What happens after death? Undoubtedly a question that many pe ople ask themselves. As to be expected\, the answer varies according to cu lture\, religion\, and individual.
\nThe exhibition showcases around 250 exhibits from the museum's collection\, representing a wide variety o f concepts and ideas about the journey from this world to the next in mate rial form. These range from amulets\, Buddhas\, coffins\, to figures\, fan s\, vessels\, bells\, musical instruments and masks to jewellery\, thangka \, mortuary boards\, cloths\, and drawings.
\nMusic worth dying for and film clips ensure that the exhibition ends on a somewhat lighter note.
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260426T000000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news5125@zasb.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260325T114322 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260416T000000 SUMMARY:Exhibition: "A Kind of Paradise – Colonial-Era Photography in Con temporary Art" DESCRIPTION:How can art help us tell polyphonic stories? What stories are c oncealed in historical photographs? And how have contemporary artists reve aled these narratives? With “A Kind of Paradise”\, Museum Rietberg pre sents a group exhibition that is the first to comprehensively explore this phenomenon in global contemporary art. Internationally acclaimed artists from and members of diasporas of Africa\, the Americas\, Asia\, Australia\ , and Oceania have engaged with colonial-era visual material. Their works – poetic\, critical\, and visionary – explore how such images define i dentity\, history\, and a sense of belonging\, and how they may be reinter preted. These works reveal a healing power that transcends historical spec ificities and can touch us all.\\r\\nA group of twenty renowned artists ex plore the current state of this photographic heritage across four thematic sections in “A Kind of Paradise – Colonial-Era Photography in Contemp orary Art”\, acting as archivists\, counterpoints to the colonial gaze\, protective forces\, and powerful storytellers who make space for hidden s tories. Formed of photographs\, textiles\, films\, and sculpture\, their c ollages expand the medium’s boundaries and bring together questions abou t their own identity and collective memories.\\r\\nWith Sammy Baloji (DR C ongo)\, Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter (USA)\, Raphaël Barontini (France)\, Daniel Boyd (Australia)\, Andrea Chung (USA)\, Omar Victor Diop (Senegal) & Lee Shulman (UK)\, Sasha Huber (Switzerland)\, Yuki Kihara (Samoa)\, Cé dric Kouamé (Côte d'Ivoire)\, Dinh Q. Lê (Vietnam)\, Dimakatso Mathopa (South Africa)\, Tuli Mekondjo (Namibia)\, Tshepiso Moropa (South Africa)\ , Aline Motta (Brazil)\, Frida Orupabo (Norway)\, Rosana Paulino (Brazil)\ , Wendy Red Star (USA)\, David Shongo (DR Congo)\, Zenaéca Singh (South A frica). X-ALT-DESC:How can art help us tell polyphonic stories? What stories are concealed in historical photographs? And how have contemporary artists re vealed these narratives? With “A Kind of Paradise”\, Museum Rietberg p resents a group exhibition that is the first to comprehensively explore th is phenomenon in global contemporary art. Internationally acclaimed artist s from and members of diasporas of Africa\, the Americas\, Asia\, Australi a\, and Oceania have engaged with colonial-era visual material. Their work s – poetic\, critical\, and visionary – explore how such images define identity\, history\, and a sense of belonging\, and how they may be reint erpreted. These works reveal a healing power that transcends historical sp ecificities and can touch us all.
\nA group of twenty renowned artis ts explore the current state of this photographic heritage across four the matic sections in “A Kind of Paradise – Colonial-Era Photography in Co ntemporary Art”\, acting as archivists\, counterpoints to the colonial g aze\, protective forces\, and powerful storytellers who make space for hid den stories. Formed of photographs\, textiles\, films\, and sculpture\, th eir collages expand the medium’s boundaries and bring together questions about their own identity and collective memories.
\nWith Sammy Balo ji (DR Congo)\, Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter (USA)\, Raphaël Barontini (Fr ance)\, Daniel Boyd (Australia)\, Andrea Chung (USA)\, Omar Victor Diop (S enegal) &\; Lee Shulman (UK)\, Sasha Huber (Switzerland)\, Yuki Kihara (Samoa)\, Cédric Kouamé (Côte d'Ivoire)\, Dinh Q. Lê (Vietnam)\, Dimak atso Mathopa (South Africa)\, Tuli Mekondjo (Namibia)\, Tshepiso Moropa (S outh Africa)\, Aline Motta (Brazil)\, Frida Orupabo (Norway)\, Rosana Paul ino (Brazil)\, Wendy Red Star (USA)\, David Shongo (DR Congo)\, Zenaéca S ingh (South Africa).
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260906T000000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR