Tuli Mekondjo

Solo exhibition of Namibian artist Tuli Mekondjo

In her first solo exhibition in Switzerland, Namibian artist Tuli Mekondjo (*1982) presents a practice and process in which history, materiality and spirituality are interwoven. Her works deal with Namibia's colonial past and its repercussions, still felt today – from cultural erasure and forced labour, to social trauma and fragmentation. 

At Kunsthalle Bern, Tuli Mekondjo presents a commissioned expansive installation exploring the European collections of ‘crafted children’, which in Western ethnography is called fertility dolls. Restoring fertility channels as a healing process and a way to connect with and honor her ancestors is central to Mekondjo’s engagement with her own biography. She recreates these ‘crafted children’ which served a symbolic purpose of a woman having offspring. Today they only exist in the collections of ethnographic museums.

 

Opening times

  • Monday
    • closed
  • Tuesday
    • 11:00 - 18:00
  • Wednesday
    • 11:00 - 18:00
  • Thursday
    • 11:00 - 18:00
  • Friday
    • 11:00 - 18:00
  • Saturday
    • 10:00 - 18:00
  • Sunday
    • 10:00 - 18:00

Admission prices

  • Museumsquartier-Pass (Entry into ALPS, BHM, Kunsthalle, MfK and NMBE)
    CHF 30.-
  • Single admission Kunsthalle Bern, regular
    CHF 8.-
  • Single admission Kunsthalle Bern, reduced (AHV / IV, students etc.)
    CHF 5.-
  • Single admission Kunsthalle Bern, children up to 16 years
    free

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