EAN: 9780300278804

MADE IN GERMANY?

An examination of shifting notions of identity in modern-day Germany—and the diverse artists
challenging conventional meanings of “Germanness” today      Made in Germany? Art and Identity
in a Global Nation addresses important questions of contemporary art and belonging in Germany
from the 1980s  when discussions about multiculturalism in West Germany came to the fore  to
our current time  a period still deeply impacted by the country’s unification and more recent
migration policies. In the wake of these developments  racial violence  right-wing populism 
and ethnically defined nationalism have grown. Accessible essays on topics such as labor
migration  being Black in Germany  and the aftermath of the fall of the Berlin Wall lay the
groundwork for understanding the intercultural dynamics in Germany today. Object-focused texts
delve into works in various media  from Candida Höfer’s slideshow Turks in Germany 1979   which
presented Turkish immigrants as embedded in public life at a time when they were not welcomed
as a permanent part of German society  to Ngozi Schommers’s readymade sculpture Commuters   a
commentary on the country’s ongoing housing crisis. In a period when right-wing nationalist
movements are gaining traction in Germany and around the globe  Made in Germany? argues for a
more expansive idea of what it means to be German  spotlighting artists from diverse
backgrounds whose works probe notions of national identity.     Distributed for the Harvard Art
Museums     Exhibition Schedule:      Harvard Art Museums  Cambridge  MA   (September 13 
2024–January 5  2025)

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