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: 9.000 €

NOTE!

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

CURRENT!

 

From 9 September to 28 November 2021, Museum Abtei Liesborn will be showing the exhibition SPIRIT AFRIKA - Contemporary Art from Six African Countries. In the exhibition rooms of the former Benedictine monastery, almost the entire collection of Kunst Transit Berlin will be presented for the first time. The experimental juxtaposition of current masterpieces from our collection and four examples from the Museum Abtei Liesborn collection is highly exciting. Photographs by Michael Drechsler complement the exhibition with insights into the Vodun cult in Benin, wall and boat paintings from Kenya and shots of architectural evidence of German colonialism in Tanzania.

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...