The students of the IB12 Visual Arts class were thrilled when receiving a positiv response from the curator Jonathan Fine who offered to guide the group through his exhibition BEYOND COMPARE @ Bode-Museum on Museum Island. On December 15, 2017, they first spend some time to get an overview of the show and then met Mr. Fine at 11am. By confronting the students with the positions and critical perspectives of art historians he increased their awareness of a bias perception of art from different cultures. In the exhibition, art objects from African cultures are placed in relation to European art from the Renaissance and Baroque. The students learned about the similarities in spiritual interests and sociocultural themes but also about the passages/stories of migration and colonialism that led to a vivid exchange of cultural objects.
We are very thankful to Mr. Fine for the unique insight he gave us to his exhibition!
