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of 150 works inspired by very different readings of the idea of love – prints, paintings, sculptures and to date unpublished archival materials reflect on the theme from interpersonal relations to the passion and commitment which influenced both the creation of the works and the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

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

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

schließen

Δ CITY TOURS FOR REFUGEES

Specifically designed for refugees, these city tours help people who have fled their homes to become familiar with life in Frankfurt.

As urban walks, the tours offer practical advice, information and an initial orientation directly at the stops on the route. In this way, the Römerberg can tell of the history of Frankfurt as a centre of international trade, the Paulskirche introduce the development of democracy in Germany, and the Cathedral offers an insight into the city’s religious traditions. In contrast, the Weltkulturen Museum presents the world of non-European cultures and ideas. The range of food and culinary dishes on offer at the “Kleinmarkthalle” market hall reflects Frankfurt’s international character. The municipal library, museums and free WiFi are all a support for facilitating new contacts, finding information, reading newspapers and books, and borrowing language course materials.

Since the tours are given in simple German with a written translation of key words in Arabic, Pashto and Tigrinya, the entire walk fosters the language skills of Frankfurt’s new residents.

These city tours are offered free of charge by volunteer city district historians from the Stiftung Polytechnischen Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main and tour guides from the Frankfurt Tour Guide Association (Frankfurter Stadt- und Gästeführer e.V.).

City Tours for Refugees is a project organised by the Friends of the Weltkulturen Museum, the Frankfurt Tour Guide Association (Frankfurter Stadt- und Gästeführer e.V.) and Frankfurt hilft - Engagement für Flüchtlinge. With the generous support of the Stiftung Polytechnischen Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main.
 

Registration necessary: Dieter Wesp 0170 3333716 or Hans Zimmermann 0171 5492010

Every second Friday

The groups on these tours have free admission to the Welkulturen Museum and the historisches museum.

schließen

Δ GUIDED TOUR

“A LABOUR OF LOVE”

With Esther Poppe (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

schließen

Δ GUIDED TOUR

“A LABOUR OF LOVE”

With Esther Poppe (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

schließen

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

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Δ EXHIBITION OPENING “STORIES NARRATE HISTORY”

Weltkulturen Labor and Green Room Exhibition

Opening: Wednesday, 13th July, 7pm

How would a 1950s girl feel if she lived in a magnificent Wilhelminian villa, why are Tintin and Snowy important for the work in the Africa Collection, and why is a missing chocolate ear causing a big stir?

The Weltkulturen Museum was founded in 1904 by a group of citizens for citizens. For over a century it has been a place where stories have been created, collected and narrated, but also repeatedly discarded. Who tells what, what remains untold, and what is ultimately recorded?

STORIES NARRATE HISTORY focuses on personal perspectives of the Weltkulturen Museum which have never previously been told. The stories are strange, formative, cheerful, or doubtful, revealing unfamiliar and almost intimate insights into life and work in the buildings at Schaumainkai 29–37. The aim is not to provide a comprehensive historiography or re-narrate the museum’s history, but instead to focus on the people who have inscribed their own histories into the institution.

The exhibition uses objects, historical documents, architectural plans, photographs and publications to show that there is more than one objective reality. This forum for polyphony and multiple perspectives provides space for subjective points of view, inviting visitors to examine the exhibits and the history of this museum from a range of standpoints.

The debates concerning insufficient exhibition space are also tightly interwoven with the museum’s history. For almost fifty years there has been talk of expanding the museum: models, designs, and extensive correspondence on the issue will also be on display in two rooms.

The discussion space initiated specially for this exhibition invites visitors to exchange opinions and undertake their own analysis of topics relating to the museum. In addition, visitors will be able to put together their own small history book from stories told in the exhibition.

Postcards spanning decades of museum history can be purchased from our small shop, as well as posters, bags, games and an edition of chocolate artworks by artist Minerva Cuevas (Mexico).

Running time:
14th July - 9th October 2016

Weltkulturen Labor and Green Room
Schaumainkai  37, 60594 Frankfurt
Tues–Sun, 11am–6pm and Wed, 11am-8pm
Entrance: € 3 / reduced € 1.50

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

schließen

Δ GUIDED TOUR

“STORIES NARRATE HISTORY”
Weltkulturen Labor and Green Room exhibition

With Ani Schulze (artist and art educator)

How would a 1950s girl feel if she lived in a magnificent Wilhelminian villa, why are Tintin and Snowy important for the work in the Africa Collection, and why is a missing chocolate ear causing a big stir?

The Weltkulturen Museum was founded in 1904 by a group of citizens for citizens. For over a century it has been a place where stories have been created, collected and narrated, but also repeatedly discarded. Who tells what, what remains untold, and what is ultimately recorded?

STORIES NARRATE HISTORY focuses on personal perspectives of the Weltkulturen Museum which have never previously been told. The stories are strange, formative, cheerful, or doubtful, revealing unfamiliar and almost intimate insights into life and work in the buildings at Schaumainkai 29–37. The aim is not to provide a comprehensive historiography or re-narrate the museum’s history, but instead to focus on the people who have inscribed their own histories into the institution.

The exhibition uses objects, historical documents, architectural plans, photographs and publications to show that there is more than one objective reality. This forum for polyphony and multiple perspectives provides space for subjective points of view, inviting visitors to examine the exhibits and the history of this museum from a range of standpoints.

The debates concerning insufficient exhibition space are also tightly interwoven with the museum’s history. For almost fifty years there has been talk of expanding the museum: models, designs, and extensive correspondence on the issue will also be on display in two rooms.

The discussion space initiated specially for this exhibition invites visitors to exchange opinions and undertake their own analysis of topics relating to the museum. In addition, visitors will be able to put together their own small history book from stories told in the exhibition.

Postcards spanning decades of museum history can be purchased from our small shop, as well as posters, bags and games.

€ 3 / reduced € 1.50
Costs of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Labor and Green Room, Schaumainkai  37

schließen

Δ WORKSHOP WITH EXHIBITION TOUR “A LABOUR OF LOVE”

“Printastic!”

Why does a person create a work of art, and how does it end up in a museum? We explore the prints on show in the exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE, and look for stories to tell – from everyday scenes to mythic tales. Afterwards, we use a pressure printing process to capture our own impressions on paper.

For kids from five years old
In German
€6. Registration necessary:
Weltkulturen Vermittlung, Schaumainkai 29

schließen

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

schließen

Δ GUIDED TOUR

“STORIES NARRATE HISTORY”
Weltkulturen Labor and Green Room exhibition

With Berit Mohr (cultural anthropologist and costume designer)

How would a 1950s girl feel if she lived in a magnificent Wilhelminian villa, why are Tintin and Snowy important for the work in the Africa Collection, and why is a missing chocolate ear causing a big stir?

The Weltkulturen Museum was founded in 1904 by a group of citizens for citizens. For over a century it has been a place where stories have been created, collected and narrated, but also repeatedly discarded. Who tells what, what remains untold, and what is ultimately recorded?

STORIES NARRATE HISTORY focuses on personal perspectives of the Weltkulturen Museum which have never previously been told. The stories are strange, formative, cheerful, or doubtful, revealing unfamiliar and almost intimate insights into life and work in the buildings at Schaumainkai 29–37. The aim is not to provide a comprehensive historiography or re-narrate the museum’s history, but instead to focus on the people who have inscribed their own histories into the institution.

The exhibition uses objects, historical documents, architectural plans, photographs and publications to show that there is more than one objective reality. This forum for polyphony and multiple perspectives provides space for subjective points of view, inviting visitors to examine the exhibits and the history of this museum from a range of standpoints.

The debates concerning insufficient exhibition space are also tightly interwoven with the museum’s history. For almost fifty years there has been talk of expanding the museum: models, designs, and extensive correspondence on the issue will also be on display in two rooms.

The discussion space initiated specially for this exhibition invites visitors to exchange opinions and undertake their own analysis of topics relating to the museum. In addition, visitors will be able to put together their own small history book from stories told in the exhibition.

Postcards spanning decades of museum history can be purchased from our small shop, as well as posters, bags and games.

€ 3 / reduced € 1.50
Costs of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Labor and Green Room, Schaumainkai  37

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Δ CURATOR’S GUIDED TOUR “STORIES NARRATE HISTORY”

With Alice Pawlik (Curator Visual Anthropology, Weltkulturen Museum)

STORIES NARRATE HISTORY focuses on untold personal perspectives of individuals connected to the Weltkulturen Museum. Narratives talking about doubts or life changing moments in life, of joyful or curious incidents, offer an unusual, almost intimate insight into the life and work in the buildings on Schaumainkai 29–37.

Curator Alice Pawlik offers an insight into the origins of the exhibition and into the different perspectives on the objects on display.

About the exhibition

€3/ reduced €1.50
Cost of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Labor und Green Room, Schaumainkai 37

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Δ GUIDED TOUR

“A LABOUR OF LOVE”

With Julia Friedel (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

schließen

Δ CITY TOURS FOR REFUGEES

Specifically designed for refugees, these city tours help people who have fled their homes to become familiar with life in Frankfurt.

As urban walks, the tours offer practical advice, information and an initial orientation directly at the stops on the route. In this way, the Römerberg can tell of the history of Frankfurt as a centre of international trade, the Paulskirche introduce the development of democracy in Germany, and the Cathedral offers an insight into the city’s religious traditions. In contrast, the Weltkulturen Museum presents the world of non-European cultures and ideas. The range of food and culinary dishes on offer at the “Kleinmarkthalle” market hall reflects Frankfurt’s international character. The municipal library, museums and free WiFi are all a support for facilitating new contacts, finding information, reading newspapers and books, and borrowing language course materials.

Since the tours are given in simple German with a written translation of key words in Arabic, Pashto and Tigrinya, the entire walk fosters the language skills of Frankfurt’s new residents.

These city tours are offered free of charge by volunteer city district historians from the Stiftung Polytechnischen Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main and tour guides from the Frankfurt Tour Guide Association (Frankfurter Stadt- und Gästeführer e.V.).

City Tours for Refugees is a project organised by the Friends of the Weltkulturen Museum, the Frankfurt Tour Guide Association (Frankfurter Stadt- und Gästeführer e.V.) and Frankfurt hilft - Engagement für Flüchtlinge. With the generous support of the Stiftung Polytechnischen Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main.
 

Registration necessary: Dieter Wesp 0170 3333716 or Hans Zimmermann 0171 5492010

Every second Friday

The groups on these tours have free admission to the Welkulturen Museum and the historisches museum.

schließen

Δ WORKSHOP WITH EXHIBITION TOUR “A LABOUR OF LOVE”

“Printastic!”

Why does a person create a work of art, and how does it end up in a museum? We explore the prints on show in the exhibition A LABOUR OF LOVE, and look for stories to tell – from everyday scenes to mythic tales. Afterwards, we use a pressure printing process to capture our own impressions on paper.

For kids from five years old
In German
€6. Registration necessary:
Weltkulturen Vermittlung, 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

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Δ GUIDED TOUR

“STORIES NARRATE HISTORY”
Weltkulturen Labor and Green Room exhibition

With Ani Schulze (artist and art educator)

How would a 1950s girl feel if she lived in a magnificent Wilhelminian villa, why are Tintin and Snowy important for the work in the Africa Collection, and why is a missing chocolate ear causing a big stir?

The Weltkulturen Museum was founded in 1904 by a group of citizens for citizens. For over a century it has been a place where stories have been created, collected and narrated, but also repeatedly discarded. Who tells what, what remains untold, and what is ultimately recorded?

STORIES NARRATE HISTORY focuses on personal perspectives of the Weltkulturen Museum which have never previously been told. The stories are strange, formative, cheerful, or doubtful, revealing unfamiliar and almost intimate insights into life and work in the buildings at Schaumainkai 29–37. The aim is not to provide a comprehensive historiography or re-narrate the museum’s history, but instead to focus on the people who have inscribed their own histories into the institution.

The exhibition uses objects, historical documents, architectural plans, photographs and publications to show that there is more than one objective reality. This forum for polyphony and multiple perspectives provides space for subjective points of view, inviting visitors to examine the exhibits and the history of this museum from a range of standpoints.

The debates concerning insufficient exhibition space are also tightly interwoven with the museum’s history. For almost fifty years there has been talk of expanding the museum: models, designs, and extensive correspondence on the issue will also be on display in two rooms.

The discussion space initiated specially for this exhibition invites visitors to exchange opinions and undertake their own analysis of topics relating to the museum. In addition, visitors will be able to put together their own small history book from stories told in the exhibition.

Postcards spanning decades of museum history can be purchased from our small shop, as well as posters, bags and games.

€ 3 / reduced € 1.50
Costs of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Labor and Green Room, Schaumainkai  37

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Δ GUIDED TOUR

“A LABOUR OF LOVE”

With Esther Poppe (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

schließen

Δ GUIDED TOUR

“A LABOUR OF LOVE”

With Esther Poppe (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

schließen

Δ GUIDED TOUR

“STORIES NARRATE HISTORY”
Weltkulturen Labor and Green Room exhibition

With Ani Schulze (artist and art educator)

How would a 1950s girl feel if she lived in a magnificent Wilhelminian villa, why are Tintin and Snowy important for the work in the Africa Collection, and why is a missing chocolate ear causing a big stir?

The Weltkulturen Museum was founded in 1904 by a group of citizens for citizens. For over a century it has been a place where stories have been created, collected and narrated, but also repeatedly discarded. Who tells what, what remains untold, and what is ultimately recorded?

STORIES NARRATE HISTORY focuses on personal perspectives of the Weltkulturen Museum which have never previously been told. The stories are strange, formative, cheerful, or doubtful, revealing unfamiliar and almost intimate insights into life and work in the buildings at Schaumainkai 29–37. The aim is not to provide a comprehensive historiography or re-narrate the museum’s history, but instead to focus on the people who have inscribed their own histories into the institution.

The exhibition uses objects, historical documents, architectural plans, photographs and publications to show that there is more than one objective reality. This forum for polyphony and multiple perspectives provides space for subjective points of view, inviting visitors to examine the exhibits and the history of this museum from a range of standpoints.

The debates concerning insufficient exhibition space are also tightly interwoven with the museum’s history. For almost fifty years there has been talk of expanding the museum: models, designs, and extensive correspondence on the issue will also be on display in two rooms.

The discussion space initiated specially for this exhibition invites visitors to exchange opinions and undertake their own analysis of topics relating to the museum. In addition, visitors will be able to put together their own small history book from stories told in the exhibition.

Postcards spanning decades of museum history can be purchased from our small shop, as well as posters, bags and games.

€ 3 / reduced € 1.50
Costs of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Labor and Green Room, Schaumainkai  37

schließen

Δ GUIDED TOUR

“STORIES NARRATE HISTORY”
Weltkulturen Labor and Green Room exhibition

With Ani Schulze (artist and art educator)

How would a 1950s girl feel if she lived in a magnificent Wilhelminian villa, why are Tintin and Snowy important for the work in the Africa Collection, and why is a missing chocolate ear causing a big stir?

The Weltkulturen Museum was founded in 1904 by a group of citizens for citizens. For over a century it has been a place where stories have been created, collected and narrated, but also repeatedly discarded. Who tells what, what remains untold, and what is ultimately recorded?

STORIES NARRATE HISTORY focuses on personal perspectives of the Weltkulturen Museum which have never previously been told. The stories are strange, formative, cheerful, or doubtful, revealing unfamiliar and almost intimate insights into life and work in the buildings at Schaumainkai 29–37. The aim is not to provide a comprehensive historiography or re-narrate the museum’s history, but instead to focus on the people who have inscribed their own histories into the institution.

The exhibition uses objects, historical documents, architectural plans, photographs and publications to show that there is more than one objective reality. This forum for polyphony and multiple perspectives provides space for subjective points of view, inviting visitors to examine the exhibits and the history of this museum from a range of standpoints.

The debates concerning insufficient exhibition space are also tightly interwoven with the museum’s history. For almost fifty years there has been talk of expanding the museum: models, designs, and extensive correspondence on the issue will also be on display in two rooms.

The discussion space initiated specially for this exhibition invites visitors to exchange opinions and undertake their own analysis of topics relating to the museum. In addition, visitors will be able to put together their own small history book from stories told in the exhibition.

Postcards spanning decades of museum history can be purchased from our small shop, as well as posters, bags and games.

€ 3 / reduced € 1.50
Costs of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Labor and Green Room, Schaumainkai  37

schließen

Δ GUIDED TOUR

“STORIES NARRATE HISTORY”
Weltkulturen Labor and Green Room exhibition

With Esther Poppe (artist and art educator)

How would a 1950s girl feel if she lived in a magnificent Wilhelminian villa, why are Tintin and Snowy important for the work in the Africa Collection, and why is a missing chocolate ear causing a big stir?

The Weltkulturen Museum was founded in 1904 by a group of citizens for citizens. For over a century it has been a place where stories have been created, collected and narrated, but also repeatedly discarded. Who tells what, what remains untold, and what is ultimately recorded?

STORIES NARRATE HISTORY focuses on personal perspectives of the Weltkulturen Museum which have never previously been told. The stories are strange, formative, cheerful, or doubtful, revealing unfamiliar and almost intimate insights into life and work in the buildings at Schaumainkai 29–37. The aim is not to provide a comprehensive historiography or re-narrate the museum’s history, but instead to focus on the people who have inscribed their own histories into the institution.

The exhibition uses objects, historical documents, architectural plans, photographs and publications to show that there is more than one objective reality. This forum for polyphony and multiple perspectives provides space for subjective points of view, inviting visitors to examine the exhibits and the history of this museum from a range of standpoints.

The debates concerning insufficient exhibition space are also tightly interwoven with the museum’s history. For almost fifty years there has been talk of expanding the museum: models, designs, and extensive correspondence on the issue will also be on display in two rooms.

The discussion space initiated specially for this exhibition invites visitors to exchange opinions and undertake their own analysis of topics relating to the museum. In addition, visitors will be able to put together their own small history book from stories told in the exhibition.

Postcards spanning decades of museum history can be purchased from our small shop, as well as posters, bags and games.

€ 3 / reduced € 1.50
Costs of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Labor and Green Room, Schaumainkai  37

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