GALERIE DER KÜNSTLER*INNEN — MUNICH, 2025
IN SUMMER 2025, I BECAME PART OF AFRO GERMAN ART, A LANDMARK EXHIBITION AT THE GALERIE DER KÜNSTLER*INNEN — A PROJECT DEDICATED TO EXPANDING VISIBILITY FOR CONTEMPORARY AFRO-GERMAN ARTISTIC VOICES.
THE EXHIBITION BROUGHT TOGETHER ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, MUSICIANS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS WITH AFRICAN ROOTS WHO LIVE AND CREATE IN GERMANY AND ACROSS EUROPE. RATHER THAN PRESENTING A SINGLE NARRATIVE, AFRO GERMAN ART UNFOLDED AS A COLLECTIVE DIALOGUE ABOUT IDENTITY, BELONGING, HERITAGE AND CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION.
DESCRIBED AS A POWERFUL PLEA FOR GREATER VISIBILITY, THE EXHIBITION OFFERED A MULTIFACETED COLLAGE OF PERSPECTIVES AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS THAT REFLECT THE EVOLVING REALITIES OF AFRO-DIASPORIC LIFE IN GERMANY.
THE CONCEPT
CURATED AS PART OF THE BROADER AFRO METROPOLITAN ART EXPERIENCE, THE EXHIBITION EXPLORED HOW AFRICAN CULTURES CONTINUE TO EVOLVE WITHIN EUROPEAN SOCIETIES — CREATING NEW CULTURAL CONNECTIONS WHILE REDEFINING NOTIONS OF HOME AND IDENTITY.
PAINTING, INSTALLATION, SOUND ART, FASHION AND PHOTOGRAPHY MERGED INTO A SHARED SPATIAL EXPERIENCE. VISITORS ENCOUNTERED ARTISTIC POSITIONS SHAPED BY MIGRATION, MEMORY, COMMUNITY AND SELF-DETERMINATION, HIGHLIGHTING THE GROWING CREATIVE ENERGY OF A NEW AFRO-GERMAN GENERATION.
CULTURAL IMPACT
AFRO GERMAN ART CREATED A SPACE RARELY GRANTED WITHIN TRADITIONAL GERMAN ART INSTITUTIONS:
A PLATFORM WHERE AFRO-GERMAN PERSPECTIVES WERE NOT FRAMED AS MARGINAL BUT AS CENTRAL CONTRIBUTORS TO CONTEMPORARY CULTURE.
THE EXHIBITION INVITED AUDIENCES TO EXPERIENCE THE DIVERSITY OF THE AFRO SCENE IN GERMANY FIRSTHAND — EMPHASIZING DIALOGUE, REPRESENTATION AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY AS ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF TODAY’S CULTURAL LANDSCAPE.
FOR ME, PARTICIPATING IN THIS EXHIBITION MARKED A DEFINING MOMENT:
NOT ONLY PRESENTING PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK,
BUT CONTRIBUTING TO A WIDER CULTURAL MOVEMENT REDEFINING VISIBILITY, AUTHORSHIP AND BELONGING IN EUROPEAN ART.
PRESS COVERAGE
THE EXHIBITION RECEIVED NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION, INCLUDING COVERAGE BY SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, HIGHLIGHTING ITS CULTURAL RELEVANCE AND CONTRIBUTION TO CONTEMPORARY AFRO-GERMAN ARTISTIC DISCOURSE.
EXHIBITION DETAILS
AFRO GERMAN ART
GALERIE DER KÜNSTLER*INNEN, MUNICH
JULY 15 — SEPTEMBER 21, 2025
ARTISTS INCLUDED
CARLOS CARIMA
CHELO
KIALA KANZI
VIVIAN NGOZI
CURTIS SANTIAGO
SELASSIE
KWAMI TENDAR
ZION WOLFGOLD (WOLFGANG VON AUFSESS)
CANDY ZUCKERSCHOCK AND
NELSON NDONGALA
CURATED BY
KEVIN ANDERSON
DOMINO PYTTEL
EXHIBITION ORGANIZATION
HELENA HELD
EXHIBITION PICTURES
MAGDALENA JOOSS