Kansas City artist helping bring new Berlin Wall exhibit to life

A new exhibit focused on the fall of the Berlin Wall is opening next week at Union Station Kansas City. The exhibit, titled “Berlin Wall: A World Divided,” explores the history and impact of the wall that separated East and West Berlin for nearly three decades before its collapse in 1989.Part of the exhibit includes a large interactive sculpture called “The Space Between Us,” created by local Hallmark artist and sculptor Chris Duh.Duh and his team spent Thursday assembling the centerpiece installation, which will stand 13 feet tall inside Union Station.“It creates more of this idea that hopefully we can continue in the future going in that direction,” Duh said.The sculpture uses mirrored and fragmented design elements meant to symbolize division while also encouraging reflection and connection.“A feeling that there’s hope,” Duh said.The exhibit will allow visitors to leave written messages and personal reflections around the installation.“It really was finding a way to interpret that we’re looking at fragmentation,” Duh said. “And represented in the mirror, you kind of break it down into key components.”Duh said the project combines both artistic vision and engineering.“Ultimately, at the end of the day, it’s one part conceptual and then one part fabrication techniques and materials to make it come to life,” he said.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

A new exhibit focused on the fall of the Berlin Wall is opening next week at Union Station Kansas City.

The exhibit, titled “Berlin Wall: A World Divided,” explores the history and impact of the wall that separated East and West Berlin for nearly three decades before its collapse in 1989.

Part of the exhibit includes a large interactive sculpture called “The Space Between Us,” created by local Hallmark artist and sculptor Chris Duh.

Duh and his team spent Thursday assembling the centerpiece installation, which will stand 13 feet tall inside Union Station.

“It creates more of this idea that hopefully we can continue in the future going in that direction,” Duh said.

The sculpture uses mirrored and fragmented design elements meant to symbolize division while also encouraging reflection and connection.

“A feeling that there’s hope,” Duh said.

The exhibit will allow visitors to leave written messages and personal reflections around the installation.

“It really was finding a way to interpret that we’re looking at fragmentation,” Duh said. “And represented in the mirror, you kind of break it down into key components.”

Duh said the project combines both artistic vision and engineering.

“Ultimately, at the end of the day, it’s one part conceptual and then one part fabrication techniques and materials to make it come to life,” he said.