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Zizipho Poswa work in ‘100 Years 100 Objects’ at Die Neue Sammlung, Munich
22 May 2025 (2 min) read
To mark a century since being founded, Die Neue Sammlung, now known as The Design Museum, presents 100 Years 100 Objects (running until 30 May, 2027).
The selection for the 100th anniversary illustrates the richness and diversity of its collection - with over 120,000 international objects covering 20 different areas, the museum is considered to be the largest in the world.
This presentation not only features iconic works and evidence of collection’s history, but also many unknown treasures that have never before been on display at Pinakothek der Moderne, which houses four independent museums under one roof, including the Neue Sammlung, the Modern Art Collection, the Architekturmuseum and the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung. The usual customary chronology is also not followed, with the focus instead being on the time when the museum acquired the respective object thereby painting a new picture of the institution’s collection history.
Ceramic artist Zizipho Poswa’s work Fulani forms part of her 2024 body of work titled Indyebo yakwaNtu (Black Bounty), comprising five colossal ceramic and bronze sculptures reaching heights of over 8 feet tall and each produced during her summer-long residency at the Center for Contemporary Ceramics (CCC) at California State University Long Beach in 2023. Here, Poswa consciously upscaled objects of African beautification and ritual. Precious metal jewellery, beadwork, hair combs and pins made by master artisans across the continent are emulated as bronze-cast elements resting atop vast ceramic silos, revering and immortalising the valued positions these amulets hold.
In the Fulani work, the earrings traditionally worn by the Fulani women in West Africa, northern regions of Central Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, and near the Red Sea coast are emulated through sensuously enveloping swathes of bronze. Historically, these finely forged gold earrings served as a symbol of social standing, with their size indicating societal status or economic wealth.
Design work from outside Europe is strongly represented by works from the United States and Japan at The Design Museum, as well as several other cultural areas. Over the last decade, topics such as AI, robotics, sustainability, social design, and inclusion have all come into focus, too.
THE COLLECTION ONLINE
To mark this anniversary year, Die Neue Sammlung is also presenting part of its collection digitally for the first time, with more than 1,000 objects being able to be explored online.
