JOSHUA AMISSAH

Throwback to the exhibition Stranger in the Village - Reflecting on Racism with James Baldwin“ at @aargauerkunsthaus!

On view: @jamesbantone

We were very delighted to join their advisory board for this thought-out project and wished more institutions followed that sensitive horizontal approach in exhibition-making because multiple minds will always be better than one heroicised curatorial position 💭

STRANGER IN THE VILLAGE
02.09.23 – 07.01.24

In his famous text Stranger in the Village, the US-American writer James Baldwin addressed the racism that informed his stay in Switzerland in the 1950s. Baldwin’s words continue to inspire many artists to this day. They hold up a mirror to us as a society and have lost none of their relevance. The group exhibition explores belonging and exclusion through current works by local and international artists, raising questions that concern us all.

Artists in the exhibition: Igshaan Adams, Judith Albert, Joshua Amissah, Luc Andrié, Kader Attia, Maria Auxiliadora da Silva, Omar Ba, James Bantone, Sabian Baumann, Balthasar Burkhard, Denise Bertschi, Notta Caflisch, Vincent O. Carter, Ishita Chakraborty, Marlene Dumas, Tatjana Erpen, Hanny Fries, Klaus Hennch, Jonathan Horowitz, Sasha Huber, Hans Josephsohn, Laura Kingsley, Vincent Kohler, Pierre Koralnik, Namsa Leuba, Glenn Ligon, André M’Bon, Gianni Motti, Sirah Nying, Senam Okudzeto, Uriel Orlow, Frida Orupabo, Ceylan Öztrük, Markus Raetz, Petri Saarikko, Niki de Saint Phalle, Lorna Simpson, Martine Syms, Olga Titus, Carrie Mae Weems.

Curator
Dr. Céline Eidenbenz, in dialogue with the Advisory Board

Assistant Curator
Sarah Mühlebach

Mediation
Laura Arminda Kingsley

Advisory Board
Mandy Abou Shoak, social educator and anti-racism coach, Zürich

Joshua Amissah, photo editor, artist, curator, Berlin and Zürich

Sasha Huber, artist, Helsinki

Laura Arminda Kingsley, artist and mediator, Dübendorf

Nayansaku Mufwankolo, Delegate of Diversity & Inclusion, Lecturer for Cultural Studies and Critical Theory, Haute école d’art et de design (HEAD), Genf

With the advice of CARAH

Partner Aargauer Kunsthaus
Credit Suisse

Media Partner
Aargauer Zeitung

📷: David Aebi, Bern