Berlin Exhibition Explores Postcolonial Feminism Through Art and History
Titled "Reframing Worlds – Mobility and Gender in a Postcolonial, Feminist Perspective," this two-part exhibition will take place in Berlin from November 4 to January 21 at Galerie im Körnerpark, and from December 2 to January 21 at the Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (NGBK). Curated by an NGBK project group after three years of research, it showcases local artists. Notable features include Mathilde ter Heijne's collection of anonymous women's photographs (1839-1920s), Katrin Winkler's interviews with women from Namibia, alongside works by Rajkamal Kahlon and Judith Raum. The exhibition aims to challenge colonial knowledge frameworks while exploring themes of mobility, race, and gender in a postcolonial European context, with a focus on engaging various local communities.
Key facts
- Exhibition runs from 4 November to 21 January at Galerie im Körnerpark and 2 December to 21 January at NGBK
- Features Berlin-based artists and three years of research by an NGBK project group of six
- Includes Mathilde ter Heijne's postcard collection of anonymous women's photographs from 1839–1920s
- Katrin Winkler's films interview Namibian women sent to the GDR as children
- Highlights historical figure Gertrude Bell, involved in modern Iraq's establishment
- Rajkamal Kahlon's Do You Know Our Names? (2017) reworks ethnographic prints with gouache
- Judith Raum's paintings respond to Gertrude Bell's field photographs from 1905–20
- Susanne Kriemann conflates Agatha Christie's aerial photos with her own desert images
Entities
Artists
- Mathilde ter Heijne
- Katrin Winkler
- Rajkamal Kahlon
- Judith Raum
- Susanne Kriemann
- Gertrude Bell
- Agatha Christie
- Rokhaya Diallo
Institutions
- Galerie im Körnerpark
- Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (NGBK)
- ArtReview
- French digital council
- Order of the British Empire
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany
- Kreuzberg
- Neukölln
- Namibia
- GDR
- Iraq
- Syria
- Turkey
- Middle East
- France