When I first researched on where to go and what to see in Berlin, the place East Side Gallery popped up every now and then. Because of the the name gallery, my initial thoughts are that it’s a proper gallery with paintings and artworks all housed inside a building; like what you usually find throughout Europe.
Artworks and paintings are definitely not my cup of tea. Even seeing the famed Mona Lisa painting in the Louvre did not excite me.
So I decided to give it a miss as there are other attractions in Berlin that I have to fit into my short 3 days trip there.
But the more I Googled, the more interesting the East Side Gallery seems to be.
In fact, it’s actually an open air gallery, with around 100 paintings by artists all over the world on the 1.3km stretch on the Berlin Wall.
Now, that’s something really, really interesting – Open air gallery and the Berlin Wall.
Along the 1.3km stretch of paintings on the wall, about 80% of them are badly damaged by erosion, graffiti, and vandalism.
The remaining 20% was recently restored since year 2000. And I got to know that there will be full restoration of almost all the paintings from 2008 onwards when enough funds are raised.
The First of Many Paintings - © Bernard Loke
One of My Fav Paintings - © Bernard Loke
My God Help Me, This Deadly Love to Survive - © Bernard Loke
Charlie Checkpoint - © Bernard Loke
Welcome to Berlin - © Bernard Loke
Proof That I Was Here! - © Bernard Loke
The Holocaust - © Bernard Loke
CV of The Berlin Wall - © Bernard Loke
As you can see from the above photos, most of the paintings are no long in their original state. Some of the graffiti even looked better than the original painting itself. However, I just found out that most of the paintings are restored by November 2009 and they looked really great now.
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