A Kind of Paradise: Artistic Counter-Narratives to Colonial-Era Photography

By Nanina Guyer

Artists from South Africa and Vietnam to Brazil and the Congo reckon with and reshape colonial and ethnographic photography

More and more artists from beyond the traditional "West" are exploring questions of their history and origins through colonial-era photography. Through textile, photographic, filmic and sculptural collages, new memories emerge that do not remain confined to the history of colonial oppression but rather remain in motion, resisting and serving as a living foundation for the future. A Kind of Paradise, in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at Museum Rietberg, presents a prescient visual cosmos offering a synoptic view of this phenomenon.
Artists include: Sammy Baloji, Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, Rapha l Barontini, Daniel Boyd, Andrea Chung, Omar Victor Diop & Lee Shulman, Sasha Huber, Yuki Kihara, C dric Kouam , Dinh Q. L , Dimakatso Mathopa, Tuli Mekondjo, Tshepiso Moropa, Aline Motta, Frida Orupabo, Rosana Paulino, Wendy Red Star, David Shongo, Zena ca Singh.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3959059779
• ISBN13: 9783959059770
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Spector Books
• Length: 200 Pages