Δ CURATOR'S GUIDED TOUR

With Dr. Yvette Mutumba, Research Curator Africa at the Weltkulturen Museum, and Co-Curator of the exhibition

The exhibition "EL HADJI SY: Painting, Performance, Politics" is dedicated to the work of this outstanding Senegalese artist, activist and curator. Dr. Yvette Mutumba looks at the background to the long relationship between El Hadji Sy and Frankfurt’s Weltkulturen Museum, and takes the selection of works on show as a basis upon which to explore Sy’s exceptional, multifaceted career and to discuss the ideas behind his complex oeuvre.

Weltkulturen Museum
Schaumainkai 29, 60594 Frankfurt
Sunday, 12th April, 3pm

7€ / reduced 3,50€
Cost of tour included in admission fee.

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Δ BOOK LAUNCH

Weltkulturen Labor
Schaumainkai 37, 60594 Frankfurt
Wednesday, 15th April, 7pm

5€ / reduced 2,50€

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Δ TALK

„What’s love got to do with it“

Gabi Ngcobo

Gabi Ngcobo is guest artist and curator at the Weltkulturen Labor. During her residency, she has been critically engaging and reviewing the museum's collection of contemporary art from South Africa.

In her talk “What’s love got to do with it?” Gabi Ngcobo discusses her research work in the Weltkulturen Labor.

Gabi Ngcobo is a curator, artist and educator based in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2010, she co-founded the collaborative platform Center for Historical Reenactments and over the last four years has contributed curatorially, individually and collectively to a variety of projects organised by this platform.  

Ngcobo is a lecturer at the Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg. She is a member of the curatorial team for the forthcoming 32nd Bienal de São Paulo, to open in September 2016.

Weltkulturen Labor
Schaumainkai 37
Wednesday, 22nd April, 7pm

In English
€5 / reduced €2.50

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Δ TALK

“What’s love got to do with it”

Gabi Ngcobo

Gabi Ngcobo is guest artist and curator at the Weltkulturen Labor. During her residency, she has been critically engaging and reviewing the museum's collection of contemporary art from South Africa.

In her talk “What’s love got to do with it” Gabi Ngcobo discusses her research work in the Weltkulturen Labor.

Gabi Ngcobo is a curator, artist and educator based in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2010, she co-founded the collaborative platform Center for Historical Reenactments and over the last four years has contributed curatorially, individually and collectively to a variety of projects organised by this platform.  

Ngcobo is a lecturer at the Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg. She is a member of the curatorial team for the forthcoming 32nd Bienal de São Paulo, to open in September 2016.

Weltkulturen Labor
Schaumainkai 37
Wednesday, 22nd April , 7pm

In english.
€5 / reduced 2.50€

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Δ CURATOR'S GUIDED TOUR

With Prof. Philippe Pirotte, Director of the Städelschuleand Portikus, and Co-Curator of the exhibition

Philippe Pirotte guides you through the exhibition and discusses the different aspects of El Hadji Sy's practice as a painter and a cultural activist.

For El Hadji Sy, painting is prompted by a set of performative or choreographic gestures revealing his engagement with society at large. His large-format paintings on industrial jute sacking once used to transport rice or sugar to Dakar, his painted mobile paravents that stand in anticipation like actors on a set, and his semi-functional structures such as kites, floor paintings or double-sided painted mirrors together generate situations that implicate the spectators as actors within the installation. In addition, El Hadji Sy introduces a variety of materials into his work, from oils and acrylic on canvas or rice sacking, to tar and paint on butcher’s wrapping paper, through to experiments with traditional formats such as reverse glass painting.

Philippe Pirotte is a Belgian art historian, critic, and curator of numerous international exhibitions. Since 2014 he has been Dean of the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste – Städelschule and director of Portikus, Frankfurt am Main. Since 2012 he has been the adjunct senior curator at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. In 1999 he co-founded the art centre Objectif_Exhibitions in Antwerp. From 2005 to 2011, he was director of the Kunsthalle Bern. Pirotte has written numerous essays about contemporary art and artists, and contributed to Nka – Journal of Contemporary African Art, Afterall Journal, Kaleidoscope, Mousse Magazine and Parkett.

Weltkulturen Museum
Schaumainkai 29, 60594 Frankfurt
Saturday, 25th April, 3pm

7€ / reduced 3,50€
Cost of tour included in admission fee.

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Δ NIGHT OF THE MUSEUM

Guided Tours of the Exhibition
“EL HADJI SY: Painting, Performance, Politics”

The Weltkulturen Museum invites visitors to explore El Hadji Sy’s diverse and multifaceted oeuvre in “EL HADJI SY: Painting, Performance, Politics”, the current retrospective dedicated to this Senegalese artist, curator, and cultural activist.

7pm to midnight, tours on the hour
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

 

Poetry Slam and Writing Workshop
“Subtitling everyday life: Thinking, talking, writing”

From 8pm in the Weltkulturen Labor, slam poets recite their works created during the workshop “Subtitling everyday life: Thinking, talking, writing” in the Weltkulturen Museum.

In this two-day workshop, participants engage intensively with their language and creative writing. Led by Damon Taleghani (language artist and performer in various poetry slam championships) and Laila Gerhardt (Weltkulturen Education), the workshop developes a language laboratory where participants can free themselves from the external pressure for success. The workshop also draws inspiration from the exhibition “EL HADJI SY: Painting, Performance, Politics”.

The workshop is free and includes refreshments. No previous experience of creative writing is required. For participants aged 16 and above.

Workshop: Friday, 24th April, 4 – 7pm and Saturday, 25th April, 12noon – 7pm

Registration by Wednesday, 22nd April:

Poetry Slam: Saturday, 25th April, from 8pm
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37

NIGHT OF THE MUSEUM
Saturday, 25th April 2015, 7pm-2am

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