Marcel van Eeden at Museum für neue Kunst Freiburg

Marcel van Eeden (1965) has an exhibition titled 6. August 1870 at the Museum für Neue Kunst in Freiburg (housed in the Augustiner Museum’s Haus der graphischen Sammlung). Point of departure of the exhibition is the story of Abdel Kader Ben Lahcen, a North African soldier who died in the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. It features six series comprising a total of 70 photograhic works by Van Eeden, alongside archival texts that highlight the interconnections between nationalism, colonialism, and racism. To develop the project, Van Eeden conducted research in archives across Germany, France, Tunisia, and Algeria. Students from the Karlsruhe Academy of Fine Arts—where Van Eeden serves as both director and professor—are responding to the cycle with their own work, while French-Algerian writer Xavier le Clerc has contributed a text to accompany the exhibition.

The project at the Museum für Neue Kunst was realized in collaboration with the University of Freiburg.

27 June through 18 October 2026

more info at: museen.freiburg.de