Gallery Talk: Katharina Sieverding’s Deutschland wird deutscher XLI/92

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Harvard Art Museums

Free

Black and white image of a face surrounded by knives, with overlaying white text.

Join Lynette Roth for a close look at a recent acquisition by the museums, on view in the exhibition Made in Germany?

No application or registration needed.

Cost

This Event is free!

Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the talk. Talks are limited to 18 people and are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.

Location

  • In-person only.

Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

Neighborhood

Neighborhood 9

Dates and Times

Wednesday, December 4 12:30PM – 1PM

Additional information

In 1992, Katharina Sieverding designed this monumental print for exhibition in public space. The work combines a phrase taken from a newspaper article, “Deutschland wird Deutscher” (Germany becomes more German), and an image of the artist’s face surrounded by knives. It immediately became the subject of heated debate because of its artistic interrogation of anti-immigrant violence and the rise of extreme nationalism after the Berlin Wall fell. Now an icon of German art, the work is as relevant today as it was more than 30 years ago.

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Black and white image of a face surrounded by knives, with overlaying white text.

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Last updated November 20, 2024.