{"id":14169,"date":"2023-11-08T12:51:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T17:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=14169"},"modified":"2023-11-08T13:17:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T18:17:26","slug":"anna-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/anna-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna Berlin"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5430\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-14169-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/AnnaBerlin.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/AnnaBerlin.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/AnnaBerlin.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><div id=\"block-e4a6d4a2863b79074d16\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\">\n<div class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<div class=\"sqs-html-content\">\n<p class=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14171 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0911.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0911.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0911.jpg?resize=769%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 769w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0911.jpg?resize=768%2C1022&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0911.jpg?resize=696%2C926&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/IMG_0911.jpg?w=1058&amp;ssl=1 1058w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>In 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/olympiart.org\/sisters\">Anna Berlin<\/a> was awarded a Fulbright Research and Study Scholarship to Berlin, Germany, and has since painted between her new home and her family\u2019s house in New Jersey. The paintings weave Berlin\u2019s life with the stories she grew up with about her family, alongside new understanding gained from independent research on her German-Jewish history. The paintings are of a grayscale world, where documentation, legal papers, and everyday ephemera become part of her language of storytelling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">The works in Sisters use the monotone language of the bureaucratic documents she relied on in the first year abroad, such as tax forms, proofs of identity, and lists. The visual-verbal governmental speech was sometimes fraught with confusion as she shares her last name with the city, creating reverberations in the artist\u2019s imagination of past and present, person and place, self and family, family history and cultural history. In exploring her new home, the artist accessed a deeper connection to her family\u2019s past in Germany and especially on the role of documents and documentation\u2013 how they affected their status, imperiling and saving their lives, as they fled their homes in the 1930s and 1940s to escape the Second World War.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1697556464550_23947\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\">\n<div class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<div class=\"sqs-html-content\">\n<p class=\"\">Alongside the personal and legal papers her grandparents brought with them to the US, some that were recently donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C., there is also the oral; intergenerational memories that were passed along in car rides or at the kitchen table in New Jersey. Short, diaristic narratives accompany each painting on the Image List. Names of people and places blur together \u2013\u00a0 Wasser, Berlin, New York, New Jersey \u2013 as the generations travel back and forth over water and over land.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Earlier this year, Anna Berlin and Olympia released an artist\u2019s book called <a href=\"https:\/\/olympiart.org\/books\/anna-berlin-notes-from-berlin\"><em>Notes from Berlin<\/em><\/a>, that is part memoir, part travelog, and part family history. It was printed in an edition of 100 copies and is available at the gallery.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14172\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14172\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14172 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_Two-Sisters.jpg?resize=696%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_Two-Sisters.jpg?resize=891%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 891w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_Two-Sisters.jpg?resize=261%2C300&amp;ssl=1 261w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_Two-Sisters.jpg?resize=768%2C883&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_Two-Sisters.jpg?resize=1336%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1336w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_Two-Sisters.jpg?resize=696%2C800&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_Two-Sisters.jpg?resize=1068%2C1228&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_Two-Sisters.jpg?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_Two-Sisters.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna Berlin, Two Sisters, 2023, Flashe, acrylic, oil, epoxy dough on canvas, 52 x 40 x 2 in (132.1 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14173\" style=\"width: 684px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14173 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_Wasser.jpg?resize=684%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_Wasser.jpg?resize=684%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 684w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_Wasser.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_Wasser.jpg?resize=768%2C1151&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_Wasser.jpg?resize=1025%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1025w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_Wasser.jpg?resize=696%2C1043&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_Wasser.jpg?resize=1068%2C1600&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_Wasser.jpg?w=1335&amp;ssl=1 1335w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna Berlin Wasser, 2023 Flashe and acrylic on canvas with two stools made of flashe and acrylic on epoxy dough and foam stools 60.5 x 40 x 10 in (153.7 x 101.6 x 25.4 cm)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14174\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14174\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14174 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_The-Vollendam.jpg?resize=696%2C817&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_The-Vollendam.jpg?resize=872%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 872w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_The-Vollendam.jpg?resize=255%2C300&amp;ssl=1 255w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_The-Vollendam.jpg?resize=768%2C902&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_The-Vollendam.jpg?resize=1308%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1308w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_The-Vollendam.jpg?resize=696%2C817&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_The-Vollendam.jpg?resize=1068%2C1254&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_The-Vollendam.jpg?w=1703&amp;ssl=1 1703w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Anna-Berlin_The-Vollendam.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anna Berlin The Vollendam, 2023 Flashe, acrylic, epoxy dough on canvas 52 x 40 x 2 in (132.1 x 101.6 x 5.1 cm)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2023\/AnnaBerlin.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing list In 2021, Anna Berlin was awarded a Fulbright Research and Study Scholarship to Berlin, Germany, and has since painted between her new home and her family\u2019s house in New Jersey. 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