{"id":1964,"date":"2015-03-30T12:46:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T12:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/matthewtucker\/the-very-best-art-on-the-berlin-wall-according-to-tourists"},"modified":"2015-03-30T12:46:09","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T12:46:09","slug":"the-very-best-art-on-the-berlin-wall-according-to-tourists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/1964","title":{"rendered":"The Very Best Art On The Berlin Wall, According To Tourists"},"content":{"rendered":"
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVisitors to Berlin show us their favourite art on the capital’s fallen wall at the East Side Gallery and tell us why it’s special.<\/b>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n “I really like this piece because in general the Berlin Wall has so much history and social attachment to all the different conflicts that have happened in Berlin and in Germany as a whole. In most places they don’t have a wall for graffiti and someone expressing themselves. I really like this one because personally there’s so much detail, it’s very abstract, but you can see what’s going on, you see the different areas, people holding prized possessions. It catches your eye, makes you want to stare at it and take it all in.” – John Linari <\/span> Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t<\/div>\n “I think I particularly like this piece because of the scale and the juxtaposition with the surroundings. It’s a really nice balance of chaos and simplicity – the colours are really enjoyable.” – Dana Reynolds <\/span> Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t<\/div>\n Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n Katie said this was her favourite because of the “colour and symmetry”.<\/p>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n “I must say that this is the first time I’ve seen this – I’ve been here three or four times in this part of Berlin, and this is the first time I recognise this painting, and I like it because of the idea that someone else is pushing your thumb up. I guess it reminds me of the Soviet Union somehow. That’s why I like it.” – Gianmarco Trapani <\/span> Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n “I like this because it looks like there is a woman trying to keep out all the armies and violence from the planet. You can see how outside this planet there is a spreading rainbow and some roots of trees, and some guys that are partying, they are happy.” – Nicolò <\/span> Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n “I really like this work of art by Peter Russell because the colours are very beautiful, there’s a lot to see, it’s really full, so it catches your eye. Everything on this wall has symbolism that really speaks to me, which makes it very interesting to look at and also the way it is painted is very beautiful. It’s nice that you need to have time to look at it – you have to look longer at it to understand what it means, and what the artist means with it.” – Hanneleen and friends <\/span> Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n “Albert Einstein is a very famous person in Germany and he’s a very intelligent guy who has always impressed me.” – Sillmann Helge<\/p>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n “This piece of art seems so incongruous with everything, because you’ve got the history of the Berlin Wall, where you’re entering either the American or Russian sector. I just love that they decide to go with the Japanese sector instead. It’s completely out of place, and for that purpose I absolutely love it. Me with my Russian hat, being in Germany, looking at the Japanese sector. I just love how it all comes together.” – Andrew Allan<\/p>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n “I think this art stands out because it’s predominantly black, which the rest of them aren’t, the rest are trying to be very colourful. It’s remarkably different. The black is fitting, as the days of the Berlin Wall depict a very depressing atmosphere etc, [and] with Tokyo and New York it shows international influences in Berlin. All that combined, along with the depiction of the Berlin TV Tower and the big rotating Mercedes symbol, brings it all together quite nicely.” – Andrew<\/p>\n Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n “I like this piece because it signifies freedom, so humans are able to overcome any type of obstacle and get to the final goal, and it’s colourful.” <\/span> Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n “We like this one because it’s very colourful and it’s a gloomy day, and because it reminds us of the Spanish painter Picasso.” – the Fernandez family <\/span> Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n “We like this because the hands appear to press the wall.” – Alice.<\/p>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n View this image ›<\/b><\/a><\/p>\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Matthew Tucker \/ BuzzFeed<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\nDana Reynolds, 27, from Melbourne, Australia, and John Linari, 23, from Seattle, United States<\/h2> \t\t\t
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Click to listen to John:<\/h2>\t
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Katie, 23, from Australia<\/h2> \t\t\t
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Gianmarco Trapani, 23, from Italy<\/h2> \t\t\t
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Listen to Gianmarco:<\/h2>\t
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Nicolò, 23, from Italy<\/h2> \t\t\t
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Listen to NicoloÌ:<\/h2>\t
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Hanneleen, 16, Laila, 16, Mieke, 17, and Jondahl, 16, from the Netherlands<\/h2> \t\t\t
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Listen to Hanneleen and her friends:<\/h2>\t
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Sillmann Helge, 44, from Germany<\/h2> \t\t\t
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Andrew Allan, 17, from Sydney, Australia<\/h2> \t\t\t
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Andrew, 29, from London<\/h2> \t\t\t
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Johnnie, 28, from Australia, and Elize, 25, from Singapore<\/h2> \t\t\t
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Listen to Johnnie:<\/h2>\t
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The Fernandez family, from Madrid, Spain<\/h2> \t\t\t
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Listen to the Fernandez family:<\/h2>\t
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Alice, 28, and Alberto, 38, from Italy<\/h2> \t\t\t
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Chiara, 25, and Gianluca, 26, from Italy<\/h2> \t\t\t
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