For information : An International Travelling Exhibition
EUROPE IN MOTION
THE BERLIN WALL
ARTISTS FOR FREEDOM
THE EXHIBITION IS ACTUALY ON EURONEWS BROADCASTING :
CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME:
Tuesday September, 13th 16 H 19
Wednesday September, 14th 15 H 15
Thursday September, 15th 10 H 15 am 13 H 15 17 H 15
Friday September, 16th 13 H 45 22 H 45
In the Municipal Art Centre in Nicosia , the last divided city in the
world, an exhibition who is presenting an unique art collection about
the Fall of the Berlin Wall is taking place from September the 17th
until October 25 th, 1998. The artworks, presented in the European
context, have been realised by international artists in 1990 on virgin
fragments of the Berlin Wall coming from the East side.
This exhibition takes place in Cyprus under the High Patronage of Mr.
Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic, of Mr. Glafcos
Clerides, President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Daniel Tarschys,
Secretary General of the European Council.
The exhibition of Nicosia will ended next October the 25th and other
presentations are being studied, Strasbourg for the fiftieth anniversary
of the creation of European Council and for the tenth anniversary of the
wall's fall
In the perspective of these two european events we have obtained ten
more virgin fragments of the wall. We will profiting of the
international tour of the exhibition to open this symbolic collection to
artists of new nationality not yet represented. In Cyprus a concurs has
been organised by the Minister of Education and Culture to an hundred
Cypriot artists, Thiodulos Gregoriou has been chosen to integrate the
collection.
Each exhibition will have is own place on internet web site in French,
German, English and sonly in Greek.
The web address: http://www.leprogres.fr/Berlin
This web site will show all the artistic witnesses facing the
historical part from Yalta up to today, illustrated by texts and photos
and videos interviews of some celebrities who visited the exhibition (
artists and politics).
For further organisation details, please contact
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