Trabant car (in her famous mural)

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The Trabant car in Birgit Kinder’s famous mural is the iconic East German vehicle depicted bursting through the Berlin Wall, symbolizing the fall of the Iron Curtain and the end of German division.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artwork subject
painted car
artGenre mural painting
political street art
associatedDate 1989-11-09
associatedEvent fall of the Berlin Wall NERFINISHED
associatedPlace Berlin NERFINISHED
Germany NERFINISHED
associatedWith East Germany (GDR) NERFINISHED
German reunification
basedOn Trabant automobile NERFINISHED
createdBy Birgit Kinder NERFINISHED
culturalStatus icon of Berlin
symbol of the end of the Cold War
tourist attraction
depictedIn Birgit Kinder’s Trabant mural NERFINISHED
depictedOn East Side Gallery NERFINISHED
depicts front view of a Trabant
hasColor blue details
white
hasVisualContext blue sky behind the wall
cracked Berlin Wall surface
license plate with date 9-11-89
influences visual identity of Berlin Wall memorial culture
medium paint on concrete wall
partOf East Side Gallery open-air gallery NERFINISHED
portrayedAs breaking concrete and bricks
bursting through the Berlin Wall
in motion
referencedBy photographs of East Side Gallery
postcards of Berlin
tourist souvenirs
represents East German everyday life
East German identity
ordinary East German citizens
symbolizes collapse of the GDR
end of German division
fall of the Berlin Wall NERFINISHED
fall of the Iron Curtain NERFINISHED
freedom of movement
overcoming political barriers
reunification of Germany
theme escape
freedom
overcoming division
political change

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Birgit Kinder basedOn Trabant car (in her famous mural)