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BERLINISCHE GALERIE MUSEUM FÜR MODERNE KUNST [Gallery Walkthrough]

Otto Bartning is a well-known name among German expressionist architects. His pioneering designs date from between 1918 and 1923. His idea for the Star Church, which was never built, instantly established his international reputation. This was a design for an ideal type: there was no construction contract or intended location. A wooden structure rises from a seven-cornered base. The pointed arches with their Gothic look form a dome-like interior. The pulpit and altar were to be placed at the centre of the building. Bartning's plans could have been implemented with limited means. How can a picture and its frame be combined to form a single composition? The painter Arthur Segal came up with a new answer to this question. It all began with the light experiments he carried out with his pupil, the artist Nikolaus Braun (1900-1950). These studies led him to create prismatic compositions between 1922 and 1925, which accorded every component of the work equal status. Segal applied the same principle to his painting "Helgoland". He reduced the objects in the picture - houses, cliffs, ships - to flat surfaces and simple geometric shapes, and incorporated the frame itself into the image. Upheaval and a Fresh Start Avant-Garde Movements in Berlin, 1910-1933 As expressionism emerged, it polarised Berlin's art scene. In 1910 a group of mainly young artists split from the Berlin Secession and founded the New Secession. This association lasted until 1914, encouraging the breakthrough of expressionism in Berlin and Germany. Proponents of this style painted reality as a world that was tense and out of joint. Urban life in Berlin was a frequent theme in their work. When the First World War broke out, these artists also depicted experiences of destruction, suffering and the collapse of the old social order. The Novembergruppe ("November Group") was created in response to the November Revolution in late 1918. It brought together young revolutionary artists working in extremely diverse styles. They wanted painting, sculpture and architecture to play a role in building a democratic society. Up until 1932 the members organised numerous exhibitions, but also concerts of contemporary music and screenings of experimental film. "Lot and His Daughters" is a major work by the expressionist painter Georg Tappert. He was a founding member and chairman of the New Secession, which set out to establish the "New Art", as the expressionist style was then known. The biblical theme gave Tappert a chance to explore his interest in the "exotic" and to create a scene like a stage set. The space resembles a Bedouin tent, decorated with rugs and cushions in vivid reds. These dominate the colour scheme with the monumental nudes as pale contrasts. The painting shows the moment when the women get their father drunk so they can seduce him.