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Venetian Red in Berlin
“Blue Wall Man, Berlin” —painting on section of Berlin Wall. (photo ©2008 EPYork) This week, Venetian Red devotes itself to Berlin—stay tuned for observations on the art scene, the Wall, places of...
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Venetian Red in Berlin: Ethnological Arts from Azerbaijan
By LIZ HAGER Azerbaijan embroidered coverlet, 19th century, silk, metallic thread Azerbaijan embroidered coverlet (detail) Ethnology is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the...
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Venetian Red in Berlin: Festival of Lights
By LIZ HAGER Festival of Lights (Photo ©2008 Liz Hager) Every October in Berlin over the course of 12 days light artist Andreas Boehlke and his crew put on a joyous show illuminating Berlin’s streets...
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Venetian Red in Berlin: Armin Göhringer at Galerie Gerken
By LIZ HAGER Armin Göhringer Untitled, 2004, Blackened wood, 72x80x14cm As I walked from across the street, I spotted the tell-tale yellow banana discretely stenciled near the door of Galerie Gerken....
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Venetian Red in Berlin: The Path of the Wall is a Work of Art
By LIZ HAGER Mauerweg (photo ©2008 Liz Hager) Since the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, points along its former path are marked by ceremonious memorials, public facilitators of enduring collective...
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Venetian Red in Berlin: John Finneran at Upstairs Berlin
By LIZ HAGER John Finneran, Night Fence (Backgrounds), 2008, Oil and enamel with nails on aluminum, two panels, each approx. 84 x 96 cm. (photo © Liz Hager 2008) John Finneran, Night Fence...
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Venetian Red in Berlin: To the Expressionists’ House We Go
By LIZ HAGER Friz Bleyl, Winter, 1905 Woodcut, 17 x 9.9 cms (Brücke Museum, Berlin) At the end of a tranquil cul-de-sac on the woodsy fringe of Berlin’s suburban Dahlem district sits Das Brücke Museum,...
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Venetian Red in Berlin: Pergamon—The Story That Wasn’t
By LIZ HAGER Temporarily Closed (photo ©2008 Liz Hager) The sign that greeted me outside the Pergamon Museum blared its message in hot-pink, as if there were a chance that one otherwise might fail to...
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Lord Vishnu’s Miniature Footprints
By LIZ HAGER Vishnu’s Footprints, 19th century, watercolor and gold, Lahore, Pakistan, 33.5×29 cm (photo ©2008 Liz Hager) In Indian culture, the foot is considered to be the vehicle of humble and base...
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A Sense of Place: Marsden Hartley in Berlin
By LIZ HAGER Marsden Hartley, Lighthouse, 1915, oil on canvas, 30 x 40″ (courtesy Christie’s). Marsden Hartley was largely misunderstood during his lifetime. Depending on one’s viewpoint, the artist...
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Life? or Theater? at the CJM/SF
By LIZ HAGER © Liz Hager, 2011. All Rights Reserved. Charlotte Salomon, from Life? or Theater? 1940-1943 Gouache on paper (Courtesy Contemporary Jewish Museum) From 1940 to 1942, while hiding in the...
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