Wittgensteins Cabin

Berlin Gallery Weekend

29th April till 30th Juli 2022
Taubert Contemporary
Opening | Fri 29 Apr 2022 | 6 – 9 pm

BERLIN GALLERY WEEKEND
29th April – 1st May 2022
Sat – Sun | 11 am – 7 pm

Press release:
Spanish artistDionisio González is a master of fanciful architectural visualizations, designing structures that are just a little too wild and imaginative to be real. Now, González imagines retro-futuristic amphibious dwellings made primarily of metal, resting on artificial islands against a backdrop of picturesque Norwegian fjords.

Named “Wittgenstein’s Cabin,” the series draws inspiration from the secluded 1914 hut of Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Built on the steep shoreline of Lake Eidsvatnet in Skjolden, Norway, the cabin was purposefully located to be as remote as possible, serving as Wittgenstein’s distraction-free refuge where he wrote some of his most important works.
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