Ângela Ferreira

This year’s Ruhrfestspiele exhibition at the Kunsthalle Recklinghausen features Ângela Ferreira. Born in 1958 in Mozambique, she grew up in South Africa and resides in Lisbon today. Within her works Ferreira examines the colonial and postcolonial aftermath on contemporary societies, often regarding the architectural modernism on the African continent and other important locations of European imperialism. Ferreira’s sculptural, acoustic and videographic homages focus on the economic, political and cultural African history, as well as works of public figures as Ingrid Jonker, Jimi Hendrix, Diego Rivera and Miriam Makeba. Ângela Ferreira’s oeuvre encompasses works from more than three decades that were brought together for this large overview show emphasizing their poetic, political and aesthetic complexity. After numerous international exhibitions, including the Portuguese pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2007, this will be her first solo show in Germany.  A re-staging of the performance “Entrer dans la mine” that premired at the Lubumbashi Bienial in 2013 takes place during the first and last weekend of the exhibition, accompanied by a public conversation between Ângela Ferreira and Alya Sebti on Saturday, August 5. A catalogue is forthcoming with a contribution by KJ Abudu that will be presented on that same day.

Exhibiton concept: Nico Anklam
Excecutive dirctor of the Ruhrfestspiele: Olaf Kröck
Curators: Nico Anklam, Kerstin Weber
Curatorial Assitant: Lara Müller
Artistic assitant to Ângela Ferreira: Adriana Marinho Mestre
Performers, Entrer dans la mine: Shak Shakito, Claudine Mpolo

With generous support of the Ruhrfestspielstadt Recklinghausen, Sparkasse Vest Recklinghausen, RuhrKunstMuseen, WDR3, the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The Kunsthalle Recklinghausen is one of Recklinghausen’s municipal museums with a collection of over 5,000 works that has continuously grown since it was founded by the artist group “junger westen” in a 1,000 sqm former WWII above ground bunker in 1950. The Kunsthalle Recklinghausen is part of the 21 RuhrKunstMuseen, a unique group of museums across the Ruhr area.

The Museums of the City of Recklinghausen 
Museum Director and Head of the Kunsthalle: Dr. des. Nico Anklam 
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit/Curator: Kerstin Weber, M.A.  

For all press inquiries, please contact Kerstin Weber at weber [​at​] kunst-re.de.