Kader Attia has spent several years exploring the concept of ‘repair’, which he believes is a constant in nature and the history of humanity. At the Berlinische Galerie, he presents a conversation between two large installations called “J’Accuse” (2016) and “The Object‘s Interlacing” (2020). “J’Accuse” includes seventeen wooden busts, eight sculptures, and an eleven-minute excerpt from a French film of the same name by Abel Gance. The wooden busts depict soldiers who suffered severe facial disfigurement during World War I. In the video “The Object’s Interlacing,” Kader Attia discusses the topic of restitution of cultural assets that were violently looted during the era of colonialism.
05.2024
Kader Attia – J’Accuse