Postcard from Berlin (1):
Last Friday I visited ‘after the butcher’
www.after-the-butcher.de
This is an artist owned space in a former butchers shop in the district of Lichtenberg, in the east of the City. The family who own it (they also live above and have a studio / workshop there) curate regular exhibitions including paint, print, sculpture, video and live events. The opening that I attended of work by artists Megan Sullivan and Axel J Weider, had the friendliness of a small fete as it spilled from gallery space into family garden, complete with music (not live, though there is a live event there later this month) and children playing on swing. The work on show was selected with the eye of an artist investing in that which s/he finds interesting and of worth.
The gallery space itself has interesting original features including shop front windows. If passing you can, as seems to be common in Berlin, pick up an invite for the next opening from the cardboard box taped onto the front door.
To get there take the S-Bahn to Noldnerplatz or Ostkreuz (the first being nearer), the gallery is at 25 Spitta Str. off Turrschmidt Str. If hungry – pop round to the corner of Tuchollaplaz and Turrschmidt Str where there is a great little bar – the ‘Rathaus’ – with outside seating and regular BBQ’s.
