With his panels, Ransome Stanley makes an original contribution to the art historical debate on the "picture within the picture." The observer is uncertain which spatial plane is being depicted: Are we peering at...
We have been whiping our book pages >> into shape. Recently we readjusted the pages, gave it a new structure and added some new books. We are still completing, but already now it's worth a visit.
New in our line of books: Joburg Art Fair Catalogue, Global Icons by Lydia Haustein, HQ - High Qualitity with an article about Chéri Samba. A brilliant catalogue of Ransome Stanley called Abb. 2002-2007. >>>>
Ancient and contemporary art from Africa
Titel: Malam
Authors: Frau Dr. Uschi Eid, MP
Dorina Hecht M.A. (Afrika Post, Portal Kunstgeschichte)
Camilla Péus (Art, Die Welt, Kunstzeitung)
Christian Hanussek (African Art, Springerin, Africultures, etc.)
Marc Peschke (Afrika-Post, Afrika-Wirtschaft, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Zeit Online, etc.)
Gunther Péus, (1969 first Afrikacorrespondent for ZDF, Journalist)
Peter Herrmann (Gallery Director, curator, author)
Franz-Xaver Schlegel (Journalist, Author)
A visit in the Gallery : the musician Wasis Diop mit Peter Herrmann
During the exhibition Pigozzi and the Paparazzi at Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin: the owner of the largest collection of contemporary art from Africa, Jean Pigozzi talking with Peter Herrmann.
Projects
Over the course of our 18 years of gallery work, it has been very difficult to present African art in a satisfactory manner in Germany. Time and time again, in both reviews and the public esteem, we have been pushed into to an ethnographic corner where African art exists only as exotic artefact. In the past years, Peter Herrmann has begun more and more vehemently to express that art from Africa, whether old or new, must be removed from the realm of Ethnology and anchored instead in the realm of Art History. A parliamentary expert discussion on the topic was held in October of last year, the result being that this notion is now a leitmotif of both the art market and national cultural and educational policy. Working with representatives from the Office of the Federal President, Horst Köhler - who see cultural work with Africa as an important pillar of their politics - Peter Hermann has already been able to lead several discussions concerning this matter. In addition, a series of articles on the topic appeared at the end of 2007 in the Afrikapost, the magazine of the Africa Foundation. (German.)
In it, Mr. Christian Hanussek writes from the perspective of art theorists and artists, Ms. Dorina Hecht discusses the relationship between African art and Art History from the perspective of an art historian, Mr. Klaus Paysan speaks for the collectors, Mr. Stefan Eisenhofer writes from the view of ethnologists, and Peter Hermann writes as a curator and gallerist about the gateway to business . Three articles appeared in the September 2007 issue of Afrikapost and two further articles from Eisenhofer and Hermann in the December issue. To the foreword by Mr. Hess and a presentation of the authors.
The subject matter is exciting. The articles illuminate the most diverse aspects of the discourse on and realities of African art and provide specific references that could strongly influence cultural and educational policy over the next years. The first visible result of the increasingly dynamic discourse is the creation of two new positions at the Free University of Berlin: Professor and Assistant Professor for African Art History. The positions have already been announced together with two additional associate lecturer positions.
Participants in a panel of experts held on 24 September 2007 at the Paul Löbe House of the German Bundestag spoke about the ongoing tension between Art History and Ethnology:
- organized by Peter Herrmann and in collaboration with Dr. Uschi Eid (Member of German Parliament, Afrika Stiftung, IFA, etc).
Speakers in the Paul-Löbe-Haus des Deutschen Bundestags, September 24, 2007 (german):
Alex Moussa Sawadogo (Art historian, Burkina Faso/Berlin)
Felix Kama (Performance artist and writer, Kamerun/Stuttgart)
Manuela Sambo (Artist, Angola/Berlin)
Christian Hanussek (Artist und Projectmanager, Berlin)
Dr. Peter Junge (Museum of Mankind Berlin-Dahlem, Bereich Afrika)
Dr. Stefan Eisenhofer (Staatliches Museum of Mankind Munich, Africa)
Dorina Hecht (Art historian, Berlin)
Dr. Britta Schmitz (Curator of the Nationalgalerie at Hamburger Bahnhof)
Prof. Lydia Haustein (Art historian, Berlin)
Peter Herrmann (Gallery Director and Curator, Berlin)
Dr. Uschi Eid, MP (German Parliament, Institute for Foreign Affairs, Afrika-Stiftung, etc.)
Britta Müller (Scientific Assistant to Dr. Uschi Eid)
Preview
2008 - Planning/Enquiries, Wishes
Automn 2008: Ransome Stanley, Opening 5.9.2008. Oktober: Ayana Velissia Jackson. November: Louzla Darabi. Spring 2009: Mansour Ciss, Georg Osodi?, Goddy Leye.
...and another succesfull story. Eight pages with many photos will be edited at Kulturmagazin DU. And more. The front page of the July/August-Edition was given to her from Walter Keller, the chief-editor.
We are representing Louzla Darabi exklusivly and her prizes are still affordable.
The magazin will be for sale in the Gallery. 8 pages as pdf
At Joburg Art Fair Louzla Darabi had a high recognition and six of her works are to see in the current group-show (in wich all warrior penguins are recently sold)
Angelika Böck
"...einen AUGEN-Blick bitte!"
In the group exhibition "...einen AUGEN-Blick bitte!" Angelika Böck shows works at Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth.
Opening: Saturday, June 21st at 17 hrs
Exhibition until August 31st 2008
Location: Kunstgebäude im Schlosshof Bodenburg
Kirchstraße, D-31162 Bad Salzdetfurth
Musicians.
Tikar, Cameroon. Bronze.
250 Years. TL-Expertise.
Hahn
Grasfields, Cameroon. Bronze
250 Years. TL-Expertise.
We are glad to announce 11 Bronzeobjects from Paul GarnCollection, Dresden. All sculptures are from Nigeria and Mali and has been bought from the collector 1920 in Paris. Soon all will be presented at our domain. Please don't hesitate to contact Peter Herrmann if you like to see them before.
Artists with whom we did work and artists cooperating with us currently in the ranking of artfacts.net. The smaller the number, the more well-know the artist. Most of them are positioned through the gallery work. Minus (-)stands for a sinking trend and plus (+) for an upwards trend.
Artists
3.9.2007
10.12.2007
25.3.2008
Pascale Marthine Tayou
731 –
695 -
531 –
Chéri Samba
1765 +
1589 +
1441 –
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
1919 –
1482 -
1354 –
Ingrid Mwangi
3120 +
2804 +
1966 –
Owusu-Ankomah
4184 –
5204 -
3291 –
Susan Hefuna
4397 +
3631 -
4257 –
Otobong Nkanga
4561 –
4482 -
2920 –
Sokari Douglas-Camp
5942 +
6880 -
4537 –
Jürgen Schadeberg
6178 –
6832 -
7086 +
Moke
8368 –
9595 -
9645 –
Angelika Böck
9946 –
14076 -
17313 –
Wok Marcia Kure
9784 –
13105 -
16869 –
Laura Anderson Barbata
10356 –
13192 -
11905 –
Aboudramane
11262 -
16916 -
22276 –
Senam Okudzeto
11547 –
9746 -
12665 –
Bill Kouelany
13811 +
15988 +
20357 –
Ralf Schmerberg
14552 –
22138 -
31233 –
Louzla Darabi
18035 –
29859 -
42763 +
Nicole Guiraud
19073 –
30907 -
52061 –
Marie Pittroff
20097 –
32724 -
55645 –
Manuela Sambo
24643 –
38010 -
74529 –
Liz Crossley
24681 –
38308 -
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Nelson Mandela
27068 –
40237 -
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El Hadji Mansour Ciss
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48306 +
Ayana Velissia Jackson
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Myriam Mihindou
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5307 –
Lawson Oyekan
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Klaus Schnocks-Meusen
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Nzante Spee
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Malam
no ranking
27840 +
28295 +
Possible forthcoming cooperations
Alexandre Mensah
no ranking
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Loulou Cherinet
2394 +
2297 +
1800 +
Zarina Bhimji
1155 –
1165 -
994 –
Goddy Leye
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19843 -
7097 –
Ransome Stanley
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Georg Osodi
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Retrospect
Groupshow: Review - Preview
Opening: 16.05.2008. 8 pm.
Exhibition: May 17, to July 12, 2008
Bill Kouélany - Myriam Mihindou - Louzla Darabi - Malam
Bill Kouélany who became well known through documenta 12, deals in her paintings and installations with the themes of death, violence and destruction. The torn edges of the hand-made grey paper, which is used for bricks in a wall or as parts of the human body , is one of the most obvious elements of the images. The images appear fragmentary and fragile fixed onto the canvas with the rough stitches At present she is working on theatre projects
A number of the paintings of Louzla Darabi concern themselves in a provocative way with eroticism and Islam, others satirise well-known leaders in the Islamic world. Her images, which break taboos offend the ethical perception of believing Muslims. As in Sweden some years ago, her work created uproar and censure at the JoburgArtFair. An installation with Fighting Penguins caused a disturbance at the Tate Modern and extensive coverage in the July issue of DU has led to further interest in this artist.
Myriam Mihindou works like a sculptor with her staged presentations of objects: hands and feet tied up in leather, the terracotta forms , pieces of plants mutated with silicone, people with sculptures in strange poses. Micro photos of hair and reflections of schematic figures in glass are enlarged to form wall installations. As with the other three artists, she too is presented in Focus on Africa in Kunsttermine 2/08
Malam sees himself as a supervisor, who, makes apparent to us through his sculptures and collages the fraternisation of politics, Christianity, the pharmaceutical industry and the media. He uses plaster, packaging and waste to express his opinions about the use of foodstuffs to power machines and the reduced freedom of movement imposed on Africans who want to travel. Parallel to the group show, we will be showing a monumental work at Pont Alexandre III in Paris at Hôtel des Invalides this summer.
Opening was Friday February 8, 2008 Opening speech >>(Peter Herrmann. German)
Last years exhibition with many Details and Researchs: more >>
Expert talk/Lecture with Ralf Kotalla
February 20, 2008 at 8 pm
The Thermoluminescence Analysis. Ralf Kotalla was presenting an introduction to Age Determination of Bronzes - Practical Examples, Problems, Solutions. The invitation (German
This Bronze was auctioned at Lempertz in Brüssel at 26.4.2008.
Benin. Highly important Commemorative Head of a King Brass, 50 cm
Estimate € 40.000 – 60.000,-
Auction 918 Tribal Art, Brussels
Auctioned price: € 560.000,-
Provenience: Military-expedition 1897 - W.D. Webster, Collection Geheimrat Prof. Dr. Hans Meyer, Leipzig. Collection Albert Wagenmann, Mannheim.
This Bronze will be auctioned at Sotheby's in Paris June 11, 2008.
An exceptional Benin royal commemorative head of an Oba, Edo, Kingdom of Benin, Nigeria, 18th Century. Bronze, 31,5 cm. Auction PF8009 Important African and Oceanic Art, Paris.
Estimated price € 300.000 – 400.000,-
Auctioned price: € 540.000,-
Provenience: Collection of Governor Guyon, Adolf Hoffmeister, Christina and Rolf Miehler and Various Owners.
The first African contemporary art fair took place in Johannesburg from the 13th to the 16th of March 2008. On sale was the largest collection of African and South African contemporary art the world has ever seen - 5000 square metres of the Sandton Convention Centre have been booked for the event and more then 25 Million Rand has been the business volume.
We were present... pictures, text, press and more >>
