Less Is More Or ...

Went to see this last night.  Aude Moreau's intervention project Less Is More Or ... will be on again tonight at Mies van der Rohe's Toronto Dominion Centre, Toronto:

Berlin (a)symmetry

Snapshots of Berlin during my visit this past summer ...

Neue Nationalgalerie:

S-Oranienburger Straße:

Prinzessinnenstraße:

Kunstquartier Bethanien:

Auguststraße:

Karl-Liebknecht-Straße:

Tiergarten interior:

Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz:

Têtes Et Queue

It was my first day in Berlin.  Although the Neue Nationalgalerie is currently closed for renovation, its sculptures on the terrace are still accessible.  Details of Alexander Calder's Têtes Et Queue:

Mies van der Rohe's quiet Neue Nationalgalerie in twilight with zero visitors:

Keeley's Barcelona Pavilion

Taking on the great Mies van der Rohe's iconic work with her camera, Shelagh Keeley's solo exhibition Barcelona Pavilion now at Prefix ICA via Circuit Gallery, Toronto:

Miller x Mies

It was my last day in Berlin yesterday.  A hike to the northeast outskirt of the city was well worth it.  The glossy surfaces of Gerold Miller's minimalist works bear a perfect reflection of Mies van der Rohe's 1933 Haus Lemke (now known as Mies van der Rohe Haus).

Miller at Mies van der Rohe Haus:

On my way to Köln today ...

Steel masters

Barnett Newman at Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin 2012:

Richard Serra and Barnett Newman at Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin 2012:

Alf Lechner at Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin 2012:

Mies van der Rohe's 1968 steel structure Neue Nationalgalerie of Berlin:

Mies Montreal

Mies van der Rohe left his footprint in Montreal late in his career, same year as Expo 67 - his 1967 residential/commercial complex Westmount Square:

The towers do look like Mies's very own 1967 totally non-residential Toronto-Dominion Centre in downtown Toronto:

Cole x Mies

I visited a less well-known house by Mies van der Rohe just outside the city centre in northeast Berlin today.  Landhaus Lemke, now known as the Mies van der Rohe Haus, is currently used as a contemporary art gallery.

Mies's 1933 Lemke Haus, Berlin:

Showing now at the Mies van der Rohe Haus is Max Cole's painting and drawing exhibition ... to the line.  Cole's restrained use of forms and colours matches perfectly Mies's elegantly minimalist space.

Cole at the Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin 2012: