Show depot Bastion Queen - The poison cabinet for problematic sculptures and monuments

Exhibition
May 12 to Sept. 29

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Due to concerts changed opening hours:
Sat. 27.07. Citadel closed
Thu.     01.08. from 10 am - 5 pm
Sun.     18.08. from 10 am - 4 pm
Tue.     20.08. from 10 am - 4 pm
Wed.    21.08. from 10 am - 4 pm
Thu.     29.08. from 10 am - 5 pm

(On Thursdays we are normally open from 1-8 pm)

Please check the opening hours on our website before your visit:
www.zitadelle-berlin.de


The idea of opening a display depot with unwanted objects from the culture of remembrance came
about through "Hitler's Horses": two larger-than-life bronze horses from 1939 came to the Citadel in
2021. The sculptures were too massive to be displayed in the museum "Unveiled. Berlin and its monuments".
So they were separated and the Queen's Bastion was converted into a storage and exhibition space.

Other unwanted Berlin monuments and sculptures were added so that they could be exhibited here and tell
their story instead of being made to disappear; most recently a marble bust of Adolf Hitler found in a building
site in 2023. But the Queen's Bastion is not only a logistical solution to the problem of "Where to put these huge
testimonies of history?".

In terms of content, it ties in with the exhibition "Unveiled. Berlin and its monuments", but the aim here is to try
an experiment: Every year, curators from science, art or schools and other educational institutions are asked
to create a new exhibition with the same objects. This creates the opportunity to keep the objects alive and to
approach them from different angles - historically, artistically or experimentally.

From July 2024, the Schaudepot will host an intervention by video artist Nnenna Onuoha on a statue read in
racist terms.

Visitors are invited to express their thoughts and wishes at any time!

Kategorien: Kunst, Kultur, Bildung, Schule, Ausstellungen

Bezirk: Spandau