Online Gallery
of Modern Art in Africa

Kunst Transit Berlin is a privat art collection of Michael Drechsler.

Kunst Transit Berlin is a online gallery and forum for African modernism and contemporary art in Africa.

We

. represent Artists and Works of Art from East Africa, West Africa, and Southern Africa;

. introduce one work of art from the collection every month in our Kunstwerk des Monats (Artwork of the Month - only in german);

. facilitate A New Assessment of African Modernism and Contemporary African Art, independent of art markets and entrenched valuations.

 

 

Sales of works of art

Those who are particularly interested in individual works of art can also purchase them.

For special information on the purchase of artworks from the collection, please contact us directly.

 

 

Current:

"Fossil", 1991

from Arthur Fata
Sculptor, Zimbabwe

Springstone, two-piece, 118 x 41 x 47m, approx. 170 kg
Provenance: Chapungu Sculpture Garden,
Harare, Zimbabwe 1994

Price: 10.000 €
Half of the sales price goes to the non-profit organization Center of Hope for Dakawa e. V.

NOTE!

Click on the image in the middle of the website to get more information about the artwork.

CURRENT!

From 20 March to 9 May and from 22 May to 20 June, SchlossGalerie Haape will be showing sculptures from the Kunst Transit Berlin collection next to the park of Caputh Castle, south of Potsdam. Sculptures by John Obaso Diang'a from Kenya, by John Edward Odoch-Ameny from Uganda, by Gift Chengu, Richard Jack, Kakoma Kweli and Joseph Muzondo from Zimbabwe and by Théodore Dakpogan from Benin are on display.

Visit the beautifully situated SchlossGalerie on the shores of Lake Schwielow. A trip there is especially worthwhile now in the beginning of spring.

Address: SchlossGalerie Haape, Krughof 38, 14548 Schwielowsee, Caputh district.
How to get there: Bus 607 from Potsdam main station, Schloss stop or regional train to Caputh/Schwielowsee station.
Opening hours: Thursday, Saturday, Sunday from 12 to 18 hrs.

Registration: info@schlossgalerie-Haape.de

 

From September 4, 2020 to April 18, 2021, Haus der Kunst Munich is showing the exhibition "Michael Armitage. Paradise Edict." To accompany the exhibition, Haus der Kunst is presenting a room with reference works by East African artists who have shaped Michael Armitage's visual understanding. Here you can also get to know works by Georges Lilanga and Sane Wadu from the collection of Kunst Transit Berlin.

Collection for African Modernism
and Contemporary African Art

 

We offer the following services:

Monthly Artletter (in german), including the Artwork of the Month. If you want to subscribe to the Artletter with the Artwork of the Month, please click here.

. Downloadable Essays and Documentations on African Modernism and Contemporary African Art and Culture (in german and english): New! "Expressionism in Afrika? A Search for Traces", "Aktuelle afrikanische Kunst", “Blomefield und Tengenenge”; “Wandbilder in Kenia”.

In our archives you will find information about publications and exhibitions of Kunst Transit Berlin.

- The website www.ktb-photography.com is the photo page of www.kunst-transit-berlin.de is there.
KTB Photography shows documentary photos from different African regions and time sections, as well as artistic photos series dealing with the topic of Africa.

 

The Origin of the Collection of Michael Drechsler

Stimulated by the exhibition “Horizonte” (Horizons) – the first major presentation of African Modernism and contemporary African art in Germany – I traveled to Africa for the first time in 1977. Visiting several cities in Kenya, I soon found myself enthralled by the often bizarre murals and advertising signs. More...