Opposite the Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg there was an exhibition at Museum Berggruen, contrasting Pablo Picasso and Thomas Scheibitz’s work. I was not really a fan of Scheibitz’s work, finding it lacking in context and meaning, with too much focus on aesthetics. It almost felt like it was displacing and undermining Picasso’s work which is rich with historical meaning and emotion. However, I did really enjoy seeing more of Picasso’s work and some of the posters the museum has in its collection from past exhibitions. A couple of years ago I saw the Picasso 1932 exhibition at the Tate Modern which showed the huge span of his work from just one year, whereas here I felt like I saw a different range of his work. Seeing a few other portraits of Dora Maar fitted nicely with the exhibition I saw the week before, where I saw Picasso’s Weeping Woman.
There were other artists work here too, with a few rooms dedicated to Paul Klee. I enjoyed the various sculptures, including those outside. I am particularly drawn to photographing sculptures in galleries because they are so fun to draw from and I really enjoy walking around sculptures, seeing how the shapes and composition change as the angle changes. It was a slightly strange format for a gallery, and some rooms had so few pieces in them and it felt quite spread out with a lot of blank white walls. I preferred the Sammlung Scharf- Gerstenberg because I found I could follow it better and the audio tour contextualised the pieces.
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