March 9th – March 30th, 2024

Gallery neurotitan
c/o Schwarzenberg eV
Rosenthaler Strasse 39
D-10178 Berlin

Opening: Saturday, March 9th, 6 p.m

Opening hours March 9th – March 30th, 2024
Monday to Saturday 12 p.m. – 8 p.m

Kino Central special: MÉLANGE – art short films Mengerzeile
on Thursday, March 21, 2024 and on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 7:00 p.m

In a capital that is in constant change and upheaval, it is reassuring to find one constant. The Atelierhaus Mengerzeile is one such place that has contributed to the Berlin art scene for over 30 years – despite all odds.

In 1993, a group of artists moved into the former piano factory on the strip of the Wall between Alt-Treptow and Neukölln. Productive years followed – the Mengerzeile studio house officially established itself as an artists’ association and created a lively new art space with thirty studios, the Kunsthalle m3 gallery, an international guest studio and the Amiga Club. As Berlin gentrified, this space was also in danger of disappearing. In 2018 – thanks to continued efforts on our part, long-term negotiations with the Berlin Senate, the Treptow district office, etc., as well as cooperation with the new owner – the existence of the studio house was secured in the long term. The public Berlin media also stood by our side here. There are currently 36 artists working in the studio house from various fields such as painting, sculpture, conceptual art, film, photography and design. This mélange of international creatives, their diverse positions, philosophies and perspectives, also represents the resistant moments that art can show in order to oppose repression.

We find it particularly exciting to exhibit in the neurotitan gallery in Haus Schwarzenberg – an art oasis that, similar to the old Viennese coffee houses, has asserted itself as an important place of debate and artistic exchange in Berlin Mitte for three decades. The exhibition also shows that such evolved art spaces must remain intact in order to work creatively with these changes – or in Bowie’s words – “turn and face the strange…” changes.

Artists:
Paul Barnett, Mariele Bergmann, Ulrike Bernard, Mark Braun, Claudia Brieske, Patrick Brunken, Clemens Brunner, Alex Demes, Zeno Gries, Ane-martha Hansgärd, Juliane Henrich, Katja Hommel, Clara Joris, Max Kerkhoff, Karin Kerkmann, Karsten Krause, Michelle Lloyd, Marta Marcé, Jens Martens, Nanne Meyer, Eva Noack, Enda O’Donoghue, Ilona Ottenbreit, Haleh Redjaian, Mirae Kh Rhee, Cameron Rudd, Margit Schild, Annette Schmidt, Hildegard Skowasch, Margund Smolka, Ona Tav, Thomas Tuchel, Alexander Wagner, Andreas Walther, Eva Am Winnersbach, Marianne Wirries