| | | |  | | | Suffo Moncloa
Gucci/The Face, 2021
Inkjet print, 118 x 86 cm
© Suffo Studio | | | | | GROW IT, SHOW IT! | | | | A look at hair from Diane Arbus to TikTok | | | | | | | 13 September 2024 – 12 January 2025 | | |  | | | | | | | | | |  | | | Chaumont-Zaerpour
o. T., 2023
Mixed Media, 100 x 50 cm
© Chaumont-Zaerpour | | | | | | Museum Folkwang is presenting the exhibition "Grow It, Show It! A look at hair from Diane Arbus to TikTok". The show highlights the role of hairstyles in society, politics and everyday life through a wide selection of historical and contemporary photographs, videos and film clips from art, fashion and social media. From iconic works such as J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere's documentation of Nigerian hairstyles to the work of artist and fashion photographer Suffo Moncloa for Gucci, the overview exhibition shows that hair is far more than just a fashion accessory. It is an expression of our identity, a means of communication and a social statement.
From photographers such as Helmut Newton or Chaumont-Zaerpour, who stage hairstyles not just as fashion accessories but as a central design element, to artists such as Hoda Afshar, Thandiwe Muriu or Maria Tomanova, who depict hair as a means of resistance and emancipation: Grow It, Show It! shows that hair images are not only the subject of the cosmetics industry, but also of queer-feminist, body-political and postcolonial discourses. At the same time, the comprehensive themed exhibition explores how images of hair have consolidated and defined trends over time and the central role played by the history of photography and current social media formats such as tutorials and ASMR videos. | | | | | |  | | | Thandiwe Muriu
Camo 2.0 4415, 2018
Inkjet-Print, 90 x 60 cm
© Thandiwe Muriu | | | | | | Firmly anchored in the photographic canon is the large-scale series of works by J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, who systematically documented the sculptural forms of Nigerian women's hairstyles in over a thousand photographs from the 1960s onwards. To this day, his work continues to influence a young generation of artists, as can be seen in the NFTs of the Yatreda Art Collective. They combine the new, such as blockchain technology, with the old by preserving historical narratives and cultural traditions and paying homage to the richness of Ethiopian culture through the art of hair with their 360-degree portraits.
The photographic works by Samuel Fosso, Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, Herlinde Koelbl, August Sander and rarely shown collections by David Hill and Robert Adamson, dating from around 1845, focus on social status and representation. They explore the question of the power-political and hierarchising dimensions of hair in social portraits. In their work, the artists Bubu Ogisi, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Laura Aguilar and Tunga explore the symbolism of hair in spirituality, ritual and performance. | | | | | |  | | | Marie Tomanova
Beat of my Heart, 2023
Video, 13 Minuten 49 Sekunden
© Marie Tomanova | | | | | | Through the associative linking of different times, contexts, themes and photographic media, Grow It, Show It! tells a variety of hair stories across 1,400 square metres of exhibition space and constantly interweaves them anew in an open, multimedia spatial staging.
A richly illustrated publication on the exhibition "Grow It, Show It!" will be launched by DISTANZ Verlag. It will also be accompanied by an extensive programme of events.
The exhibition is supported by E.ON and funded by the Cultural Foundation of the German Federal States. | | | | | |  | | | Hoda Afshar
Untitled #4 (aus der Serie In Turn), 2022
Archival Pigment Print, 112 x 90 cm
© Hoda Afshar/Milani Gallery, Meeanjin/Brisbane | | | | | | unsubscribe here
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