A Kind of Paradise

More and more artists from beyond the traditional “West” are exploring questions of their history and origins through colonial-era photography. Through textile, photographic, filmic and sculptural collages, new memories emerge that do not remain confined to the history of colonial oppression but rather remain in motion, resisting and serving as a living foundation for the future. A Kind of Paradise, in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at Museum Rietberg, presents a prescient visual cosmos offering a synoptic view of this phenomenon.

Artists include: Sammy Baloji, Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, Raphaël Barontini, Daniel Boyd, Andrea Chung, Omar Victor Diop & Lee Shulman, Sasha Huber, Yuki Kihara, Cédric Kouamé, Dinh Q. Lê, Dimakatso Mathopa, Tuli Mekondjo, Tshepiso Moropa, Aline Motta, Frida Orupabo, Rosana Paulino, Wendy Red Star, David Shongo, Zenaéca Singh.

Kimberly Juanita Brown is director of the Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life at Dartmouth College.
Nanina Guyer is curator of photography at Museum Rietberg.
Patricia Hayes is chair in visual history and theory at the University of the Western Cape.
Deborah Willis is chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at New York University.