Azade Köker at the exhibition There is no there there at the Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt (13/04/2024)
In the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s, numerous artists from abroad were working in both the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany. Within the framework of grants and bilateral cultural agreements, and alongside migrant workers, exiles, and refugees, they came to a divided Germany during the Cold War to continue working on their art and to collaborate and exchange with other artists. Some were themselves migrant workers who only later became artists.
The exhibition There is no there there testifies to the richness of their artistic work and the transformative power that works of art can unleash. While what they left behind inevitably changes, the artists directly change the present. Curated by Gürsoy Doğtaş and Susanne Pfeffer, the exhibition is on view until 29 September 2024.