Mungo bei Manga Bell Kamerun VII 1901 – General Müller – Kreaning, G.

2019
Installation views

Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin

Mungo at Manga Bell Cameroon VII 1901 -
General Müller - Kreaning, G.

The installation Manga Bell takes place in the context
of the exhibition Inspiration Africa- A Continent in the
Eye of 20th Century German Sculpture
at the Kunsthaus.
Within a space- related wooden construction, among other objects,
a replica of an elephant skull from 1901, originally stored as a scientific trophy in the cellar of the Museum of Natural History in Berlin, is presented.
The archival signature on the original is used as a starting point for an associative sequence of objects that refer to the time when Cameroon, the country of origin of the skull, was a german colony.
Part of the installation are photographs by the artist Winfried Bullinger from his ongoing photo series An den Rändern der Macht (At the Margins of Power).


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    2019
    Installation view

    Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin

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    2019
    Foreground:
    Mungo bei Manga Bell Kamerun VII 1901 – General Müller – Kreaning, G.
    (Upper jaw)
    Clay, paint, wooden box
    Photography: Winfried Bullinger
    Nuer (Akobo), 2011
    Piezo print on canvas
    140 x 160 cm

    Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin

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    2019
    Mungo bei Manga Bell Kamerun VII 1901 – General Müller – Kreaning, G.
    (Upper jaw)
    Clay, paint, wooden box
    Clay sculpture: 90 x 60 x 45 cm
    Box: 100 x 100 x 110 cm

    Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin

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    2019
    Mungo bei Manga Bell Kamerun VII 1901 – General Müller – Kreaning, G.
    (Upper jaw)
    Clay
    90 x 60 x 45 cm

    Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin

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    2019
    Raffia, canvas, wooden construction 300 x 90 cm

    Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin

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    2019
    Installation view Foreground: Mungo bei Manga Bell Kamerun VII 1901 – General Müller – Kreaning, G.
    (Lower jaw)
    Clay, paint, wooden platform
    Photography: Winfried Bullinger
    Ganjule, 2013
    Piezo print on canvas
    140 x 160 cm

    Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin

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    2019 (Detail) Wooden construction, furniture fragment, historical maps, illustration, books

    Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin

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    2019 (Detail) Wooden construction, furniture fragment, historical maps, illustration, books

    Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin

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    2019
    (Detail) Wooden construction, furniture fragment, books

    Kunsthaus Dahlem, Berlin