Water is life

An exhibition and art auction in favor of the Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (DWHH).

Water, the basic element of life, is a matter of course for us. In many regions of the world, however, water is a rare and precious commodity. Water scarcity impairs or threatens the lives of the people living there.

The Deutsche Welthungerhilfe is one of the institutions. which in many countries - particularly in Africa - is supporting the struggle for this increasingly scarce resource.

In collaboration with the Berliner Zeitung, the Galerie Querformat and the Verein Quarts e.V. organized an auction with works by international artists whose auction proceeds were intended for well construction projects of the German Welthungerhilfe.

From Left to right:

Abdoulaye Guissé
Artist (Quarts e.V.)

Regine Hildebrandt

(Minister for Labor, Social Affairs,
Health and Women, Brandenburg)

Approximately 70 artists from 12 countries exhibited around 170 works from the 4th of July to the 6th of August 1995 in the Foyer Gallery of the Berliner Zeitung, dealing with the topic of 'water' in very different ways.

From left to right:

Abdoulaye Guissé
Artist (Quarts e.V.)

Regine Hildebrandt

(Minister for Labor, Social Affairs,
Health and Women, Land Brandenburg)

Ali Salem
(Deutsche Welthungerhilfe,DWHH)

For this project, internationally renowned artists such as Wolf Vostell, Christo, Sarah Haffner and Rainer Fetting, who were each represented with three works.

The public auction took place on 6 August 1995 in the premises of the Berliner Zeitung.

She was headed by the long-standing director of the artist's promotion of the state of Berlin Winfried A. Langschied as auctioneer..

From left to right:

Sabel Guissé
Artist

Abdoulaye Guissé
Artist (Quarts e.V.)

Ali Salem
(Deutsche Welthungerhilfe DWHH)

Wasser ist Leben - Water is life

Exhibition in the foyer of the Berliner Zeitung

Exhibition and art-auction in support of German Agro Action