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  • NEW WORLDS – Vermisst in Benin

  • Colonialism has also left its mark on German museum collections and cities – and not only in the works of the European avant-gardes influenced by non-Western art. Highlighting these intricate linkages and the provenance of objects while developing new perspectives are among the goals of a decolonialist art history.
    Colonialism did not begin in 1492 with the »discovery« of America, but this date is considered the beginning of its worldwide spread. One event that occurred around the
    time Museum Folkwang was founded was the brutal crushing of the Kingdom of Benin in Nigeria by British troops in 1897. Royal possessions were seized as booty, taken to Europe, and sold on the art market there. More than 1,000 Benin bronzes ended up in German museums, including ›Uhumnw-elao‹ (Memorial Head of an ›Oba‹ or King).
    Since 2021, Museum Folkwang has participated in the Digital Benin project launched by the Benin Dialogue Group, which includes the Royal Court of Benin, the Edo State
    Government, and the National Commission for Museums and Monuments in Nigeria, as well as all European museums with significant collections of items from Benin. In
    Essen, the EXILE association offers city tours on the topic of colonialism.
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Works
Der Kaiser von Wahaua
Demands Impossible
Uhunmwu-elao
  • Kingdom of Benin / Igun Eronmwon (Königliche Gilde der Bronzegießer) / Anonym

  • Uhunmwu-elao, 17./18. Jahrhundert

Femme indigène Sara avec enfant, Tchad
Jeunes femmes Haoussas, Bafia
Femme Bamun frilant du coton, Foumbam
Degendiebstahl in Léopoldville, aus der Reportage: Afrika im Jahre Null
Maschka mit Maske
Vermisst in Benin (Motiv: Königskopf Udo)
Steigbügelgefäß
Femme au corsage bleu
Kultfigur "blolo bian"/"asia usu" der Baule, Elfenbeinküste
Aufgang zum Obergeschoss, Chinesische Boddisatta aus dem 10. Jahrhundert
o. T. (Museum Folkwang: Souterrain mit Schattenspielfiguren aus Java und Skulpturen aus Ozeanien)
o.T. (Rückenansicht, Skulptur der Baule, Afrika, Museum Folkwang)