The exhibition “From Fiber to Form” traces the development of textile art in Germany from the 1960s to the 1970s and anchors it in its art-historical context. The focus is on the development from the pictorial nature of wall hangings to the increasing relief-like structuring of textile surfaces and the conquest of three-dimensional space. In…
As monumental forms made of concrete, the bunkers dot Europe’s landscape; from Berlin and Germany, to French Brittany, the English Channel, even to the northern and southern coasts (as the “Atlantic Wall”). In Italy, Austria, Germany, etc., bunkers can be found in the middle of cities as oversized, indestructible bodies. The National Socialists called their bunker construction project “Fortress Europe”. Their dark past is firmly inscribed in the bunkers.