Slavs and Tatars: Handdschob

Art x Craft

HLHE DIALOG

Sun, Oct 4, 2026–Sun, Mar 7, 2027

Haus Esters

OPENING: October 4, 2026, 11.30 a.m.

In parallel to the exhibition Kunst Hand Werk Brücke, the internationally renowned artist collective Slavs and Tatars has been invited by the Kunstmuseen Krefeld to curate an exhibition at Haus Esters. Working at the intersection of language, politics, religion, and identity, the collective draws its narrative and visual material from the cultural diversity of “Eurasia.” Together with a group of invited artists, Slavs and Tatars explore craft as a vessel of collective cultural and social meaning, to reexamine the nexus of labor and sexuality often overlooked within understandings of work, industry, and the creation of the self, forming the basis of their exhibition at Haus Esters.

The contributing artists are:

Shadi Al-Atallah (*1994, Saudi-Arabia)

Nadia Markiewicz (*1992, Poland)

Zishi Han & Wei Yang (*1990 and *1994, China)

Yana Bachynska / Jan Baèynsjkyj (*1991, Ukraine)

James Gregory Atkinson (*1981, German-American, born in Germany)

El Kazovsky (1948-2008, Russia/Hungary)

Egana Jabbarova (*1992, Aserbaidschan/Russia)

Curators: Slavs and Tatars
Project assistance: Linn Küsters
Artistic director: Katia Baudin

HLHE Dialog Series
More than a century separates the creative output of the Brücke group and Slavs and Tatars, yet their practices share striking conceptual affinities. This dual exhibition explicitly invites visitors to reconsider the traditional boundaries between applied and fine art, challenging established narratives of art history and the present day.
Since 2017, the HL HE Dialog series has fostered encounters between historical and contemporary positions in art, design, and architecture within the neighboring Mies van der Rohe villas. Each edition reflects anew on the legacy of modernism, bringing past and present into dynamic conversation.