I found this mural on Karl Marx Allee in what was the former East Berlin. Although back in those days, this boulevard was known as Stalin Allee and was a very important "show" avenue for the DDR. The country poured money and effort into building massive and highly decorated apartment and office buildings (in the so called wedding cake style) which would impress both its citizens and foreign dignitaries. This mural is also from that time and is a celebration of socialism. Despite the strange theme, I rather like the color and design. Hope you had a great weekend, for more murals head to Monday Mural.
Wedding Cake style mural? See I learn a lot chasing these blogs.
ReplyDeleteI see more nice art here than in all Weiwei's junk...
ReplyDeleteLovely colours in this mural.
ReplyDeleteit looks joyous. have no idea of the underlying themes. :)
ReplyDeleteIt seems light-hearted, not what I associate with socialist art. But, what do I know?
ReplyDeleteLooks very folk-arty to me rather than socialist. That was an interesting link you gave us to the wedding cake style!
ReplyDeleteIt's a cheerful, colorful mural.
ReplyDeleteAu moins les fleurs sont jolies !
ReplyDeleteWhat a bright spot this is!
ReplyDeleteA very stupid comment from the person named VP. May be too old to understand other artistic projects. I hate rhis mural...really ugly.
ReplyDeleteThe mural seems way too pretty to be speaking about anything political. ;)
ReplyDeleteIt looks a little fiesta like.
ReplyDeleteLovely splash of colour here Halcyon.. Quite controversial too it seems :)
ReplyDeleteColorful and bright.
ReplyDeleteI like the colors too. Not too happy to see someone calling another person's comment stupid though.
ReplyDeleteYea put lots of money into impress and forgot the rest of the country. I visited some crap looking parts after the wall came down. Very nice mural though
ReplyDeleteI would have thought the mural represented anything other than what you wrote. Interesting. Thank you for visiting my Rainbow Rider. Oops, I had to go back and view the comments more closely after seeing the "stupid" word. People!
ReplyDeleteNice and colourful!
ReplyDeleteThis one is very nice!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! Where is it exactly?
ReplyDeleteI love those bears. I could live with any of them.
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