Δ CONSERVATORS GUIDED TOUR

“Simply iron?”
With Mareike Mehlis  (conservator)

What does the work of conservators involve? What are their tasks in setting up an exhibition? Answers are given by Mareike Mehlis, who completed her studies in “Conservation and Restoration of Archaeological, Ethnological and Artistic Objects” in Stuttgart with a diploma in restoration. She provides visitors a slightly different view of the exhibition.

Learn more about the exhibition “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”

€7 / reduced €3.50
Cost of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ CURATOR'S COMBINATION TOUR

Further information about the exhibition AND THE BEAT GOES ON... here.

€8.50 / reduced €4
Cost of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ WORKSHOP WITH EXHIBITION TOUR

CANCELLED!

SATOURDAY: “Colourful patterns”
With Bea Barrois (artist and art educator, Frankfurt)

How are patterns created? Are they woven, dyed or braided? We encounter snakes, pampas cats, and lamas as well as large-format photos with integrated codes. After visiting the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD, we design our own patterns and transfer them to fabrics.

For children and teenagers from six years old
7.50€. Registration required
Weltkulturen Education, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ EXHIBITION OPENING

WELTKULTUREN ON TOUR - A LABOUR OF LOVE

An exhibition on the Weltkulturen Museum’s contemporary art collection from South Africa. The exhibition is travelling to Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa after a run in Frankfurt in 2015 – 2016.

The exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE focuses on a key part of the contemporary art collection of the Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt on the Main, Germany - 600 works from South Africa which the museum acquired in 1986. These works were all produced by black artists including internationally renowned figures such as Peter Clarke, Lionel Davis, David Koloane, Charles Sokhaya Nkosi and Sam Nhlengethwa.

A LABOUR OF LOVE comes 28 years after the first exhibition of this collection was held in Frankfurt. It re-examines a selection of these works inspired by very different readings of the idea of love – from interpersonal relations to the passion and commitment which influenced both the creation of the works and the history of the collection’s acquisition. At the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) the exhibition will at certain moments be in conversation with works from the JAG collection, some which were created by artists whose works form part of the collection at the Weltkulturen Museum.

The exhibition also integrates a contemporary perspective on this special collection through new works produced by former students of WSOA in response to the collection and its specific history. This perspective is further expanded by works created by Sam Nhlengethwa during a residency at the Weltkulturen Museum in July 2015. The exhibition is travelling to South Africa after a run in Frankfurt in 2015 – 2016.

The exhibition is curated by Gabi Ngcobo  (curator, artist, educator at the Wits School of Arts Johannesburg and curator of the 10th Berlin Biennial) and Dr. Yvette Mutumba (founder, editor-in-chief, Contemporary And (C&), curatorial team of the 10th Berlin Biennial).

The accompanying publication not only includes new articles by Yvette Mutumba, Gabi Ngcobo, Ciraj Rassool, Same Mdluli and Neo Muyanga, but also interviews with, among others, David Koloane, Peter Clarke, Bongi Dhlomo-Mautloa, Charles Nkosi, and Lionel Davis. In addition, it contains unique archival material as well as numerous images of works from the museum’s collection and new productions. Published in German and English by Kerber Verlag.

Participating artists will be in attendance.

Exhibition dates:
14th August – 5th November 2017

JOHANNESBURG ART GALLERY
CNR Klein and King George Streets
Joubert Park, Johannesburg, 2044

Tue-Sun, 10am-5pm

http://www.gauteng.net/attractions/Johannesburg_Art_Gallery/

 

Funded by the TURN Fund of the German Federal Cultural Foundation

With kind support:

 

 

 

Media partner:

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Δ WORKSHOP WITH EXHIBITION TOUR

“New patterns for old”
With Nora Schön (religious studies scholar and artist, Frankfurt)

Where do our clothes come from? What are the different manufacturing processes they go through? After exploring THE COMMON THREAD exhibition, we redesign rejected T-shirts using a hot press. Please bring along a T-shirt.

  

For children from six years old
€6. No registration required
Weltkulturen Vermittlung, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ TALK

“Souvenirs from the world of the spirits.Ticuna barkclothpaintings as 'Amazonian Airport Art'”
With Arno Holl (ethnologist, research assistant)

The Ticuna barkc1oth paintings are among the best-known examples of in­ digenous art in Brazil. Not only are these paintings quite popular with tourists, they are also produced es­ pecially for the tourist market. Yet rather than showing only romantic images of an idyllic nature, some motifs have a more profound meaning. This tourist art is inspired by a repertoire of mythical animals and in particular the female initiation ceremony, the most important fes­ tival of the Ticuna ritual complex. The presentation explores this re­ lationship using examples from the Weltkulturen Museums collection.

Further information about the exhibition AND THE BEAT GOES ON... here.

In German
€5 / €2.50
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37

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Δ MUSEUM EMBANKMENT FESTIVAL AT THE WELTKULTUREN MUSEUM

Closing soon! The exhibition “THE COMMON THREAD. The warp and weft of thinking” presents the culturally diverse techniques of textile production. Visitors can find out why the principles for the first computer are based on a loom, and how a backstrap loom works – and try it out for themselves!

In the Weltkulturen Labor, the topic of textiles is given a different twist in “AND THE BEAT GOES ON...Barkcloth materials from the Weltkulturen Museum collection”. The exhibits illustrate the history and techniques of producing barkcloth, offering a fascinating insight into this alternative material’s traditional and contemporary significance in everyday life, rituals and art.

Sale! All postcards, posters, stick sets, bags, and limited editions of THE COMMON THREAD (excluding the exhibition catalogue) on offer for half-price!

Opening hours of the exhibitions: Fri 3-8pm, Sat 12am -19pm and Sun 11am-8pm

Friday, 25th August
4pm  Curator's guided tour in the exhibition AND THE BEAT GOES ON… with Matthias Claudius Hofmann (ethnologist and research assistant)
6pm  Guided tour in the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD with Eva Neukirchner (cultural anthropologist, Frankfurt)

Saturday, 26th August
12am Artistic project “Endless Global Weaving” with Susanna Sitterding (artist and psychologist, Frankfurt)
3pm  Guided tour in the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD with Eva Neukirchner (cultural anthropologist, Frankfurt)
5pm  Guided tour in the exhibition AND THE BEAT GOES ON… with Eva Neukirchner (cultural anthropologist, Frankfurt)

Sunday, 27th August
12am Artistic project “Endless Global Weaving” with Susanna Sitterding (artist and psychologist, Frankfurt)
3pm Finissage in the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD with Curator Vanessa von Gliszczynski (ethnologist and curator South East Asia)
 

In German
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29 and Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37

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