A kind of paradise : artistic counter-narratives to colonial-era photography / edited by Nanina Guyer.

Title & Author:

A kind of paradise : artistic counter-narratives to colonial-era photography / edited by Nanina Guyer.

Publication:

Zurich : Museum Rietberg ; Leipzig : Spector Books, [2026]
©2026

Description:

203 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 28 cm

Notes:
On the occasion of an exhibition held at the Museum Rietberg, Zurich, April 16 - September 6, 2026.
Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

An increasing number of artists from the Global South -- beyond the traditional 'West' -- are addressing questions of their own history and heritage through photographs from the colonial era. In their works, they blend personal encounters with collective experiences, interweaving traces of memory with artistic imagination. Through textile, photographic, filmic, and sculptural collages, new memories emerge that do not stop at a historical reflection on colonial oppression but remain in motion, offer resistance, and serve as a living foundation for the future. The volume A Kind of Paradise, published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at Museum Rietberg, is the first comprehensive survey of this international phenomenon. Texts on the participating artists are complemented by critical essays on the history of colonial-era photography.

ISBN:

9783959059770 English edition paperback
3959059779

Subject:

Photography Social aspects Exhibitions.
Photography in art Exhibitions.
Memory in art Exhibitions.
Art and history Exhibitions.
Photographie dans l'art Expositions.
Art et histoire Expositions.

Added entries:

Guyer, Nanina, editor.
Museum Rietberg, host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room new acquisitions 326084
Call No.: 326084
Copy: 1
Status: External loan

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