Piëta of Kruisafname van de zwarte Jezus

Piëta of Kruisafname van de zwarte Jezus

<SPAN lang=EN>Pieta was described at the time as "one of the most controversial paintings in Europe". The painting was exhibited at a time characterised by increased migration from the colonies to post-war Europe and the racial tension that ensued. Through its representation of Jesus as black, the painting unsettled Eurocentric ways of seeing. It visualises a well-known evocation of compassion and suffering that was historically understood to be reserved to a white Jesus.</SPAN>

Pieta was described at the time as "one of the most controversial paintings in Europe". The painting was exhibited at a time characterised by increased migration from the colonies to post-war Europe and the racial tension that ensued. Through its representation of Jesus as black, the painting unsettled Eurocentric ways of seeing. It visualises a well-known evocation of compassion and suffering that was historically understood to be reserved to a white Jesus.

This object is now not on display in the museum

Title

Piëta of Kruisafname van de zwarte Jezus

Artist

Nola Hatterman (Amsterdam 1899 - 1984 Paramaribo)

Dating

1949

Material and technique

plakkaatverf en krijt op papier

Object number

33974

Object type

schilderij

Acquisition

aankoop met steun van het Mondriaan Fonds 2017

Dimensions

hoogte 40 cm

breedte 60 cm

gewicht 3.8 kg

Documentation

  • De Kunstmeisjes : Vijftig kunstwerken om langer dan twintig seconden naar te kijken, Mirjam Kooiman, Nathalie Maciesza & Renee Schuiten-Kniepstra, (Amsterdam, 2019), pp. 207-211, met afb. in kleur

  • Het Museum of Equality and Difference, Rosemarie Buikema, (Article : kunsthistorisch tijdschrift, 11, 22, april 2019), pp. 34-39, p. 36, met afb. in kleur

  • Nola Hatterman : geen kunst zonder kunnen, Voorw. Ronald Venetiaan, Rein Wolfs, tekst Ellen de Vries, Stephan Sanders, Esther Schreuder, Kitty Zijlamns ... [et al.], (Zwolle, 2021), p. 108-109, met afb. in kleur

Exhibitions

  • Annex: Five Murmurations , Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2022

  • Surinaamse School, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 2020 - 2021

  • MOED: Wat niet gezien wordt, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2019

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https://hdl.handle.net/21.12130/collect.DFF24AA5-ABB9-4E05-A6B0-2A56F9BD38E2

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