Δ EXHIBITION OPENING “A LABOUR OF LOVE”

Wednesday, 2nd December 2015, 7pm

A LABOUR OF LOVE presents more than 150 works from the Weltkulturen Museum’s collection, produced in the 1980s by black South African artists, together with twenty new artistic productions by Sam Nhlengethwa, Gabi Ngcobo and art students from Johannesburg, specifically created for this exhibition.

Opening with Prof. Dr. Felix Semmelroth (deputy mayor in charge of culture, city Frankfurt am Main), Dr. Eva Ch. Raabe (acting director Weltkulturen Museum) and George Monyemangene (consul general of South Africa in Germany) as well as Gabi Ngcobo (artist, curator, educator at the Wits School of Arts Johannesburg and co-curator of the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo) and Dr. Yvette Mutumba (research curator Africa Weltkulturen Museum). Participating artist will be present.

The exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE focusses on a key part of the Weltkulturen Museum’s contemporary art collection: 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 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of 150 works inspired by very different readings of the idea of love – prints, paintings, sculptures and to date unpublished archival materials reflect on the theme from interpersonal relations to the passion and commitment which influenced both the creation of the works and the history of the collection’s acquisition.

The exhibition also integrates a contemporary perspective on this special collection through ten new works produced by Gabi Ngcobo and four South African art students, who have dealt with the collection and its specific history since mid-July 2014. In this process of artistic reappraisal, the students have responded to the collection by creating new prints and videos. This perspective is further expanded by works created in the Weltkulturen Labor by Sam Nhlengethwa, during a residency in July 2015. Accordingly to the museum’s concept, the new works will be added to the collection.

The exhibition is curated by Gabi Ngcobo and Dr. Yvette Mutumba. Participating artists: Sam Nhlengethwa (artist, Johannesburg), Gabi Ngcobo as well as Wits School of Arts students Chad Cordeiro, Michelle Monareng, Nathaniel Sheppard and Matshelane Xhakaza.

The accompanying catalogue 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 and Lionel Davis as well as extensive image material. Published in German and English by Kerber Verlag.

This exhibition will be travelling to South Africa.

Behind the scenes:
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Funded by the TURN Fund of the German Federal Cultural Foundation

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Exhibition dates
3rd December 2015 – 24th July 2016

Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
Tue-Sun, 11am-6pm and Wed, 11am-8pm
€7 / reduced €3.50

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Δ GUIDED TOUR

“A LABOUR OF LOVE"

With Anastasia Remes (Curatorial Studies)

A LABOUR OF LOVE presents more than 150 works from the Weltkulturen Museum’s collection, produced in the 1980s by black South African artists, together with twenty new artistic productions by Sam Nhlengethwa, Gabi Ngcobo and art students from Johannesburg, specifically created for this exhibition.

The exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE focusses on a key part of the Weltkulturen Museum’s contemporary art collection: 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 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 150 works inspired by very different readings of the idea of love – prints, paintings, sculptures and to date unpublished archival materials reflect on the theme from interpersonal relations to the passion and commitment which influenced both the creation of the works and the history of the collection’s acquisition.

The exhibition also integrates a contemporary perspective on this special collection through ten new works produced by Gabi Ngcobo and four South African art students, who have dealt with the collection and its specific history since mid-July 2014. In this process of artistic reappraisal, the students have responded to the collection by creating new prints and videos. This perspective is further expanded by works created in the Weltkulturen Labor by Sam Nhlengethwa, during a residency in July 2015. Accordingly to the museum’s concept, the new works will be added to the collection.

The exhibition is curated by Gabi Ngcobo (artist, curator, educator at the Wits School of Arts Johannesburg and co-curator of the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo) and Dr. Yvette Mutumba (research curator Africa Weltkulturen Museum). Participating artists: Sam Nhlengethwa (artist, Johannesburg), Gabi Ngcobo as well as Wits School of Arts students Chad Cordeiro, Michelle Monareng, Nathaniel Sheppard and Matshelane Xhakaza.

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

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

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Δ A DISCUSSION ON MUSIC

“You Ain’t Gonna Know Me
‘Cos You Think You Know Me”

With Sam Nhlengethwa (artist, Johannesburg) and Max Annas (writer, Berlin and East London, South Africa)

Sam Nhlengethwa and Max Annas work in different ways with jazz. In their discussion, they explore the significance of jazz in the 1960s and 1970s in South Africa. Which role played jazz music in the fight against Apartheid and how tried the regime to keep the influence of music within a limit? They will also put on some tunes.

Sam Nhlengethwa is one of South Africa’s foremost artists. Born 1955 in Springs, he studied at Rorke's Drift Art and Craft Centre and the Johannesburg Art Foundation. Nhlengethwa was awarded the Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year award in 1994. He has successfully exhibited all over the world. His latest projects include “Life, Jazz & Lots of Other Things”, Gallery 1600, Savannah College of Art & Design, Georgia, USA (2014), “Some Final Tributes”, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg (2014), 55. Biennale di Venezia, Italy (2013). His work is represented in major public and corporate art collections in South Africa and abroad. Sam Nhlengethwa’s works are part of the Weltkulturen Museum’s collection and of the exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE.

Max Annas lives in Berlin and studies South African jazz music at the University of Fort Hare in East London, South Africa. He has also published books about cinema, politics and food production. His second novel “Die Mauer” (The wall) is published in March 2016.

In English
€5 / reduced €2.50
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37

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Δ CURATOR’S GUIDED TOUR “A LABOUR OF LOVE”

With Gabi Ngcobo, co-curator and artist of the exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE

Gabi Ngcobo offers an insight into the origins of the exhibition and the significance of the museum’s collection of contemporary South African art acquired in 1986. In this process, she explores new readings and interpretations of the works to cast a more differentiated light on their historical contexts. By questioning and critiquing a purely political localisation, she opens up new perspectives to show their relevance both to art history and to human experience.

Gabi Ngcobo is a curator, artist and educator at the Wits School of Arts. Based in Johannesburg she is involved in exhibition projects in Africa, Europe and North and South America. Currently she is co-curator of the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo.

As a founding member and creative director of the Center for Historical Reenactments, an independent collective platform in Johannesburg, in 2010 she curated PASS-AGES: references & footnotes and took part in Xenoglossia, a research project. In addition to several group shows and monographic exhibitions, Ngcobo curated DON’T/PANIC, an exhibition shown parallel to the 17th Climate Summit in Durban in 2011.

Ngcobo was the first appointee of the POOL Curatorial Fellowship run by the LUMA foundation, with her exhibition some a little sooner, some a little later appearing at the POOL/LUMA Westbau space in Zurich in 2013.

Gabi Ngcobo graduated from the Center for Curatorial Studies at New York’s Bard College in 2009 and is today a lecturer at the Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg. Her experience spans roles as assistant curator at the Iziko South African National Gallery in Cape Town and as head of research for the Cape Africa Platform. 

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

schließen

Δ WORKSHOP “WITH LOVE”

“With love”

But what can love mean? We investigate and explore that question in our new exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE, and print postcards with our own little message of love – and anyone

who wants to can also send season’s greetings at the same time!

For kids from 6 years old. €6. Registration necessary:

Weltkulturen Education, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ ARTISTS’ GUIDED TOUR “A LABOUR OF LOVE”

With Chad Cordeiro, Michelle Monareng, Nathaniel Sheppard and Matshelane Xhakaza (Wits School of Arts, Johannesburg)

The South African art students have analysed and explored the Weltkulturen Museum’s collection of contemporary South African art and its history. The new works produced in the course of this collaborative project are on display in the exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE.

On their guided tour, the young artists discuss their research and the creative process involved in their works, as well as how they see the works from the 1970s and 1980s in the collection.

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

schließen

Δ GUIDED TOUR

“A LABOUR OF LOVE"

With Ani Schulze (Artist and Art Educator)

A LABOUR OF LOVE presents more than 150 works from the Weltkulturen Museum’s collection, produced in the 1980s by black South African artists, together with twenty new artistic productions by Sam Nhlengethwa, Gabi Ngcobo and art students from Johannesburg, specifically created for this exhibition.

The exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE focusses on a key part of the Weltkulturen Museum’s contemporary art collection: 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 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 150 works inspired by very different readings of the idea of love – prints, paintings, sculptures and to date unpublished archival materials reflect on the theme from interpersonal relations to the passion and commitment which influenced both the creation of the works and the history of the collection’s acquisition.

The exhibition also integrates a contemporary perspective on this special collection through ten new works produced by Gabi Ngcobo and four South African art students, who have dealt with the collection and its specific history since mid-July 2014. In this process of artistic reappraisal, the students have responded to the collection by creating new prints and videos. This perspective is further expanded by works created in the Weltkulturen Labor by Sam Nhlengethwa, during a residency in July 2015. Accordingly to the museum’s concept, the new works will be added to the collection.

The exhibition is curated by Gabi Ngcobo (artist, curator, educator at the Wits School of Arts Johannesburg and co-curator of the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo) and Dr. Yvette Mutumba (research curator Africa Weltkulturen Museum). Participating artists: Sam Nhlengethwa (artist, Johannesburg), Gabi Ngcobo as well as Wits School of Arts students Chad Cordeiro, Michelle Monareng, Nathaniel Sheppard and Matshelane Xhakaza.

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

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

schließen

Δ GUIDED TOUR

“A LABOUR OF LOVE"

With Anastasia Remes (Curatorial Studies)

A LABOUR OF LOVE presents more than 150 works from the Weltkulturen Museum’s collection, produced in the 1980s by black South African artists, together with twenty new artistic productions by Sam Nhlengethwa, Gabi Ngcobo and art students from Johannesburg, specifically created for this exhibition.

The exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE focusses on a key part of the Weltkulturen Museum’s contemporary art collection: 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 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 150 works inspired by very different readings of the idea of love – prints, paintings, sculptures and to date unpublished archival materials reflect on the theme from interpersonal relations to the passion and commitment which influenced both the creation of the works and the history of the collection’s acquisition.

The exhibition also integrates a contemporary perspective on this special collection through ten new works produced by Gabi Ngcobo and four South African art students, who have dealt with the collection and its specific history since mid-July 2014. In this process of artistic reappraisal, the students have responded to the collection by creating new prints and videos. This perspective is further expanded by works created in the Weltkulturen Labor by Sam Nhlengethwa, during a residency in July 2015. Accordingly to the museum’s concept, the new works will be added to the collection.

The exhibition is curated by Gabi Ngcobo (artist, curator, educator at the Wits School of Arts Johannesburg and co-curator of the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo) and Dr. Yvette Mutumba (research curator Africa Weltkulturen Museum). Participating artists: Sam Nhlengethwa (artist, Johannesburg), Gabi Ngcobo as well as Wits School of Arts students Chad Cordeiro, Michelle Monareng, Nathaniel Sheppard and Matshelane Xhakaza.

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

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

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Δ LECTURE SERIES

Papua New Guinea – 40 Years after Independence: “Back to square one. Impressions after twenty years in the southern highlands of Papua New Guinea”

Holger Jebens (Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt)

Until December, the Weltkulturen Museum and the Pacific Forum are jointly presenting a series of monthly lectures. In the series, scholars reflect on the topic from the perspectives of their different disciplines.

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

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Δ GUIDED TOUR

“A LABOUR OF LOVE"

With Berit Mohr (Cultural Anthropologist and Costume Designer)

A LABOUR OF LOVE presents more than 150 works from the Weltkulturen Museum’s collection, produced in the 1980s by black South African artists, together with twenty new artistic productions by Sam Nhlengethwa, Gabi Ngcobo and art students from Johannesburg, specifically created for this exhibition.

The exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE focusses on a key part of the Weltkulturen Museum’s contemporary art collection: 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 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 150 works inspired by very different readings of the idea of love – prints, paintings, sculptures and to date unpublished archival materials reflect on the theme from interpersonal relations to the passion and commitment which influenced both the creation of the works and the history of the collection’s acquisition.

The exhibition also integrates a contemporary perspective on this special collection through ten new works produced by Gabi Ngcobo and four South African art students, who have dealt with the collection and its specific history since mid-July 2014. In this process of artistic reappraisal, the students have responded to the collection by creating new prints and videos. This perspective is further expanded by works created in the Weltkulturen Labor by Sam Nhlengethwa, during a residency in July 2015. Accordingly to the museum’s concept, the new works will be added to the collection.

The exhibition is curated by Gabi Ngcobo (artist, curator, educator at the Wits School of Arts Johannesburg and co-curator of the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo) and Dr. Yvette Mutumba (research curator Africa Weltkulturen Museum). Participating artists: Sam Nhlengethwa (artist, Johannesburg), Gabi Ngcobo as well as Wits School of Arts students Chad Cordeiro, Michelle Monareng, Nathaniel Sheppard and Matshelane Xhakaza.

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

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

schließen

Δ GUIDED TOUR

“A LABOUR OF LOVE"

With Ani Schulze (Artist and Art Educator)

A LABOUR OF LOVE presents more than 150 works from the Weltkulturen Museum’s collection, produced in the 1980s by black South African artists, together with twenty new artistic productions by Sam Nhlengethwa, Gabi Ngcobo and art students from Johannesburg, specifically created for this exhibition.

The exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE focusses on a key part of the Weltkulturen Museum’s contemporary art collection: 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 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 150 works inspired by very different readings of the idea of love – prints, paintings, sculptures and to date unpublished archival materials reflect on the theme from interpersonal relations to the passion and commitment which influenced both the creation of the works and the history of the collection’s acquisition.

The exhibition also integrates a contemporary perspective on this special collection through ten new works produced by Gabi Ngcobo and four South African art students, who have dealt with the collection and its specific history since mid-July 2014. In this process of artistic reappraisal, the students have responded to the collection by creating new prints and videos. This perspective is further expanded by works created in the Weltkulturen Labor by Sam Nhlengethwa, during a residency in July 2015. Accordingly to the museum’s concept, the new works will be added to the collection.

The exhibition is curated by Gabi Ngcobo (artist, curator, educator at the Wits School of Arts Johannesburg and co-curator of the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo) and Dr. Yvette Mutumba (research curator Africa Weltkulturen Museum). Participating artists: Sam Nhlengethwa (artist, Johannesburg), Gabi Ngcobo as well as Wits School of Arts students Chad Cordeiro, Michelle Monareng, Nathaniel Sheppard and Matshelane Xhakaza.

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

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

schließen

Δ GUIDED TOUR

“A LABOUR OF LOVE"

With Anastasia Remes (Cultural Studies)

A LABOUR OF LOVE presents more than 150 works from the Weltkulturen Museum’s collection, produced in the 1980s by black South African artists, together with twenty new artistic productions by Sam Nhlengethwa, Gabi Ngcobo and art students from Johannesburg, specifically created for this exhibition.

The exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE focusses on a key part of the Weltkulturen Museum’s contemporary art collection: 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 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 150 works inspired by very different readings of the idea of love – prints, paintings, sculptures and to date unpublished archival materials reflect on the theme from interpersonal relations to the passion and commitment which influenced both the creation of the works and the history of the collection’s acquisition.

The exhibition also integrates a contemporary perspective on this special collection through ten new works produced by Gabi Ngcobo and four South African art students, who have dealt with the collection and its specific history since mid-July 2014. In this process of artistic reappraisal, the students have responded to the collection by creating new prints and videos. This perspective is further expanded by works created in the Weltkulturen Labor by Sam Nhlengethwa, during a residency in July 2015. Accordingly to the museum’s concept, the new works will be added to the collection.

The exhibition is curated by Gabi Ngcobo (artist, curator, educator at the Wits School of Arts Johannesburg and co-curator of the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo) and Dr. Yvette Mutumba (research curator Africa Weltkulturen Museum). Participating artists: Sam Nhlengethwa (artist, Johannesburg), Gabi Ngcobo as well as Wits School of Arts students Chad Cordeiro, Michelle Monareng, Nathaniel Sheppard and Matshelane Xhakaza.

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

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

schließen

Δ WORKSHOP “WITH LOVE”

“With love”

But what can love mean? We investigate and explore that question in our new exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE, and print postcards with our own little message of love – and anyone

who wants to can also send season’s greetings at the same time!

For kids from 6 years old. €6. Registration necessary:

Weltkulturen Education, Schaumainkai 29

schließen

Δ GUIDED TOUR

“A LABOUR OF LOVE"

With Ani Schulze (Artist and Art Educator)

A LABOUR OF LOVE presents more than 150 works from the Weltkulturen Museum’s collection, produced in the 1980s by black South African artists, together with twenty new artistic productions by Sam Nhlengethwa, Gabi Ngcobo and art students from Johannesburg, specifically created for this exhibition.

The exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE focusses on a key part of the Weltkulturen Museum’s contemporary art collection: 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 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 150 works inspired by very different readings of the idea of love – prints, paintings, sculptures and to date unpublished archival materials reflect on the theme from interpersonal relations to the passion and commitment which influenced both the creation of the works and the history of the collection’s acquisition.

The exhibition also integrates a contemporary perspective on this special collection through ten new works produced by Gabi Ngcobo and four South African art students, who have dealt with the collection and its specific history since mid-July 2014. In this process of artistic reappraisal, the students have responded to the collection by creating new prints and videos. This perspective is further expanded by works created in the Weltkulturen Labor by Sam Nhlengethwa, during a residency in July 2015. Accordingly to the museum’s concept, the new works will be added to the collection.

The exhibition is curated by Gabi Ngcobo (artist, curator, educator at the Wits School of Arts Johannesburg and co-curator of the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo) and Dr. Yvette Mutumba (research curator Africa Weltkulturen Museum). Participating artists: Sam Nhlengethwa (artist, Johannesburg), Gabi Ngcobo as well as Wits School of Arts students Chad Cordeiro, Michelle Monareng, Nathaniel Sheppard and Matshelane Xhakaza.

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

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

schließen

Δ GUIDED TOUR

“A LABOUR OF LOVE"

With Aline von der Assen (Artist and Art Educator)

A LABOUR OF LOVE presents more than 150 works from the Weltkulturen Museum’s collection, produced in the 1980s by black South African artists, together with twenty new artistic productions by Sam Nhlengethwa, Gabi Ngcobo and art students from Johannesburg, specifically created for this exhibition.

The exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE focusses on a key part of the Weltkulturen Museum’s contemporary art collection: 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 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 150 works inspired by very different readings of the idea of love – prints, paintings, sculptures and to date unpublished archival materials reflect on the theme from interpersonal relations to the passion and commitment which influenced both the creation of the works and the history of the collection’s acquisition.

The exhibition also integrates a contemporary perspective on this special collection through ten new works produced by Gabi Ngcobo and four South African art students, who have dealt with the collection and its specific history since mid-July 2014. In this process of artistic reappraisal, the students have responded to the collection by creating new prints and videos. This perspective is further expanded by works created in the Weltkulturen Labor by Sam Nhlengethwa, during a residency in July 2015. Accordingly to the museum’s concept, the new works will be added to the collection.

The exhibition is curated by Gabi Ngcobo (artist, curator, educator at the Wits School of Arts Johannesburg and co-curator of the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo) and Dr. Yvette Mutumba (research curator Africa Weltkulturen Museum). Participating artists: Sam Nhlengethwa (artist, Johannesburg), Gabi Ngcobo as well as Wits School of Arts students Chad Cordeiro, Michelle Monareng, Nathaniel Sheppard and Matshelane Xhakaza.

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

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

schließen

Δ GUIDED TOUR

“A LABOUR OF LOVE"

With Aline von der Assen (Artist and Art Educator)

A LABOUR OF LOVE presents more than 150 works from the Weltkulturen Museum’s collection, produced in the 1980s by black South African artists, together with twenty new artistic productions by Sam Nhlengethwa, Gabi Ngcobo and art students from Johannesburg, specifically created for this exhibition.

The exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE focusses on a key part of the Weltkulturen Museum’s contemporary art collection: 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 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 150 works inspired by very different readings of the idea of love – prints, paintings, sculptures and to date unpublished archival materials reflect on the theme from interpersonal relations to the passion and commitment which influenced both the creation of the works and the history of the collection’s acquisition.

The exhibition also integrates a contemporary perspective on this special collection through ten new works produced by Gabi Ngcobo and four South African art students, who have dealt with the collection and its specific history since mid-July 2014. In this process of artistic reappraisal, the students have responded to the collection by creating new prints and videos. This perspective is further expanded by works created in the Weltkulturen Labor by Sam Nhlengethwa, during a residency in July 2015. Accordingly to the museum’s concept, the new works will be added to the collection.

The exhibition is curated by Gabi Ngcobo (artist, curator, educator at the Wits School of Arts Johannesburg and co-curator of the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo) and Dr. Yvette Mutumba (research curator Africa Weltkulturen Museum). Participating artists: Sam Nhlengethwa (artist, Johannesburg), Gabi Ngcobo as well as Wits School of Arts students Chad Cordeiro, Michelle Monareng, Nathaniel Sheppard and Matshelane Xhakaza.

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

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

schließen

Δ GUIDED TOUR

“A LABOUR OF LOVE"

With Aline von der Assen (Artist and Art Educator)

A LABOUR OF LOVE presents more than 150 works from the Weltkulturen Museum’s collection, produced in the 1980s by black South African artists, together with twenty new artistic productions by Sam Nhlengethwa, Gabi Ngcobo and art students from Johannesburg, specifically created for this exhibition.

The exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE focusses on a key part of the Weltkulturen Museum’s contemporary art collection: 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 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 150 works inspired by very different readings of the idea of love – prints, paintings, sculptures and to date unpublished archival materials reflect on the theme from interpersonal relations to the passion and commitment which influenced both the creation of the works and the history of the collection’s acquisition.

The exhibition also integrates a contemporary perspective on this special collection through ten new works produced by Gabi Ngcobo and four South African art students, who have dealt with the collection and its specific history since mid-July 2014. In this process of artistic reappraisal, the students have responded to the collection by creating new prints and videos. This perspective is further expanded by works created in the Weltkulturen Labor by Sam Nhlengethwa, during a residency in July 2015. Accordingly to the museum’s concept, the new works will be added to the collection.

The exhibition is curated by Gabi Ngcobo (artist, curator, educator at the Wits School of Arts Johannesburg and co-curator of the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo) and Dr. Yvette Mutumba (research curator Africa Weltkulturen Museum). Participating artists: Sam Nhlengethwa (artist, Johannesburg), Gabi Ngcobo as well as Wits School of Arts students Chad Cordeiro, Michelle Monareng, Nathaniel Sheppard and Matshelane Xhakaza.

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

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

schließen