Nation, Narration, Narcosis

"Nation, Narration, Narcosis: Collecting Entanglements and Embodied Histories" at Hamburger Bahnhof is dedicated to the relationship between art and political protests, historical trauma, and societal narratives from the 19th century to now. The works on display explore the effects of nation-building, colonialism or the Anthropocene on societies, their narratives, as well as the ecology of our planet. Departing from Beuys’s concept of social sculpture, the exhibition confronts the notion of nation contained in the name "Nationalgalerie" with alternative concepts of connectivity, solidarity, and individuality.

About the Exhibition
© Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Thomas Bruns

Gallery © the artists © Bruce Nauman / Vg Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
© Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Thomas Bruns

Gallery

Participating artists © Shane Bunnag

Participating artists

Exhibition © Kawita Vatanajyankur

Nation, Narration, Narcosis

28 November 2021 - 3 July 2022
Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum for Contemporary Art, Berlin

"Nation, Narration, Narcosis: Collecting Entanglements and Embodied Histories" at Hamburger Bahnhof is dedicated to the relationship between art and political protests, historical trauma, and societal narratives from the 19th century to now. The works on display explore the effects of nation-building, colonialism or the Anthropocene on societies, their narratives, as well as the ecology of our planet. Departing from Beuys’s concept of social sculpture, the exhibition confronts the notion of nation contained in the name "Nationalgalerie" with alternative concepts of connectivity, solidarity, and individuality.

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