The jury (Daniel Birnbaum, Bice Curiger and Hans-Ulrich Obrist) selected the artist El Anatsui for the twenty-eighth "Iron Curtain" at the Vienna State Opera.
His work "XOHANAMI" can be seen by the audience before and after the performances and during the intermissions from September 30, 2025 to the end of June 2026. Anatsui's title "XOHANAMI" means "Receive our song" in Ewe and establishes a connection between the local audience and the artist's cultural roots.
"Eiserner Vorhang" is a series of exhibitions conceived by museum in progress and realized in cooperation with the Vienna State Opera and the Bundestheater-Holding. Since 1998, the project has transformed the iron curtain of the main stage into an exhibition space for contemporary art. The large pictures (176 m²) are fixed to the fire protection wall with magnets.
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Main Image: El Anatsui, XOHANAMI