Efie. The Museum as Home: Ghanaian and Afro-Brazilian Art in Dortmund

Curator Nana Oforiatta Ayim presents 'Efie. The Museum as Home' at Dortmunder U in Dortmund, Germany, featuring contemporary artists from Ghana and Brazil alongside historical Ghanaian artifacts from German museum collections. The exhibition questions traditional museum concepts and proposes the museum as a place of convalescence for objects removed from their original contexts. Ayim, co-founder of the Institute of Arts and Knowledge (ANO) in Accra, incorporates pan-African perspectives and connects Ghana to its diaspora in Brazil. Afro-Brazilian artist Diego Araúja deconstructs narratives of evolution, religion, and capitalism using Afro-Brazilian work songs (vissungo). Other artists include Chainkua Reindorf, Rita Mawuena Benissan, Kwasi Darko, DK Osseo-Asare, Afroscope, El Anatsui, Studio Nyali, and Kuukua Eshun. Film projections show how similar objects are traditionally used and cared for in Ghana. The exhibition runs from February 9, 2022.