International

  • Notes From The Field: Following The Routes Of U.S. Deportation Through History

    Monday, Apr 8, 2019
    by Olivia Mena, Department of African American Studies
    Aisha Tahir and Frelicia Tucker spent some of their downtime visiting markets and neighborhoods in East London.
    Over the spring break, we set out for London in search of the archives and traveling histories of some of the itinerant and exiled thinkers we were studying. We followed the route of several deportees from the U.S. back to Brixton, a neighborhood in South London where Trinidadian writer C.L.R. James and his compatriot Claudia Jones ended up after their deportations from the United States during the 1950s at the height of McCarthyism.

  • El Anatsui: Triumphant Scale

    Friday, Mar 8, 2019
    by Chika Okeke-Agulu
    Rising Sea, 2019, Installation view Haus der Kunst

    El Anatsui's survey exhibition "Triumphant Scale" at Haus der Kunst – the first ever in Europe – is the most comprehensive and detailed presentation of his oeuvre thus far. Occupying the entire East Wing, the exhibition comprises key works from five decades of the artist's career. At the core of the exhibition, which focuses on the triumphant and monumental nature of El Anatsui's groundbreaking oeuvre, are the bottle-cap works from the last two decades, with their majestic, imposing presence and dazzling colors.

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