Hoda Tawakol's Textile Installation Revives Georg Kolbe Museum Garden
The Georg Kolbe Museum in Berlin has launched an annual commission for contemporary artists to activate its historic sculpture garden. Hoda Tawakol, born 1968 in London and based in Hamburg, is the first participant. Her large-scale textile work, "Feed Me the Milk of Your Eyes" (2024), hangs from a tent structure in the garden, depicting a palm crown with sparkling eyes. The work draws on the palm tree as a symbol of protection, gender fluidity, and the artist's Egyptian heritage. Curated by Emma Borwieck and Eva da Silva Antunes Alves, the exhibition is titled "ROOTS" and runs at the museum on Sensburger Allee.
Key facts
- Hoda Tawakol is the first artist invited for the annual garden commission at Georg Kolbe Museum.
- The work is titled 'Feed Me the Milk of Your Eyes' (2024).
- The installation is a large-scale textile piece hung on a tent in the museum's garden.
- The palm motif references protection, gender change, and the artist's Egyptian roots.
- Tawakol was born in 1968 in London and lives in Hamburg.
- The exhibition is curated by Emma Borwieck and Eva da Silva Antunes Alves.
- The garden is located on Sensburger Allee in Berlin.
- The commission aims to revitalize the garden as a site of artistic production.
Entities
Artists
- Hoda Tawakol
Institutions
- Georg Kolbe Museum
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany
- London
- Hamburg
- Egypt
- Sensburger Allee