Beschreibung
How can an Austrian art museum that has stated its support of a diverse and inclusive society take a critical and appropriate view of phenomena like racism and xenophobia? How can it look at issues such as physical and structural violence, cultural identity, and social exclusion, and also promote the decolonization of thinking? Key points of reference are self-criticism and the deconstruction of the white gaze onto the world, which has always been wrong and one-sided, but whose validity has only been challenged in recent decades. (From the introduction by Thorsten Sadowsky) The publication documents and continues the discourse initiated in 2021 with the two-part exhibition This World Is White No Longer by the Generali Foundation at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg. The focus is on artistic positions that deal decidedly with questions of racism and xenophobia and examine the change of perspective as a method for questioning the supremacy of one's own worldview. Works by the artists Karo Akpokiere, Lothar Baumgarten, Danica Daki, Forensic Architecture, Samuel Fosso, Charlotte Haslund-Christensen, Alfredo Jaar, Voluspa Jarpa, Belinda Kazeem-Kamiski, Adrian Piper, Lisl Ponger, and Kara Walker are discussed. The publication also presents the new works developed in several months of intensive work by the Photography and New Media Class of the University Mozarteum Salzburg for a project exhibition at the Generali Foundation Study Center.
