In 1705, naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian published her study of the Surinamese insect and plant world. For this, she was dependent on information from Indigenous and enslaved African women. Only then was their knowledge of medicinal plants taken seriously in Europe. patricia kaersenhout erased Merian's drawings, like a palimpsest: a reused book in which earlier texts are faintly visible. In this, Surinamese women come forward to claim their rightful position. [text 2023]
Title
Of Palimpsests and Erasure
Artist
Patricia Kaersenhout (Den Helder 1966)
Dating
2021 (1 serie van 8 prints)
Material and technique
Object number
35625/001-008
Object type
Acquisition
aankoop met steun van het Mondriaan Fonds 2021 (In opdracht van het Centraal Museum vervaardigd)
Dimensions
hoogte 48 cm
breedte 100 cm
Documentation
- Open-ended visions of possibilities : patricia kaersenhout, ed. and comp. Chandra Frank, Eleonoor Jap Sam, Patricia Kaersenhout ; contr. Barby Asante ...[et al.], (Metropolis M, 5, sep/okt 2021), pp. 126 -133, afb. in kleur
Exhibitions
- Collectie Centraal, Centraal Museum
- De botanische revolutie, Centraal Museum
Persistent url
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