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The Democratic Republic of the Congo is world famous today for its vibrant art scene. Its multifaceted, creative, and current art production is unlike any other on the african continent. But the country already brought forth striking masks, sculptures, and pieces of design in times past. Published to coincide with the exhibition at Museum Rietberg, "Congo as fiction" presents objects, photographs, and documents - some never published before - from the archive of german art ethnologist Hans Himmelheber, who traveled the Congo in 1938/39. The artworks and images bear witness to the extraordinary creative force of the period. "Congo as fiction" avoids a biased eurocentric view by having contemporary congolese artists engage directly with Hans Himmelheber's archive. Their critical contributions address the effects of colonialization, global trade, and the art market on the country, and combine the past and present of the congolese art world in an entirely new way.

Art --- art [fine art] --- ethnography --- colonization --- art market --- Congolese [Democratic Republic of Congo culture] --- globalization --- Baloji, Sammy --- Magema, Michèle --- Mpané, Aimé --- Kuyangiko, Hilaire Balu --- Shula, Monsengo --- Tshindele Kapinga, Pathy --- Himmelheber, Hans --- Aanza, Sinzo --- Bandoma, Steve --- Bobo, Fiona --- Sambu, Yves --- Shongo, David --- Samba, Cheri --- Congo --- 7(6) --- 7.074 --- 7.031.6 --- Steden ; cultuur ; Afrika ; Congo ; Kinshasa --- Zaire ; Congo ; koloniale fotografie --- Afrikaanse kunst ; beeldhouwkunst ; Congo --- Beeldende kunst ; Congo ; 21ste eeuw --- Kunst ; Afrika --- Kunstverzamelaars --- Kunstgeschiedenis ; primitieve kunst ; Afrikaanse volken --- Exhibitions --- Histoire de l'art --- Arts premiers --- Himmelheber, Hans, --- Art collections --- Vie artistique --- kunst --- postkolonialisme --- kolonialisme --- Himmelheber Hans --- Tshindele kapinga Pathy --- Shula Monsengo --- Shongo David --- Sambu Yves --- Samba Chéri --- Mwanza Mujila Fiston --- Mpane Aimé --- Magema Michèle --- Bobo Fiona --- Bandoma Steve --- Balu Kuyangiko Hilaire --- Baloji Sammy --- Aanza Sinzo --- Pende --- Kasala --- Luluwaland --- Kuba --- poëzie --- fotografie --- collecties --- verzamelingen --- 7.036/039 --- eenentwintigste eeuw --- twintigste eeuw --- Afrika --- Art, Congolese (Democratic Republic) --- Private collections --- postcolonialism --- Himmelheber, Hans, - 1908-2003 - Art collections - Exhibitions --- art [discipline] --- Mpane, Aimé --- Himmelheber, Hans, - 1908-2003