An exhibition and art auction in favor of the Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (DWHH)
4 July - 6 August 1995
Water, the basic element of life, is a matter of course for us. In many regions of the world, however, water is a rare and precious commodity. Water scarcity impairs or threatens the lives of the people living there.
The Deutsche Welthungerhilfe is one of the institutions. which in many countries - particularly in Africa - is supporting the struggle for this increasingly scarce resource.
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From left to right: Abdoulaye Guissé, artist (Quarts e.V.) Regine Hildebrandt (Minister for Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Women, Land Brandenburg) |
In collaboration with the Berliner Zeitung, the Galerie Querformat and the Verein Quarts e.V. organized an auction with works by international artists whose auction proceeds were intended for well construction projects of the German Welthungerhilfe.
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From left to right: Abdoulaye Guissé, artist (Quarts e.V.) Regine Hildebrandt (Minister for Labor, Social Affairs, Health and Women, Land Brandenburg) Ali Salem (Deutsche Welthungerhilfe) |
Approximately 70 artists from 12 countries exhibited around 170 works from the 4th of July to the 6th of August 1995 in the Foyer Gallery of the Berliner Zeitung, dealing with the topic of 'water' in very different ways.
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From left to right: Sabel Guissé, artist Abdoulaye Guissé, artist (Quarts e.V.) Ali Salem (Deutsche Welthungerhilfe) |
For this project, internationally renowned artists such as Wolf Vostell, Christo, Sarah Haffner and Rainer Fetting, who were each represented with three works.
The public auction took place on 6 August 1995 in the premises of the Berliner Zeitung. She was headed by the long-standing director of the artist's promotion of the state of Berlin Winfried A. Langschied as auctioneer.
| Bettina Albrecht Barbara Bauer Akbar Behkalam Bianka-Maria Bertram Claudia Borchers Uliane Borchert Wolfgang-Peter Brunner Timur Celik Floyd Christie Christo Sabine Conrad Liz Crossley Matthias Deschner Elke Dombrowski Frank Dutschke |
Patricia Ehlers Wolfgang Faller Rainer Fetting Pierre Fischer Jürgen Frisch Herta Fritz Thomas Gentner Abdoulaye Guisse Sabel Guissé Mona Gwinner Sarah Haffner Maria M. Hahmann Dagmar Hartig Margret Häussler Yüksel Hayirli |
Nils Jann Heide Kainer Abnan Kalkansi Sabine Kasan Carolina Kecskemethy-Vass Susanne Krehl André Krigar Stefan Miteff Siegrid Müller-Holtz Diéudonné Oténia Pham Luc Jochen Pröhl Wakilur Rahman Shimin Ren Michaela Rothe |
Tina Sackermann Javier Salgueiro Iris Schieferstein Beate Schumacher Tina Schwichtenberg Roland Seidel Monika Sieveking Renée Strecker Rudi Szameit Ruth Tesmar Hannelore Teutsch Amadee Vorsteher-Johl Wolf Vostell Karla Woisnitza Barbara Wolters |