Reframe - Three impulses on shifting angles (DE/EN)

History is often shaped by those who are allowed to speak, travel and leave traces for posterity. It holds contradictions between beauty and violence, visibility and erasure, privilege and resistance. Upon reflecting on the current exhibition Irma Stern - A Modern artist between Berlin and Cape Town, as artists we were asking ourselves the following questions: What happens when we turn our gaze from the painter to the painted? What might these pictures reveal if we see the women in Irma Stern’s paintings not just as expressionist portraits, but as actors in their own history? What stories lie between the visible and the invisible? And how can we appreciate the humanity of those who were seen but rarely heard? We are intentionally leaving these questions unanswered and are offering instead three different impulses, thus inviting visitors to the Irma Stern exhibition to dive deeper and draw their own conclusions.

Five students from the Institute for Art in Context at Berlin University of the Arts invite visitors to broaden their view of the local-historical circumstances of Irma Stern’s paintings in three different impulses. Participation is free and no registration is required.

2 pm

Name badges                                                                                                     

In the exhibition

3 pm       

Memory game       

Playing together in the exhibition

4 pm

Film projection You Have Struck a Rock (27 min)

Short introduction and exchange

The impulses were developed by students of the Institute for Art in Context, Berlin University of the Arts - UdK Berlin: Marlene Engel, Frau Herr, Hira Noor, Ilgın Uçar, Hank D. Wüstenberg   

Project coordination: Daniela Bystron, Dr. Yvette Mutumba, Assistance: Ximena G. Toro

Acknowledgements: We would like to thank Robben Island Archives and South African Archive for Justice (SAHA) in South Africa, Concord Media/UK, the team of Brücke Museum, as well as the curator Lisa Hörstmann for their generous support.

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