Moving Worlds II focus is to propose a dual interpretation of spaces, geopolitical and psychological, in times of fast and challenging changes. On the other hand, these geopolitical spaces become artistic representations by means of a photographic or lens-based practice.Conceived by artists who either carry the history of these spaces or approach them while playing with the usual journalistic, photo-reporter’s gaze, the imagesseek to “move” the viewer on both a disturbingand em…

"Moving Worlds", Podbielski Contemporary's opening show in Berlin in 2011, conveyed the awareness of the fast and testing changes of our times. As the gallery quotes Alfredo Jaar on the home page: "The world of culture - museums and universities - is the last place where you are still free to dream of a better world (...)." Seven years down the road, with memorable highlights and unexpected achievements, opening on average five new shows a year and having atte…

Die Ausstellung zeigt ausgewählte Arbeiten aus Langs Serie "Eclipse" – Porträts historischer Landschaften des Nahen Ostens – in Syrien, Israel, Palästina, Ägypten und in der Türkei. "In meiner Arbeit betrachte ich die verschiedenen Ebenen von Geschichte, Mythologie und Gegenwart, um ein narratives Bild entstehen zu lassen. Eine Art visuelle Archäologie, die sich überlagert oder auch kollidiert mit unmittelbaren sozialen…

In such dramatic times as those we are presently living, promoting and selling art is a gargantuan challenge. Some may say an Utopian undertaking. Yet, when Podbielski Contemporary opened in January 2011, our mission was clearly declared: "It may sound naive, but I think that for all its failings, the world of art and culture is still the only one where something like that can be done (...) The media can’t do it anymore; they’ve become a vulgar business like any other. The worl…