Posts Tagged ‘colonialism’
An Unfurling of Sorts: ‘Sea of Forests’ at ChertLüdde
by Eva Szwarc // Aug. 11, 2023
Arijit Bhattacharyya’s exhibition, ‘Sea of Forests’, questions the respective roles of nature and civilisation. Can we dissolve the boundaries between, and relearn from the…[read on]
From Space to the Deep Sea: ‘Poles of Inaccessibility’ at Galerie im Turm
by Annalisa Giacinti // July 28, 2023
‘Pole der Unzugänglichkeit’ (Poles of Inaccessibility) is the continuation of the exhibition series ‘Schwindel’ (Vertigo), which initiated a critical analysis of humanity’s…[read on]
Facing Exoticism: Julius von Bismarck at Berlinische Galerie
by Gillian N. Osborne // June 20, 2023
There’s a clean simplicity about Julius von Bismarck’s encompassing, biographical exhibition, ‘When Platitudes Become Form,’ at the Berlinische Galerie…[read on]
The Drunken Boat: An Interview with Federico Solmi
by Nadia Egan // June 16, 2023
With a fitting title, Federico Solmi’s exhibition ‘The Drunken Boat’ questions American history and politics, saturating them in dark humor and mockery…[read on]
Crafting New Epistemologies: ‘Broken Machines & Wild Imaginings’
by Annalisa Giacinti // June 13, 2023
The relationship between humans and technology, and the ethical implications of the latter, have been the subject of an ongoing debate that draws in all disciplines…[read on]
Invitation into the Void: An Interview with Daniel Boyd
by Isabelle Hore-Thorburn // Apr. 25, 2023
For almost two decades, Indigenous artist Daniel Boyd has confronted and disrupted the misrepresentations of colonial narratives that comprise the history of so-called…[read on]
More Resistance than Repair in 12th Berlin Biennale
by Nadia Egan // June 27, 2022
Taking the notion of repair as the foundation for this year’s Berlin Biennale, Kader Attia set himself the task of addressing and proposing a means to heal the wounds of our society’s…[read on]
Colonial Confrontations: CATPC and Renzo Martens at KOW Berlin
by William Kherbek // Mar. 18, 2022
Dutch artist Renzo Martens—famous for numerous, complex, sometimes repulsive, acts of artistic holy foolery—is back with a new chapter in his ongoing project at KOW in Mitte,…[read on]
Reclamation and Recovery: Doreen Garner and Kevin Jerome Everson
by Alison Hugill // Oct. 29, 2021
There is no monolithic “Black American experience” to be garnered here, but two stark artistic approaches that each point to an interest in reclaiming narratives…[read on]
Turning the Tables: The 11th Berlin Biennale
by Tamaris Vier // Sept. 16, 2020
This year’s Berlin Biennale interrogates many forms of oppression enacted globally, coaxing to the surface seldom-heard stories of the marginalized, forgotten and violently silenced…[read on]
Considering the Counter-Colonial Gaze: ‘Spectral White’ at HKW
Article by Martha Lochhead // Dec. 16, 2019
‘Spectral White’ at the HKW assesses how Europeans may have been depicted in the art of the colonized. The exhibition offers an incomplete reconstruction of ethnologist Julius Lips’…[read on]