Bakuba Kunst - Geometrie des Lebens
In the organizer's words:
MARKK is showing a selection of outstanding works from the former Kuba kingdom in the Kasai region of today's Democratic Republic of the Congo. A particular focus is on artistic textile works made from raffia palm fibers. The exhibition critically reflects on and reclassifies these collections, which have hardly been shown or studied to date. They were acquired by the German Africanist Leo Frobenius on his first African research and collecting trip from 1904 to 1906 in the colonial Congo state, which was owned by the Belgian king.
Through encounters on site, which were initiated and recorded for the exhibition, the works are reintegrated into local society in the context of local memories. In dialogue with contemporary textile works by the artists' cooperative "Futur-Velours" and a graphic novel created for the project by Dr. Sixte Kakinda, the exhibition reflects on the historical creation of art during the Belgian colonial period and provides new insights into its current reception in the Congo.
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Adults 9.50; concessions 5.50 Persons under 18 years of age Free admission
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