ALTONAER STRAßE, 2

In 2006, in work that evolved out my New York series, SIDES, I began using lost architecture as a way to explore my family history in Berlin. My father was born into a Jewish Berlin family that was forced to leave its homes in the late 1930s. When he was four, he fled with his immediate family to London. I have used the original architectural plans and sections of his childhood home, since demolished, on Altonaer Straße, to create a series of works that are primarily gouache on paper. The work aims to recognize the loss of this property both as a historical fact and a trauma of displacement.


Selections of these paintings were included in the 2011-2012 Heimatkunde exhibition at the Jewish Museum, Berlin and are now part of the museum’s permanent collection. Please click here to view installation images.

Altonaer Straße, 2 Elevation 1
2009
gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

Altonaer Straße, 2 Section 1
2009
gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

Altonaer Straße, 2 Plan 6
2009
gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

Altonaer Straße, 2 Elevation 2
2009
gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

Altonaer Straße, 2 Stairs 1
2008
gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

Altonaer Straße, 2 Stairs 2
2008
gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

Altonaer Straße, 2 Stairs 3
2008
gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

Altonaer Straße, 2 Stairs 4
2008
gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

Altonaer Straße, 2 Stairs Plan 1_1
2008
gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

Altonaer Straße, 2 Plan 1_2
2008
gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

Altonaer Straße, 2 Plan 1_3
2008
gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

Altonaer Straße, 2 Plan 1_4
2008
gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

Altonaer Straße, 2 Plan 1_5
2008
gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

Altonaer Straße, 2 Plan 2_1
2008
gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

Altonaer Straße, 2 Plan 2_3
2008
gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

Altonaer Straße, 2 Plan 2_2
2008
gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

Altonaer Straße, 2 Plan 2_1,2,3 studies
2008
gouache on vintage graph
all works 8 x 9 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

2009
gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

2009
gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

Altonaer Straße, 2 Sewn 1
2008
canvas strands and paper
34 x 47 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

Altonaer Straße, 2 Sewn 4
2008
canvas strands and paper
34 x 47 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hassa

Altonaer Straße, 2 Sewn 3
2008
canvas strands and paper
34 x 47 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass

Altonaer Straße, 2 Sewn 2
2008
canvas strands and paper
34 x 47 inches

former residence of Anne (née Berger) and Bernhard Hass