the wind turbines in Berg stop turning.
As always, there are numerous abstract works. Karin Schmitz combines color gradients to create her “universe”, Karen Mansesen banishes foggy shine in contrasting colors and creates a field of tension in the process. The "tapestry" by Anette Girke, painted exclusively in mixed colors, impresses with its confident color sensation, even in a large format. Objective can be found in Bettina Tratzmüller's night picture, which captures shiny silver light reflections in Berlin's Friedrichstrasse. Simone Opdahl, on the other hand, courageously lets a rabbit fly over the fresh grass, Elisabeth Güllich transforms a meadow into a dynamic field that flows towards the horizon, and Marlies Beth experiments with drawing in a line and "blindly", i.e. without looking at the paper . Your contribution is the most immediate expression of detachment,where form and content merge convincingly. Nothing is stipulated anymore, the line is a dance across paper.
Photos, collages and sculptures
There are also wonderful photos, collages and sculptures.
Margaritta Wiederholt experiments with pottery shards, Ernst Grünwald impresses with two small bronzes, a harlequin and a newspaper reader, and Christiane Leimklef lends lightness to black-colored stamps with feathers.
At Fritz Güllich, lovable creatures in hand-flattering format fall into a relaxed hibernation.
Birgit Berends-Wöhrl lets miniature goblins appear in bronze.
They laughingly greet the exhibition visitor with open arms.
The exhibition opens on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., the vernissage is today at 7 p.m. Everyone is cordially invited, and the corona rules are observed. Contributors are Juschi Bannaski, Sabine Beck, Birgit Berends-Wöhrl, Harald Berner, Marlies Beth, Christina Biron, Elisabeth Biron von Curland, Paolo de Brito, Anette Emrich, Ilse Frank Raab, Hansjörg Füllgraff, Daniela Fugger-Antonacci, Rosemarie von Funcke, Anette Girke, Juliane Luisa Gleue, Ernst Grünwald, Elisabeth and Fritz Güllich, Wieland Hölzel, Andreas Huber, Petra Jakob, Roswitha Kaissling-Koschnik, Christine Kolbinger, Maria Rosina Lamp, Christiane Leimklef, Karen Mansesen, Sanna Myrtinnen, Christoph Nicolaus, Simone Opdahl , Lucie Plaschka, Heidi Preißler, Ragna Regenbogen, Rasha Ragab, Helga Rudolf, Matthias Schilling, Karin Schmitz, Carl Schmöle,Ute Schönemann, Gerlind Stadler, Cornelia Teubner, Bettina Tratzmüller, Martin Vollmer, Margaritta Wiederholt, Ute Wolff and Elisabeth Zacharias.
Astrid Amelungse-Kurth