10th Berlin Biennale

Installation View: KW Institute for Contemporary Art

Featured as a special section in our print issue #9 of Contemporary And (C&), the 10th Berlin Biennale is finally here. The major art event spans five venues in the German capital and bears the title We Don’t Need Another Hero. See below our first impressions of KW Institute for Contemporary Art.

Dineo Seshee Bopape, Untitled (Of Occult Instability) [Feelings], 2016-2018. Photo: C&.

Mon 11 Jun, 2018

Portia Zvavahera, Hapana Chitsva, 2018. Photo: C&.

Sara Haq, Things i did that nobody noticed (but that changed everything), 2018. Photo: C&.

Okwui Okpokwasili, Sitting on a Man’s Head, 2018. Photo. C&.

Okwui Okpokwasili, Sitting on a Man’s Head, 2018. Photo: C&.

Liz Johnson Arthur, from Black Balloon Archive Series, 1991 – today. Photo: C&.

Julia Phillips, from the series Expanded, 2013-2016. Photo: C&.

Mildred Thompson, [Woodwokr], 1967. Photo C&.

Mildred Thompson, Untitled, 1969-74. Photo: C&.

Joanna Piotrowska, from the series Frowst, 2013-14. Photo: C&.

Lubaina Himid, from the series On the Night of the Full Moon, 2018. Photo: C&.

Lorena Gutiérrez Camejo, Dónde estan los héroes?, 2015-16. Photo: C&.

Jabu Arnell, Discoball X, 2018. Photo: C&.

Lachell Workman, Justice for _______, 2014. Photo C&.

Luke Willis Thompson, Untitled, 2015. Photo: C&.

Grada Kilomba, Illusions Vol.II, Oedipus, 2018. Photo: C&.

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