The East Side Gallery Art of the Berlin Wall 2019.

© Alfred YAGHOBZADEH / Divergence

The East Side Gallery, It Happened in November German-Iranian painter Kani Alavi painted the haunting mural 'Es Geschah im November' ('It Happened in November') in 1990. The abstract painting - inspired by Alavi's own observations from his former apartment near Checkpoint Charlie - depicts the day the wall fell, with thousands of East German faces pouring through to the West. The faces show a range of different emotions in an effort to portray the mixture of confusion, joy, trepidation and liberation felt by East Germans heading over to the West. The Berlin Wall, a former symbol of division, is now the world's largest open-air gallery, featuring 105 murals by artists from across the globe.Berlin, Germany, 19/10/2019

Lieu : BERLIN, GERMANY

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