Background
Born in Berlin during the Nazi regime, he grew up in the western part of the divided Berlin.
Born in Berlin during the Nazi regime, he grew up in the western part of the divided Berlin.
Horst Walter (June 14, 1936. Pankow, Berlin – May 15, 2012. Berlin) was a contemporary German artist.
He produced drawings and modern sculptures.
In divided Berlin he protested against the Berlin Wall. After the Berlin Wall came down in 1989 he tried to remind the German public to keep parts of the Berlin Wall as a monument of memorial.
To do this he started numberless performances in the so-called "Number Manitoba"s Land" between the Potsdamer Platz and the Reichstag building. 1985: "Zeichen setzten" Performances at Berlin Wall
1990: "Kulturprojekt Potsdamer Platz": Cafe 9.November at the former checkpoint Potsdamer Platz
1990: Potsdamerplatz: Keep The Wall Project- 118 pieces of the Berlin Wall
1991: Exhibition Voltaire in Potsdam
1992: Retrospektive in Kunsthaus Tacheles
1998: 1.place in the internationalen Mail-ART Kapos ART contest, Kaposvar.
Mail Artist Hungary Budapest.
Symposium. Barc Hungary
2003: opening of Mauerspechtmuseum.