10/24 Art Mindspace
Nov 13, 14:06 by Ivonne Dippmann
Art & fashion meets Coworking
We recently celebrated a remarkable milestone at Mindspace Berlin, marking 10 years of collaboration, growth, and shared success. It was a fantastic occasion to reflect on our journey and the partnerships that have helped us thrive.
Big thanks to @Mindspace for inviting me to host an exhibition and networking event at Krausenstrasse! It was an inspiring evening, featuring our latest piece from the #TheKidsWantCommunism collection. We explored multiple creative realms, blending art, fashion, and sustainability in such a meaningful way.
Presenting my work, including the knitwear edition, to a non-art audience was a truly rewarding experience. In the end, everyone found a connection—whether through textiles, Chemnitz, or the shared passion for sustainability.
#ArtMeetsSustainability #CreativeExchange #TextilesAndArt #ChemnitzVibes #MindspaceEvent
02/23 Furniture
Feb 20, 16:42 by Ivonne Dippmann
Gestaltungswut
Designkonzepte für Innenräume
Räume und ihr Innenleben sind in vielerlei Weise gestalt-und formbar. Zu Corona-Zeiten habe ich gern den Pinsel beiseite gelegt und zum Schweißgerät gegriffen. Wie viele Menschen zu dieser Zeit, habe ich im Lockdown das eigene Zuhause überdacht und neu gestaltet. Basierend auf meinen farbintensiven, malerischen Arbeiten widmete ich meine Aufmerksamkeit in besagter Zeit der Gestaltung von Möbeln und Innenräumen. Dabei kamen unterschiedlichste Ergebnisse zustande, jede abgestimmt auf die Bedürfnisse ihrer Besitzer.
Nach einer Phase der Optimierung gibt es nun endlich eine Auswahl dieser Objekte im Shop zu erwerben. Die knalligen, bunt gepulverten Metallelemente sind hierbei ausschlaggebend und verleihen den Konstruktionen ihren einzigartigen, lebendigen Charakter. Sie laden die Räume, wie auch ihre Sammler, energetisch auf.
Regalkonsolen – pulverbeschichtetes Metall, Himbeerrot, 3 mm Flachstahl, 25 × 21 × 2 cm
Kupferhaken – Unikat, Sonderanfertigung, in verschiedenen Größen erhältlich
Wandregal – Unikat, pulverbeschichtetes Metall, Gold, Vierkantstahl 100 × 100 × 0,2 mm, wiederverwertetes Holz
Unterkonstruktion – pulverbeschichtetes Metall, Himbeerrot, Vierkantstahl 200 × 200 × 0,2 mm, 50 × 150 × 30 cm
Unterkonstruktion – pulverbeschichtetes Metall, Perlblau, Vierkantstahl 200 × 200 × 0,2 mm, 38 × 180 × 33 cm
Wandregal – pulverbeschichtetes Metall, Himbeerrot, Vierkantstahl 150 × 150 × 0,2 mm, 25 × 100 × 20 cm
Texts and images © 2023 Ivonne Dippmann & VG Bild-Kunst
02/23 Studio, Interiors
Feb 15, 13:06 by Ivonne Dippmann
In und um und um herum
Studioexkurs – Designkonzepte für Innenräume
In den vergangenen Jahren haben wir im Team verschiedene Möbel- und Designelemente entworfen, die je nach Bedarf in Holzart, Größe und Farbe flexibel gestaltbar sind. Entscheidend dafür sind die jeweiligen Bedürfnisse und Funktionen der betreffenden Räume und ihrer Nutzer. Was ganz im Sinne unseres Arbeitskörpers dominiert, sind sowohl der gezielte Einsatz von kräftigen Farben sowie ein reduzierter, zurückhaltender Einsatz von Materialien in der Formgebung.
Jedes Möbelstück wird in Berlin nach Bedarf handgefertigt. Dafür arbeiten wir zusammen mit erfahrenen Metallbaubetrieben und Tischlern. In Berlin selbst bieten wir zudem als Dienstleistung Besichtigungen vor Ort. Bei Bedarf geben wir gestalterische Impulse, die auf die Funktion und Zielstellung des Ortes abgestimmt werden. Dies beinhaltet z.B. die schlichte Farbgebung von Räumen sowie alle Aspekte zur Innenraumgestaltung, auch energetischer Natur.
Messingobjekt – Unikat, gefaltete und gestanzte Messingform, experimentelle Oberflächenbehandlung mit verschiedenen Lösungen
Raumtrenner – Fadenarbeit in Kombination mit Holz und gepulvertem Stahl, Größe variabel
Wandregal – Stahl, Quadratrohr gepulvert, variabel in Größe und Holzart
Exklusive Strickeditionen
Prägnant für unsere Arbeit ist die Verarbeitung von textilen Elementen. Daher ist es nicht weit hergeholt, dass auch Strick in unserem Repertoire vorzufinden ist. Ein Projekt, das unter dem vielversprechendem Titel thekidswantcommunism 2016 ins Leben gerufen wurde, umfasst eine limitierte Auflage von krachenden Pullovern und Jacken. Unsere Strickmäntel bestehen zum Großteil aus Einzelauflagen, welche lokal in Sachsen entwickelt und produziert wurden. 100 % Baumwolle liefert in kühlen Wintertagen ordentlich Wärme und die klare Farbwahl eine gehörige Portion Aufmerksamkeit. Diese Strickedition ist wesentlicher Bestandteil des Kunstbuchprojektes שיר אהבה (Liebeslied) Chemnitz-Tel Aviv.
Texts and images © Ivonne Dippmann & VG Bild-Kunst
02/23 Photography, Briefe
Feb 13, 12:44 by Ivonne Dippmann
Studie zu Vorgefundenem
gestern und davor in meinem Atelier
Briefe an einen Freund
Mit vernünftigen Gedanken zog ich in dichtem Nebel nach Hause. Es nieselte, es war grau und kalt. In aller Stille kam mir ein Lied zu Ohren, das ich noch aus meiner Kindheit kannte. Menschen, von überall auf der Welt, stimmten im Geiste darauf ein. Auf diesen paar Zentimeter Ergriffenheit lagen Wirklichkeit und Vergangenheit kaum 300 Meter voneinander entfernt. Außer Reichweite, schrie der eine dem anderen zu: „Alles Unsinn, was du da erzählst!“, und verließ das Hotelzimmer.
Nun lag ich da, war empört und verstand die Welt nicht mehr. Behalte meinen Koffer im Auge!; schrie lautlos jemand hinter mir her. Ich versteckte mich im Schatten einer dicken Kastanie und holte tief Luft. Die Pioniere waren verschwunden und mit ihnen mein Land. Alles ein Missverständnis, pure Dummheit, dachte ich mir. Ich zog einen sorgfältig gefalteten Zettel aus meiner Hosentasche, mit der Aufschrift: Diese Begegnung blieb unter höchster Geheimhaltung.
Niemand wusste davon, und im Dämmerlicht des Waldes schauten mich folgende Worte unmißverständlich an: „In Wirklichkeit ist mir die Liebe schon immer ein Rätsel gewesen.“ Lächelnd trat ich einen Schritt zurück. Im Eifer irdischer Weisheit rief ich zu Hause an und hinterließ eine Nachricht. Die Ereignisse auf diesem Gebiet waren nicht von Anfang bis Ende gedacht. Darin waren wir einander ähnlich, es war nämlich genau umgekehrt.
Ich erwachte an nächsten Morgen, die Kälte hatte sich verzogen, und ich hatte einen herrlichen Blick aufs Meer. Ich faßte das als Kompliment auf.
Texts and images © Ivonne Dippmann & VG Bild-Kunst
06/22 Fundraising, #LLTLVC
Jun 8, 14:14 by Ivonne Dippmann
You know I'm an artist, I have to be free! – Photography by Daniela Müller-Brunke, Solo Show More Is More, Berlin
Dear donors and sponsors,
Below you’ll find five donation packages that will allow me to have שיר אהבה (Liebeslied) Chemnitz-Tel Aviv completed in a printed version. All packages include acknowledgement of the donor by full name. My aim is to cover final proofreading, lithography, additional work for translation, graphic design and the final printing process.
For me, שיר אהבה (Liebeslied) Chemnitz-Tel Aviv is a fluid body of work that connects me to my roots; to my childhood in the former GDR, to the history of my family and its places and to the path I chose to grow and develop in Tel Aviv, Israel. One might say „what an odd combination“, but when you put all pieces of the story together, you will find an amazing depth of content shared by both cities and their people.
I was very delighted when Chemnitz was announced as Capital of Culture 2025,what a beautiful achievement. שיר אהבה (Liebeslied) Chemnitz-Tel Aviv has, at its heart, a different, personal narrative of Karl-Marx-Stadt/Chemnitz, as opposed to a preconceived judgement about life in the former GDR. I am very grateful for my personal path, growing up in Karl-Marx-Stadt in former GDR and for being unconditionally protected everywhere on this planet, especially as a non-Jew in Israel.
With this at heart, I sincerely wish for your support in sharing my thoughts, research and personal insights. Thank you for your support and contact us via EMail.
Ivonne
Ivonne Dippmann WV 2011 280
Donor package 1
Black over Gold
EUR 2,700
You know I'm an artist, I have to be free! 2-color offset print, limited edition of 32 prints, 32 x 22 cm
- Regular Edition Liebeslied Chemnitz – Tel Aviv
- 1 offset print, signed and numbered
- full name published as a donor
Ivonne Dippmann WV 2019 050 – 054
Donor package 2
Silver over White
EUR 6,500
schwimmen, series of 4 drawings, pen and comic on paper, 38 x 29 cm
- Regular Edition Liebeslied Chemnitz – Tel Aviv
- 1 drawing, signed and numbered
- full name published as a donor
Ivonne Dippmann WV 2021 001 – 011
Donor package 3
Blue over Green
EUR 9,200
schwimmen, 10/40 unique metal objects, acrylic and ink on metal, 12 × 12 cm, hangable
- Collector’s Edition Liebeslied Chemnitz – Tel Aviv
- 2 objects schwimmen, signed and numbered, each in a wooden casket
- full name published as a donor
Donor package 4
Ivonne Dippmann WV 2018 183 – 192
Black over White
EUR 12,000
Everytime I recall I pull my nose – black and white knitwear edition*, limited edition, unisex
- Collector’s Edition Liebeslied Chemnitz – Tel Aviv
- Everytime I recall I pull my nose, 2 black and white drawings, each 100 × 82 cm, unframed, signed and numbered or Everytime I recall I pull my nose, 1 sweater*, limited knitwear edition, unisex, locally produced in Chemnitz
- full name published as a donor
*Luxury knitwear edition, 100 % cotton, 3-color-jacquard (black, white and sulphur), wearable inside-out and back to front, one size, unisex, produced and manufactured in Saxony
Ivonne Dippmann WV 2016 008
Donor package 5
Green over Orange
EUR 38,000
WALLS I/VIII, In winter the trails are not gritted here., from a series of 8 works, acrylic, ink, spray paint, gouache on canvas, 200 x 290 cm (exhibition view)
- Collector’s Edition Liebeslied Chemnitz – Tel Aviv
- 1 original painting, signed and numbered
- full name published as a donor
Texts and images © Ivonne Dippmann & VG Bild-Kunst
04/22 Textiles, Heimatgeschichte
Apr 26, 16:22 by Ivonne Dippmann
Ivonne Dippmann WV 2022 007 – 010
Heimatgeschichte
Series of 5 collages
Mixed media
Berlin 2022
Heimatgeschichte (origins)
Flechtwerk als Erzählteppich (interlace as a storytelling tapestry)
Vor ein paar Jahren ging ein Freund meiner Familie in den Ruhestand, nachdem er sein ganzes Berufsleben als Textilhändler in der ehemaligen DDR und später in ganz Deutschland verbracht hatte. Mit dem Eintritt in den Ruhestand blieb er mit einer riesigen Menge an Textilmustern zurück, die er seinen Kunden saisonal präsentierte. Dies bedeutete, dass er viel unterwegs war und mit dem Auto von Haus zu Haus fuhr, um die neuesten Kollektionen zu verkaufen.
Da ich eine Leidenschaft für Textilien und Upcycling habe, fragte ich ihn, ob ich eine Auswahl dieser Muster für meine Kunstwerke verwenden könnte. Er gewährte mir Zugang zu sechs großen Kisten, randvoll mit einer unglaublichen Vielfalt an Materialien, Farben, Texturen und Verwendungsmöglichkeiten. Diese Kisten wurden bis zum letzten Jahr in meinem Atelier gelagert.
Es dauerte eine Weile, bis ich sie sortiert, bearbeitet und damit gearbeitet hatte. Wie bei jedem neuen Material musste ich Zeit investieren, um zu verstehen, wie ich es verwenden und kombinieren kann. Ich begann mit einfachen und reinen Bildern und fügte im Laufe des Prozesses Tinte und Acrylfarben hinzu, um eine größere Tiefe und Intensität zu erreichen. Die Edition ist ein fortlaufender Entwicklungsprozess, der verschiedene Größen und Formate je nach den räumlichen Gegebenheiten meiner Kunden vorsieht.
Anbei finden Sie eine Auswahl der Muster, die Sie online erwerben können.
A few years ago, a family friend retired after spending his entire career as a textile trader in the former GDR and later throughout Germany. Retirement also meant being left with a crazy amount of fabric samples he used to present to his customers seasonally, often driving from house to house. Naturally, each season brought about a new collection that needed to be sold. Given my fondness for textiles and upcycling, I asked if I could have a selection of these patterns for my artworks. He granted me access to six large boxes, packed with an insane variety of materials, colors, textures, and potential uses. These boxes had been stored in my studio until last year.
It took me a while to process, organize, and work with them. As with any new material, understanding it and investing time to comprehend how to use and combine it was necessary. I began with very simple and pure images, gradually adding ink and acrylic paints throughout the process to achieve greater depth and intensity. The series is an ongoing development process, with different sizes and formats tailored to the spatial requirements of my clients.
Attached is a selection of patterns available for purchase online.
WV 2022 – 007
Erzählteppich 01
Storytelling Tapestry
Studioview – side table, metal structure, powder coated, glas top, 70 x 70 cm
WV 2022 – 008
Erzählteppich 02
Storytelling Tapestry
WV 2022 – 009
Erzählteppich 03
Storytelling Tapestry
WV 2022 – 010
Erzählteppich 04
Storytelling Tapestry
70 × 50 cm (framed)
3,400 Euro
Texts and images © Ivonne Dippmann & VG Bild-Kunst
04/22 Drawings, Earth without heroes
Apr 3, 12:57 by Ivonne Dippmann
Ivonne Dippmann WV 2008 001 – 003
Earth without heroes
From a series of 8 drawings
Ink and crayons on copper paper
30 cm x 40 cm, unframed
Jerusalem 2008
Earth without heroes – I erase you in the darkness in the corners of my mind (top), Criminal in your prayer (bottom)
Earth without heroes consists of a series of eight drawings that I created during transitioning from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv in 2008/2009. The series is based on a 100-part cycle, Playtime, that was created over three months in my studio on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem. The work was made at the time of the Gaza war in winter of 2008, when I had just started my Master’s year in Bezalel. During the war I withdrew into myself, both locally and spiritually.
My studio allowed me the much-needed space to bring all thoughts that rushed through me directly to paper. The format of my feelings ranged between A3 and A4. Every day I chose a new theme; from architecture to movement, sports, love or fear. My protagonists and I joined forces and they followed me to Tel Aviv for the next two years. Earth without heroes was the last cycle of this kind. It was exhibited at Barbour Gallery in Jerusalem and remained in Tel Aviv for seven years after I moved back to Berlin. Five of these eight works have so far found their place in private collections with the silent condition of being able to stay here in Israel.
Ivonne Dippmann WV 2008 – 001
Earth without heroes – What’s in the box? Things I like.
Ink and crayons on copper paper
40 × 50 cm, framed
Jerusalem 2008
EUR 5,600
Earth without heroes – What's in the box? Things I like., 40 x 50 cm, framed
Ivonne Dippmann WV 2008 – 002
Earth without heroes – Criminal in your prayers
Ink and crayons on copper paper
40 × 50 cm, framed
Jerusalem 2008
EUR 5,600
Earth without heroes – Criminal in your prayers, 40 x 50 cm, framed
Ivonne Dippmann WV 2008 001 – 003
Earth without heroes – 3/8 drawings, each 40 × 50 cm, framed, Jerusalem 2008
I erase you in the darkness in the corners of my mind – What’s in the box? Things I like. – Criminal in your prayers
Earth without heroes – 3/8 drawings, Jerusalem 2008
© Ivonne Dippmann
02/22 Paintings, Crab Nebula
Feb 23, 11:24 by Ivonne Dippmann
Ivonne Dippmann WV 2022 001 – 006
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Right ascension 5h 34m 32s | Declination +22° 0′ 52″
Crab Nebula is a venturous world that I created based on an upcoming music album by the Israeli singer, songwriter and composer Daniel Dor while spending winter with my family in Chemnitz. High-spirited and adventuresome, I threw myself into a magical saga of boiled crushed herbs and eminent forefathers for two months.
Scientifically speaking; Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. The common name comes from William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, who observed the object in 1842 using a 36-inch (91 cm) telescope and produced a drawing that looked somewhat like a crab. The nebula was discovered by English astronomer John Bevis in 1731, and it corresponds with a bright supernova recorded by Chinese astronomers in 1054. The nebula was the first astronomical object identified that corresponds with a historical supernova explosion.
WV 2022 – 001
Crab Nebula
Series of 6 paintings
Acrylic, spray paint on copper paper
38 × 38 cm
Berlin 2022
7,500 Euro
At a count of five,
I jumped off my horse and stared into a black crater, which consists, in large measures of material „not his own“. I could only guess its life, strivings and sorrows, since moon took over a month already. How I missed sun these days! In the search of „being“ and „true love“ I jumped; – against law, against nature, against origin, studies and needs – into an open wound of only emptiness. The greatest length of time I submerged into shades of gray. I thought of school and asking my teacher for directions to inner freedom. With enjoyment, I have been offered a mango fruit instead.
They say a persons being consists of two parts: essence and personality. Both, puzzled and magnetized between „yes“ and „no“, were now obtained by fusion qualities in a galactic Super Nova. On the evolutionary ladder, always thinking center, I became witness of the minutest details, that will later be documented as Crab Nebula, Tauri M1. I folded my hands and whispered silently „I want to remember myself.“, knowing we must die all at once and forever. Yet, God put me to sleep in the forest of disillusionment to receive the truth and helped me realize that I am a fool.
I was certain that real and complete knowledge had existed in ancient times. I fell out of a ceramic vessel and tried to catch a fish. Only then I knew, I must strive for freedom.
WV 2022 – 002
Phoenix on the rock
Series of 6 paintings
Acrylic, spray paint on copper paper
38 × 38 cm
Berlin 2022
7,500 Euro
Before beginning this history, I am a pilot who is trying to make his way to the Promise Land.
For a fortnight I have been following a humble man who sails along on a wonderful nutshell in the sea. I went there secretly for three days. With both hands he holds on to the reflection of Taurus in the sea. Like a sculpture, he practices the art of contemplation to be a world’s delight. The sun played its melodies around his shoulders while shadows of the mountains passed his gaze. Full of passionate intensity, the darkness dropped again. Swarms of fish fluttered in circles around him and I felt the need to reconcile myself with all aspects of the inevitable condition of being human.
WV 2022 – 003
Valley of lights
Series of 6 paintings
Acrylic, spray paint on copper paper
38 × 38 cm
Berlin 2022
7,500 Euro
I walked in the rain until I was soaked. I felt so overwhelmed by water, it is so incredible and wonderful.
WV 2022 – 004
The world will last
Series of 6 paintings
Acrylic, spray paint on copper paper
38 × 38 cm
Berlin 2022
7,500 Euro
However, I understood that running with panthers induces great creative force. I was destined to live.
During night, a brilliant flash of benevolent energy entered my home. Daffodils and daisies, placed upon the main entrance, filled me with love in the field of dreams. I was a man of logic, and like all mythological figures I lived in Alexandria this time. I had a tendency to wander and took the challenge to climb on a large rock. There was a naval orange tree, broken in spirit, soul and body. I would find the edge of the water and inhaled the fragrance of a perfume that reminded me of autumn and beauty. Someone had appeared in the forest! Surrounded by sounds of snakes and animals, I heard a soft, gentle voice.
I looked around for many hundred years, gazing ahead and above, internalizing patience and developing sincere curiosity. The following year, growing naturally like a tree, a beautiful women rose above ground to bring into live expression. Her outward appearances were humble and kind. She grew with deep, unfathomable gratitude and once, like an angel spoke to Jospeh, she turned around to me and said, „If you go that way you are going, you shall never come to the goal.“ Tormenting questions bombarded my mind, but these questions would have had no answers on this side of heaven.
WV 2022 – 005
Voice in my head
Series of 6 paintings
Acrylic, spray paint on copper paper
38 × 38 cm
Berlin 2022
7,500 Euro
WV 2022 – 006
Protected
Series of 6 paintings
Acrylic, spray paint on copper paper
38 × 38 cm
Berlin 2022
7,500 Euro
Texts and images © Ivonne Dippmann
12/21 Textiles, Clarisse
Dez 15, 11:12 by Ivonne Dippmann
I am enough, I am here now and forever
C-Print edition by Studio Ivonne Dippmann
Barfuß
Immer? Von woher nehme ich dieses „Immer“? Liegt es da unten verstreut auf dem Boden und ich muss es einfach nur aufheben? Will ich es überhaupt an mich nehmen oder zerfließt es sofort in meiner Hand? Und dieses herrliche Blau, wo kommt das nur her? Ich war vor vielen Jahren im Südpazifik und habe mich mitten in die große See gelegt. Wenn man dabei in den Himmel schaut, verliert man die vier Enden der Welt. Die Strömung trieb mich an Polynesien, Melanesien und Mikronesien vorbei. Wo das alles anfing? Mit mir, sitzend, in einer roten Nussschale, umgeben von Bergketten und Vulkanen. Meine Füße baumelten in türkisblauem Wasser und in meinen Händen hielt ich das Himmelsfirmament.
I am enough, I am here now and forever – C-Print, photo paper matt, 23 × 16,5 cm, signed and numbered, Berlin 2021
Model: Clarisse Fougera
Styling & photography © Text Ivonne Dippmann, 2020
09/21 Textiles, FD coats & jackets
Sep 30, 17:01 by Ivonne Dippmann
Everytime I recall I pull my nose – black and white jumper edition by Studio Ivonne Dippmann & thekidswantcommunism by FriedrichDippmann
This summer Green Fashion Fair Berlin has celebrated its debut at Haus Ungarn, September 10th – 12th. Based on our capsule edition #thekidswantcommunism FriedrichDippmann presented a first edition of unique patchwork-coats that have been manufactured together with Georg Maier, Mühlhausen.
Since our customers have been asking for coats that can be easily worn over a blouse for example, we´ve decided to push this wish into reality. By using our original designs, we’ve been puzzling each coat together uniquely. This way, we’ve created a very exclusive edition, some with and some without collar, at some of them we´ve attached pockets and sometimes we decided on long arms.
thekidswantcommunism – Model MichelleTimothy, 4 color jacquard, 100% cotton, wearable inside-out, unisex, 2 coats available, locally produced in Chemnitz and Mühlhausen, available at Berlin, Next Floor
What we particularly emphasize on is the privilege to be able to oversee each step of our production process. That means to build fair and continuous relationships with our manufacturers involved and to be able to discuss with them new ideas and solutions. This way we keep our pieces exclusive and individual. Until now, we’ve also managed to produce portraits of our customers that purchased a jumper from thekidswantcommunism capsule edition.
Since this project took its start in Tel Aviv, based on interviews and individual stories, we’d like to continue this personal relationship with our customers. The project title itself, with its many stories and philosophy attached, invited very different people into a space that opened up for discussion about identity, home, capitalism, my hometown Chemnitz or simply how each and everyone of us reflects ones life in relationship to its movement around.
thekidswantcommunism – Model SarahYotam, 4 color jacquard, 100% cotton, wearable inside-out, unisex, 2 coats available, locally produced in Chemnitz and Mühlhausen
© Ivonne Dippmann