Berlin Wall Memorial Graffiti

There was a graffity slogan once on the wall that even surprised the secretary general of the international red cross and which could bring some light into the future thinking of mankind.
Berlin wall memorial graffiti. The berlin wall birthplace of local graffiti culture. The wall s death strip on the east side of the wall here follows the curve of the luisenstadt canal filled in 1932. What s left of the wall that is. One of the common places in many texts that deal with the evolution of berlin street art scene is that it began on the west side of the berlin wall.
Multilingual messages range from overt calls for unity make love not wall to taunting humor nyet nyet soviet to philosophical musings doubt is the substance of nothing. If you are interested in the berlin wall its construction political implications and history then we recommend also visiting the berlin wall memorial. Memorial of the berlin wall. The most striking and renowned murals to adorn the berlin wall include dmitri vrubel s fraternal kiss and birgit kinder s trabant breaking through the wall.
And it is perhaps the most famous image that appears in berlin s east side gallery a nearly mile long mile stretch of the berlin wall. Map of the location of the berlin wall showing checkpoints general information type wall country east germany east berlin soviet occupied sector of berlin coordinates construction started 13. The kiss depicts soviet leader leonid brezhnev giving the east germany president erich honecker what appears to be a passionate kiss on the lips. Shame about all the needless graffiti see 17 775 traveler reviews 10 208 candid photos and great deals for berlin germany at tripadvisor.
Pictures from the last years of the gdr show a wall caked in a matrix of political graffiti. Let s first globalize responsibility. The murals are painted in a wide range of styles from new york style graffiti to classic japanese paintings. Look beyond the graffiti see 17 777 traveler reviews 10 209 candid photos and great deals for berlin germany at tripadvisor.
Memorial of the berlin wall. The former eastern section of the berlin wall has been painted by many unknown graffiti artists.