| | | | | | | | Marcelo Brodsky
WE SHOT YOU, 2021
Inkjet print on cotton Hahnemühle photo rag paper
intervened by the artist with crayon and aquarelle
30 x 40 cm
Edition of 4 plus 1 artist's proof
Series: TRACES OF VIOLENCE | | | | | Traces of Violence | | | | The German Empire in Southern Africa | | | | | | | 2 November – 11 December 2021 | | | Panel discussions: Friday, 19 November
"ART & REPRESENTATION OF GENOCIDE"
18:30 - 19:15 h
"GENOCIDE IN NAMIBIA"
19:30 - 20:30 h | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Marcelo Brodsky
WE MADE YOUR WOMEN WORK FOR US, 2021
Inkjet print on cotton Hahnemühle photo rag paper
intervened by the artist with crayon and aquarelle
30 x 40 cm
Edition of 4 plus 1 artist's proof
Series: TRACES OF VIOLENCE | | | | | | The first genocide of the 20th century was committed by the German Empire in 1904-1908 in South West Africa, today's Namibia. The genocide was directed against the Nama and Herero ethnic groups, the indigenous people of this region.
In the course of the division of Africa by the European powers in the Berlin Conference of 1884/1885, the German Empire acquired the right to colonize South West Africa. Colonial policy included the expulsion of the local Nama and Herero communities from their fertile land so that German colonizers and farmers could settle there.
As an artist and human rights activist, Marcelo Brodsky believes in the importance of art in the social debate. Their ability to influence the public opinion-forming process and attract media attention. The subject of human rights violations was and is a central part of his art. | | | | | | | | | Marcelo Brodsky
WE TESTED THE SHOWERS, 2021
Inkjet print on cotton Hahnemühle photo rag paper
intervened by the artist with crayon and aquarelle
30 x 40 cm
Edition of 4 plus 1 artist's proof
Series: TRACES OF VIOLENCE | | | | | | Brodsky became internationally known with his work cycle "Buena Memoria" (1997) about the kidnapping of some of his classmates and his brother Fernando Brodsky by the death squads during the Argentine military dictatorship. Fernando's body has not been found to this day. Other series of works followed, such as "1968 The Fire of Ideas", "Africa Fighting for Freedom" or "Migrants".
The photographs that Brodsky collected in archives, agencies and universities for two years were taken by the colonialists or their helpers (soldiers, missionaries, journalists, etc.). They are irrefutable evidence of the brutal violence of the perpetrators. After reading Mark Sealy's book "Decolonizing the Camera", which describes that every time a colonialist image is shown, its violence is reproduced, Brodsky decided to radically rework these images.
As in his previous series of works, Brodsky enlarges and reworks the photographs underlining of the aesthetic effect of the motif by reworking the colours by hand. The beautiful becomes more beautiful, the horror becomes more horrific. His own short text contribution, typical of his works, expresses the voice and point of view of the colonizers in every single coloured photo. They show violence very clearly, which makes it rather disturbing for the viewer. | | | | | | | | | Hildegard Titus
Elago, 2018
Print on Hahnemühle Museum Archival
84 x 59 cm
Edition of 5 | | | | | | | Hildegard Titus from Windhoek, the Namibian capital, comes from the Aawambo people. She works at a photojournalist, filmmaker, visual artist and curator. She has a keen issue on working on topics of gender, identity, culture and race. | | | | | | | | | Hildegard Titus
Our hands, 2018
Print on Hahnemühle Museum Archival
27 x 84 cm
Edition of 5 | | | | | | On Friday, 19 November there will be two panels talking about the content of the exhibition:
"Art & Representation of Genocide"
18:30-19:15
Participants:
Robert Rodriguez (A & M University, Texas, USA)
Mercia Kandukira (Künstlerin, SUNY Binghamton University, USA)
Marcelo Brodsky (Künstler, Argentinien & Spanien)
Heike Becker (Autorin, University of Western Cape, Südafrika)
Hildegard Titus (Künstlerin, Windhoek, Namibia)
"Genocide in Namibia"
19:30-20:30
Participants:
Ngondi Kamatuka (Ovaherero Genocide Foundation, USA)
Barnabas Katuuo (Ovaherero Genocide Foundation, USA)
Vepuka Kauari (Ovaherero Genocide Foundation, USA)
Rolando Vazquez (University of Utrecht, Niederlande)
Wolfgang Kaleck (European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, (ECCHR), Berlin (Koordinator) | | | | | | unsubscribe here
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