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Monday 26 September 2022

Monday Murals - Fraternal Kiss

I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme is for you.  Just follow the Linky steps below.  Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere.  The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.

Thanks, Sami  

The Berlin Wall, in the Friedrichshain district, once a symbol of a divided city, is now a large open-air gallery - known as "The East Side Gallery", featuring over 100 murals by artists from across the globe. Many were painted in 1990, the year after the wall fell, the artworks that line the banks of the River Spree standing as a memorial to the reunification of Germany and other moments of global political change. 

One of the most striking and well know mural is the "My God, Help Me to Survive this Deadly Love" also known as the Fraternal Kiss, by the recently deceased Russian artist Dmitri Vrubel

It depicts the embrace between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and East German president Erich Honecker at the 30th anniversary of the creation of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) in 1979.

Fraternal Kiss at the East Side Gallery

Remember this one from my first Berlin post, an advert which was a parody of the mural and original photo.

And the photo as seen at the "Wall Museum" near Check Point Charlie.


Another well known mural is "A Trabi goes through the Wall", by Birgit Kinder, where the iconic East German car, the Trabant is breaking through the Berlin wall. 

Along with other artists whose works have been badly damaged by tagging, this work of art has been badly damaged a few times, and Birgit has been allowed to repair or repaint her mural various times, the last time being in 2018. 


And at our hotel in Berlin, the Ibis Mitte - they had the replica by the lifts.

  

Another "kissing" mural I saw in a building not far from our hotel.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
      

        

And a small advertising van with photos of some of the East Side Gallery murals.

                    


46 comments:

  1. Those are very timely murals! I am fascinated by how a theme is repeated in several places, and it’s impressive that you found all those instances.

    Thank you for hosting this interesting blog event.

    best… mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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    1. Thanks Mae, I suppose I was lucky to come across some of these murals.

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  2. ...these political murals are great. I saw one of Trump kissing Putin. Thanks Sami for hosting.

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  3. That mural must be popular. It seems to be everywhere. I love the parody, too. I think my favorite might be the car breaking through the wall showing the date the wall fell. Stunning murals, Sami.

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    1. I was so happy to see it at the hotel, it's a great mural. Thanks Elizabeth

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  4. I recognize this one but it's so nice to see it in its true context.

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  5. The parody is cheeky and amusing, good to see some humour injected in the murals.

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  6. I especially like the one with the curry wurst. It's excellent (i mean the picture)

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  7. Figuratively I prefer the kiss of anonymous. The love between two senile men is a little too strong.

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    1. Thanks Roentare, lol. I think is is traditional between Russian men of exchanging a kiss on the lips when they meet was a sign of respect.

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  8. Thank you for the tour! And for hosting, Sami

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  9. Há um novo muro a crescer, agora na fronteira e já vai alto!...
    Ninguém pensa em beijos, pelo contrário...
    Por isso, vai gostar da minha recente publicação no 'A Vivenciar'
    Boa semana. Tudo bom...
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  10. So interesting seeing murals from different countries. The parody is great!

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    1. Thanks Jeanie. I thought the parody mural is quite funny.

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  11. They are such iconic murals and it is shame that people see fit to tag and spoil them. I guess the polluting Trabis only appear for special occasions now.

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    1. Very sad that some people think tagging art work is ok. There are Trabi tours of Berlin, so they do pollute on a daily basis I think, hope not many people take up these tours, lol.

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  12. So very cool and interesting. Very nice. Thanks for sharing them.

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  13. E é isto que deixa Putin e os putinistas loucos.
    Boa semana

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  14. Thanks for sharing some cheeky murals of politicians. My favourites are the Ibis Mitte and the kissing couple on the wall of the building opposite your hotel.

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  15. Great ones. I sadly failed to take pics of when we left/entered West-Germany.
    Going to Berlin by car is a pain and all we saw was the exhibit, hence.
    And Tim Tams. Nice chat with some guys from Sydney. We didn´t even talk about their product, LOL (was software for railway). And I failed to take a pic!!! And no, I did not want Tim Tams, way too sweet. They had no Vegemite (but I would´t want that, either!). As it´s so practical I had my "PER"-bag and they recognized it, too :-)

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    1. How nice that you met people from Sydney at your rail conference.

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  16. Amazing murals, great works.
    Have a nice week ahead

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    1. Thanks Rupam, enjoy the rest of the week.

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  17. Yes I remember this one, it has used many times in the city and you found a lot of them!

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    1. Thanks Marianne, a very popular one indeed.

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  18. Very cool murals and excellent collection.

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  19. Berlin famous for its murals along the Berlin wall. Great place to visit indeed.

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  20. These are great. It is sad to think that people tag some of them.

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    1. Yes sad, specially in the Berlin wall where the murals are quite old.

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  21. Te invito a una fiesta en A Vivenciar... Te gustará. 🎈 Abrazo
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