Jeannette Ehlers
Biographic Data
| ID | 3856468 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeannette Ehlers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeannette |
| FAMILY NAME | Ehlers |
| SIGNATURE | EHLERS J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Engaging the past in the present through contemporary connectivity: An interview with Jeannette Ehlers
Jeannette Ehlers is one of the most famous contemporary artists who has exclusively researched the history of slavery, with a focus on the genealogy of the Afro-descendant and Afropean body. Through her work in performance, video, and installation art, as well as her involvement in collaborative projects within the urban space, she focuses on the Caribbean colonial heritage in the context of Denmark, her birthplace, thereby highlighting the Afro-…
I Am Queen Mary
I Am Queen Mary is a transnational public art project created by La Vaughn Belle of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Jeannette Ehlers of Denmark—two artists connected by their shared Caribbean roots and colonial histories. Together they created the first collaborative sculpture to memorialize Denmark’s colonial impact in the Caribbean and those who fought against it. This monumental work debuted in March 2018 in front of the West Indian warehouse in C…
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I Am Queen Mary
I Am Queen Mary is a transnational public art project created by La Vaughn Belle of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Jeannette Ehlers of Denmark—two artists connected by their shared Caribbean roots and colonial histories. Together they created the first collaborative sculpture to memorialize Denmark’s colonial impact in the Caribbean and those who fought against it. This monumental work debuted in March 2018 in front of the West Indian warehouse in C…
Engaging the past in the present through contemporary connectivity: An interview with Jeannette Ehlers
Jeannette Ehlers is one of the most famous contemporary artists who has exclusively researched the history of slavery, with a focus on the genealogy of the Afro-descendant and Afropean body. Through her work in performance, video, and installation art, as well as her involvement in collaborative projects within the urban space, she focuses on the Caribbean colonial heritage in the context of Denmark, her birthplace, thereby highlighting the Afro-…
Caribbean history, culture, and politics (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Art history (1 works) · Context (archaeology (1 works) · Danish (1 works) · Decolonial Thought and Epistemologies (1 works) · Exhibition (1 works)