“I’d
like to be less German” said a colleague a few months back in a workshop.
I
found this hard to fathom given my great affection for a land that has given us
so many artists, composers and philosophers.
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| Gilt Trip at the British Museum |
The
creativity, complexity and confusion of Germany has been tackled head on by an
exciting new exhibition at the British Museum: Germany Memories of a Nation. http://bit.ly/1F5sjP8
You’ll
find gold and gilt tankards from the Hansa cities (C16) next to a wood cut of
Franz Kafka.
The
juxtaposition of objects and connections made take a little getting used to.
The show is a must and runs until January 25 2015.
I
will pop back in to discover more “From
the Renaissance to reunification and beyond, the show uses objects to
investigate the complexities of addressing a German history which is full of
both triumphs and tragedies” as the show is described.
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