Pawson’s new Berlin gallery opens its doors
By Jim Dunton2021-11-23T06:00:00
Dahlem venue nods to forest-edge setting with pavilion design
John Pawson’s new Bastian Gallery in Berlin has opened with an exhibition of paintings by Anselm Kiefer.
The gallery, at Dahlem in the south-west of the German capital, is near the Grunewald Forest, and prompted Pawson to adopt the typology of a pavilion in response to the setting after questioning “prevailing contemporary notions” of what constitutes appropriate space for viewing art.
“The gallery is conceived as a rectilinear volume, clad in sandstone and set amongst mature trees,” he said.
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