Kader Attia, Curator 12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
Photo: F. Anthea Schaap.
The French-Algerian artist Kader Attia has been named curator of the upcoming Berlin Biennial, which is set to take place in 2022.
The artist’s poetic practice focuses on the concept of “repair” as a form of cultural resistance. He has also long-been dedicated to investigating the subject of colonialism as one of the hearts of his artistic practice.
In a recent video work created for the Kunsthaus Zürich,
The Object’s Interlacing, Attia addressed the deeply divisive subject of the restitution of non-Western artifacts from Western museums. Elsewhere, he has ruminated on the power of emotions as a weapon against fascism.