Der chinesische Paravent Buchvorstellung mit Nicola Kuhn
In the organizer's words:
Reading and discussion with Nicola Kuhn
Moderated by Dr. Susanne Knödel
Screens, tea sets, spears, shields and parrots: art critic Nicola Kuhn presents artefacts from private German collections in her book "Der chinesische Paravent. How colonialism came into German living rooms", art critic Nicola Kuhn presents artifacts from private German collections that tell us a lot about the colonial era. Brought back by missionaries, soldiers, settlers or traders as trophies and mementos, each object always conceals the tragedy of an occupied country and its people. The finds bear witness to extreme violence as well as supposedly peaceful coexistence, radical exploitation, but also attempts at rapprochement. The current owners, who have to find a way of dealing with this legacy, also have their say. Nicola Kuhn thus creates a narrative panorama of German colonial rule. She believes that after a century of silence, it is time to get a picture.
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