"Frieden" (Peace) by Walter Womacka, 1988 📍Berlin, Germany
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Documenting the concrete, mosaics, and murals of the GDR. An archive of East German Kunst am Bau & socialist modernism. 📷 Original photography unless otherwise indicated. Alt account @digitalcosmonaut.com
Untitled - Artist and year currently unknown 📍Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
A section of the "Tierwelt" (Wildlife) mosaic by Dagmar Glaser-Lauermann, 1973 📍Berlin, Germany
„Gaben der Völker“ (Gifts of the Peoples) by Irmela and Martin Hadelich, 1966 📍Halle-Neustadt, Germany
"Arbeiten für den Frieden" (Working for Peace), by Walter Womacka, 1965 📍 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
Friedenstaube ("Peace Dove") by Ortraud Lerch, 1977 📍Berlin, Germany
This piece was originally located on a different building that was torn down in 2010. The new owners of the property decided to save the mosaic and had it restored in 2018 at the cost of roughly €15,000.
Ostmoderne@ostmoderne.bsky.social · last mo.Title, Artist and Year unknown (circa 1960s). 📍Chemnitz (formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt), Germany
Title, Artist and Year unknown (circa 1960s). 📍Chemnitz (formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt), Germany
A segment of the "Aus dem Leben der Kinder" ("From the Lives of Children") by Walter Womacka, 1955 📍Eisenhüttenstadt (formerly Stalinstadt), Germany
Spent the day out and about in Chemnitz. Glorious weather and lots of new material 👍🏻
Emblem of the GDR on the Leipzig Opera by Kunz Nierade and Kurt Hemmerling, 1960 📍Leipzig, Germany
"Kosmonaut“ (Cosmonaut) by Erich Enge, 1967 📍Schwedt/Oder, Germany
This neon sign was supposeldy inspired the "Go West Cowboy" in Las Vegas. The advertisement in Leipzig was put under monument protection in 1993. You used to be able to send a paid text message to a number and the sign would light up for 3 minutes. Sadly that service was discontinued in 2025.
Ostmoderne@ostmoderne.bsky.social · 2mo ago"Die Löffelfamilie" (The Spoon Family) by Theo Hesselbarth and Jürgen Mau, 1975 📍Leipzig, Germany
"Die Löffelfamilie" (The Spoon Family) by Theo Hesselbarth and Jürgen Mau, 1975 📍Leipzig, Germany
If you go through the main entrance of the S-Bahn Greifswalder Str. you might have noticed this "new" mural. It's a replica of Walter Womackas "Wenn Kommunisten träumen" (When communists dream) from 1976, and was originally displayed in the Palast der Republik.
“Arbeit für das Glück des Menschen” (Labour for the Happiness of People) by Walter Womacka, 1989 📍Berlin, Germany
„Sorbisches Leben“ (Sorbian Life) by Erich Enge, 1966 📍 Hoyerswerda, Germany
"Flug der Schwäne" (Flight of the Swans) by Heinz Möhrdel, 1983 📍 Halle (Saale), Germany
Untitled by Rudolf Grunemann, 1955 📍 Frankfurt(Oder), Germany
Segment of a larger mural. Name, Artist and Year currently unknown. 📍Berlin, Germany
A segment from "Unser Leben" (Our Life) by Walter Womacka, 1964 📍Berlin, Germany
After last week's break - we are back to regularly posting 👍🏻
Not too long ago, Alexanderplatz had a very different look and feel. It's only from above that you'll really notice that Womackas "Brunnen der Völkerfreundschaft" (1969) was once part of a larger spiral design, that was removed during renovations in 2006/2007. (Photo #3 by B Sigursveinsson, 2003)
"Der Weg der roten Fahne" (The Path of the Red Flag) by Gerhard Bondzin, 1969 📍Dresden, Germany
A little background to this piece: the former school was renovated in 2003 and the sun dial was already heavily damaged. Construction workers "traced" the original design, and removed the piece - being completely unaware of it's provenance. 1/2
Ostmoderne@ostmoderne.bsky.social · 2mo ago"Sonnenuhr" (Sundial) by Gerhard Richter, 1959. Destroyed 2003. "Restored" 2003. 📍 Hagenwerder, Germany
