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Indiano's open mouth reading CHANGE YOUR LIFE, in the park outside the Imperial War Museum. From Leuschnerdamm in Kreuzberg, donated by Lord Palumbo in 1991.
The segment in Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park, outside the Imperial War Museum, carries a painting by Jürgen Grosse, who works as Indiano: an open mouth in red with CHANGE YOUR LIFE across it in white block capitals. Grosse set himself the task of painting as many sections as he could before they were removed, and completed 223 of them in seven months.
How did it get here?
The element came from Leuschnerdamm in Kreuzberg and was acquired by the museum in 1991, donated by Lord Palumbo. Palumbo is a thread worth following: he acquired several elements, reportedly at a 1994 sale at Fischer Fine Art in London, and placed them at this museum, at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, at Nemacolin Woodlands, and two at his Frank Lloyd Wright house at Kentuck Knob in Pennsylvania. One private collector therefore accounts for five documented sites on two continents.
Sources
Listed by the Federal Foundation as #127 and by the Berlin Wall Archive as #226.
Berlin wall section — Imperial War Museums ↗
The museum's own object record for the segment.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Art And The Berlin Wall — IWM ↗
Indiano's authorship and the 223 sections painted in seven months.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
London, GB – Imperial War Museum — The Wall Net ↗
Origin at Leuschnerdamm and the Palumbo donation.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Federal Foundation — Berlin Wall worldwide ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 127
Berlin Wall Archive ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 226
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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