David Medalla Luftbrücke
Curated with Adam Nankervis
April 30 – June 21, 2025
In cooperation with another vacant space. and DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program Archive
Opening: Wednesday, April 30, 6–10 pm | DJ: ZK Bucket (Zaun Records)
Special opening hours during GALLERY WEEKEND BERLIN 2025
Gallery Weekend Pop-Up: Mountains @ Alte Apotheke, Weydingerstr. 18
Press coverage:
ArtReview | Martin Herbert, Gallery Weekend Berlin 2025. The Best Bad Time
artnet | Kate Brown, This year’s Gallery Weekend Berlin reflected resilience and poetic shifts amid a changed cultural-political backdrop
ARTnews | Devorah Lauter on Gallery Weekend Berlin 2025
Wallpaper | Hili Perlson, Thrilling demanding grotesque and theatrical: what to see at Berlin Gallery Weekend
FAD | Paul Carey-Kent, Paul’s Berlin Gallery Weekend 2025
taz | Beate Scheder, Queere Luftbrücke – Mountains ehrt David Medallas Werk voller Camp und Berlingeschichte
Installation views | Photos: Julie Becquart
Individual Works:
David Medalla, Masks, Selection from the 2000s and 2010s · Paper cuts and torn paper, found magazine pages · Dimensions variable
David Medalla, Masks, Selection from the 2000s and 2010s · Paper cuts and torn paper, found magazine pages · Dimensions variable
David Medalla, Self Portrait, 1998 · Oil on canvas · 150 × 150 cm
David Medalla, Portrait of Adam Nankervis at Wielandstrasse 18, Friedenau, 1998 · Oil on canvas · 150 × 150 cm
David Medalla, Homage to Maruska: Maria Gräfin von Maltzan, 1998 · Oil on canvas · 150 × 150 cm
David Medalla, A Stitch in Time, 1981 · Participatory work / South Hill Park Performance Festival, Bracknell, UK · Textile, thread spools, mixed media · 220 ⨯ 185 ⨯ 5 cm
David Medalla, Night Blooming Flower #2, 1998 · Neon tubes, acrylic glass, electronics · On plinth with wheels · 258 × 121 × 95 cm
David Medalla, Night Blooming Flower #2, 1998 · Neon tubes, acrylic glass, electronics · On plinth with wheels · 258 × 121 × 95 cm
David Medalla, Szeeman & Medalla Liverpool, 2016 · Watercolor and pen on paper · 35.5 × 26.7 cm
David Medalla, A Stitch in Time at the Ikon Gallery indoor in Liverpool, 2016 · Watercolor and pen on paper · 29.5 × 21 cm
David Medalla, Self portrait, 1975 · Watercolor and pen on paper · 25.2 × 17.8 cm
David Medalla, Self Portrait, 1962 · Watercolor and pen on paper · 50.5 × 35.3 cm
David Medalla, Portrait of Rodney Smith, 1962 · Watercolor and pen on paper · 50.5 × 35.3 cm
David Medalla, Gaités tropiques, no. 1, 1997 · Oil on cotton paper · 56 × 42 cm
David Medalla, Jaime Gil de Biedma at Ako sa La Cave d’Angely, 1998 · Oil on canvas · 150 × 150 cm
David Medalla, Cloud Gate, 1964/2017 · Acrylic glass, water, biodegradable soap, electronics
· 74 × 72 × 48 cm
David Medalla, Sand Machine, 1963/2017 · Wood, acrylic glass, brass, sand, glass beads, electronics · 80 × 60 × 60 cm
David Medalla, Sand Machine, 1963/2017 · Wood, acrylic glass, brass, sand, glass beads, electronics · 80 × 60 × 60 cm
David Medalla, Sand Machine, 1963/2017 · Wood, acrylic glass, brass, sand, shells, electronics · 90 × 78 × 78 cm
David Medalla, Sand Machine, 1963/2017 · Wood, acrylic glass, brass, sand, shells, electronics · 90 × 78 × 78 cm
David Medalla, Sand Machine, 1963/2017 · Wood, acrylic glass, brass, sand, wood beads, electronics · 100 × 120 × 120 cm
David Medalla, Sand Machine, 1963/2017 · Wood, acrylic glass, brass, sand, wood beads, electronics · 100 × 120 × 120 cm
David Medalla, Winterlichter in Berlin, no. 1, 2009 · Acrylic on paper · 100 × 73 cm
David Medalla, Winterlichter in Berlin, no. 3, 2009 · Acrylic on paper · 100 × 73 cm
