Pia Arke. Arctic Hysteria
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Free admission to visitors up to and including 18 years, holders of the KW Lover* card, and Friends of KW and Berlin Biennale.
S Hackescher Markt
S Oranienburger Straße
U Rosenthaler Platz
KW, in collaboration with the John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (UK), presents the first solo exhibition of artist Pia Arke (b. 1958, GL – d. 2007, DK) to be shown outside of Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) and the Nordic countries. ›Arctic Hysteria‹ brings together a selection of over 100 of Pia Arke’s works, and seeks to introduce them and their inherent narratives about the ties between Greenland and Denmark to a wider international audience. Likewise, her work is a feminist critique centering on the narratives of Inuit women and the way they structurally negotiate identity across knowledge traditions and reveal the persistent colonial barriers forcing them into silence. The exhibition brings together her photographic, sculptural, performative and written work, as well as her work on paper. The exhibition is accompanied by an extensive publication.
The exhibition at KW is supported by the New Carlsberg Foundation. The exhibition and publication are produced in collaboration with John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (UK).