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Recent Histories

Uniting the perspectives of contemporary artists of African descent who investigate social identity.

DAWIT L. PETROS, Untitled (Prologue II), from the series "The Stranger‘s Notebook", 2016. Courtesy The Walther Collection and Tiwani Contemporary. © the artist

Investigating social identity, sociopolitical concerns and personal experiences, “Recent Histories: Contemporary African Photography and Video Art” united the perspectives of fourteen contemporary artists of African descent, all born after the early 1970s. The exhibition took place from May 7 until November 12, 2017.

Featuring works by Edson Chagas, Mimi Cherono Ng’ok, Andrew Esiebo, Em’kal Eyongakpa, François-Xavier Gbré, Simon Gush, Délio Jasse, Lebohang Kganye, Sabelo Mlangeni, Mame-Diarra Niang, Dawit L. Petros, Zina Saro-Wiwa, Thabiso Sekgala, and Michael Tsegaye, “Recent Histories” looks at the creative approaches taken by the artists, as well as studying the sites and collective platforms that enable their practices.

Interacting conceptually and aesthetically, the work in “Recent Histories” sought to deepen and expand the representation surrounding the discourse of African photography and video art, as well as dealing with the social and political tensions that occur worldwide.

Representing the new generation of photographers and video artists, “Recent Histories” presented the results of an exhibition series, held at The Walther Collection Project Space in New York from September 2015 through January 2017.

MAME-DIARRA NIANG, Le peuple du mur #1, from the series "At the Wall", 2014. Courtesy The Walther Collection. © the artist

MAME-DIARRA NIANG, Satellite 1, from the series "Metropolis", 2015. Courtesy the Walther Collection. © the artist

ZINA SARO-WIWA, Untitled, from the series "The Invisible Man", 2015. Courtesy the artist. © the artist

DAWIT L. PETROS, Untitled (Overlapping and intertwined territories that fall from view I), from the series "The Stranger‘s Notebook", 2016. Courtesy The Walther Collection and Tiwani Contemporary. © the artist

THABISO SEKGALA, Samuel or Thulani Msiza, former Kwandebele, from the series "Homeland", 2009. Courtesy Goodman Gallery. © the artist

EDSON CHAGAS, Untitled, from the series "Oikonomos", 2011. Courtesy the artist and Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town and Johannesburg. © the artist

LEBOHANG KGANYE, Setupung sa Kwana hae II, from the series "Ke Lafa Laka", 2013. Courtesy The Walther Collection and Afronova Gallery. © the artist

EDSON CHAGAS, Jean P. Mbayo, from the series "Tipo Passe", 2014. Courtesy the artist and Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town and Johannesburg. © the artist

ANDREW ESIEBO, Untitled, from the series "Highlife", 2013-2016. Courtesy the artist and Tiwani Contemporary. © the artist

ANDREW ESIEBO, Untitled, from the series "Mutations", 2015-ongoing. Courtesy the artist and Tiwani Contemporary. © the artist

FRANÇOIS-XAVIER GBRÉ, Salle de pas perdus, Palais de Justice, Cap Manuel, Dakar, from the series “Tracks”, 2014. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Cécile Fakhoury. © the artist

SABELO MLANGENI, Untitled, from the series "Big City", 2002-2014. © the artist and The Walther Collection

MICHAEL TSEGAYE, Future Memories #2, from the series "Future Memories", 2009. Courtesy the artist and Addis Fine Art. © the artist

MICHAEL TSEGAYE, Future Memories #4, from the series "Future Memories", 2009. Courtesy the artist and Addis Fine Art. © the artist

SIMON GUSH, New Industrial development, Thetsane, Maseru, from the series "The Island", 2014. Courtesy the Walther Collection and Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town and Johannesburg. © the artist

SIMON GUSH, Mohale Dam Wall, from the series "The Island", 2015. Courtesy the Walther Collection and Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town and Johannesburg. © the artist

EM'KAL EYONGAKPA, Untitled, from the series "Ketoya Speaks", 2016. Courtesy the artist, Em’kal Eyongakpa Intermedia studios and KHaL!SHRINE. © the artist

Recent Histories

Uniting the perspectives of contemporary artists of African descent who investigate social identity.

Germany (114)

You are the Concept

Private sessions with IC founder and strategist Christian Kaspar Schwarm.

Sammlung Gräfling

The young couple merges private and public spaces by displaying their collection at their home in a prestigious historic apartment.

Mario & Julia von Kelterborn

The von Kelterborn Collection isn’t for the faint of heart—although that’s not to say the works are visually jarring.

Julia Stoschek

Sergej Timofejev in conversation with Julia Stoschek: one of the most active and famous collectors of time-based art.

Boros Bunker #4

This former techno-club has been home to the private collection and residence of Christian and Karen Boros.

Christine and Andrew Hall

Interview with the collectors behind Hall Art Foundation

The Walther Collection

A collection of photographs, spanning the early days of photography to the contemporary

Philara Collection

Since the mid 1990s, Gil Bronner’s collection has grown to more than 1 400 works

haubrok projects

Lollie Barr meets collector Axel Haubrok in Lichtenberg

Wurlitzer Berlin-Pied-à-Terre Collection

Gudrun and Bernd Wurlitzer have created a space where artworks sit comfortably alongside signs of everyday life

KUNSTSAELE Berlin

Geraldine Michalke provides one of the most dynamic sites for aesthetic exchanges in Berlin

The Feuerle Collection

Désiré Feuerle has turned a site of isolation and paranoia into a place infused with humanity, lightness and sensuality

Ingrid & Thomas Jochheim

The collector couple describes the discovery process, which has led them to around 700 artworks to date, as emotional

ARNDT Collection

Tiffany Wood and Matthias Arndt aim to collect works that create disturbance

Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung

Alexander Tutsek and Dr. Eva-Maria Fahrner-Tutsek share a passion for glass

PRIOR Art Space

Oliver Elst and Laura del Arco have built significant collections, both individually and together

Elke and Arno Morenz Collection

A collection about seven postwar avant-garde movements

BRAUNSFELDER Family Collection – Gute Nacht

An exhibition inspired by a song from Franz Schubert’s cycle “Winterreise” (1827)

Museum Brandhorst

Francesca Gavin and Benjamin Jaworskyj explore this dazzling space in Munich.

AT HOME WITH IC x sammlung FIEDE

Video art in times of crises: Selection 12 presents the work of Berlin artist and performer Constantin Hartenstein.

The Essence of Existence at Woods Art Institute

The Woods Art Institute (WAI) is a park destination near Hamburg for the experience, teaching & creation of art located in nature, as part of the Sachsenwald Forest.

Collection Night

A new twilight initiative takes places in Berlin to bring private collections together in a special programme.

Wege Zur Welt / Connections To The World

The Hildebrand Collection showcases its thirteenth temporary exhibition at its Leipzig home, the G2 Kunsthalle.

Alexander Tutsek Stiftung – About Us

See inside the exhibition, About Us, intended as a contribution to the discourse on contemporary photography in China.

You Are Here

"You are here" presents works from the Peters-Messer Collection, exhibited at the Werkschauhalle in Leipzig's former cotton spinning mill.

Warhol and Works on Paper

Editions and works on paper from The Dirk Lehr Collection.

Art is a Window – Christian Kaspar Schwarm

Una Meistere in conversation in Berlin with IC founder Christian Kaspar Schwarm.

Young Desire and Cuperior

A young collector pushing young artists to be seen and heard.

Kunstwerk – Sammlung Klein

Alison and Peter W. Klein are two collectors who do not follow art-market trends but instead only buy what they love.

The Peters-Messer Collection at the Weserburg

Bremen’s river museum, the Weserburg, hosted works of the Peters-Messer Collection, provoking an investigation of present day qualms and the function of art alongside these.

Friedrich & Johanna Gräfling

The young collectors with collaboration at the heart of their collection.

ALLES NOTWENDIGE (Everthing Necessary)

We newly introduce Braunsfelder – the private initiative of a Cologne family, who in their current exhibition (which can be visited) present the urgency for art, especially in difficult times.

Dirk Lehr Collection

A look inside the Berlin-based collection that refuses to follow trends.

The Art of Recollecting

A selection of artworks from the Hildebrand Collection that explore individual and collective memories.

Max & Corina Krawinkel

What might have initially begun as two collectors with two very different tastes has now resulted in one of Germany’s most important collections of contemporary art by West German artists.

Generation Loss

With fifteen exhibitions under its belt and over 100 000 visitors through its doors, the Julia Stoschek Collection is officially celebrating its 10th anniversary.

Yvonne Roeb

Inside the studio of the artist with the unusual collection.

Christian Kaspar Schwarm “Young Collections”

Inside the constantly growing and unconventional collection of the IC co-founder.

The Vague Space