THE !XUN & KHWE ART PROJECT Book presentation

Dear art friends,
The !Xun & Khwe Art Project was created in 1993 in a refugee camp in Schmidtsdrift, South Africa. After participating in the struggle for liberation from colonial rule, endangered members of the San people from Namibia and Angola were resettled there. Eventually they found their final home in a self-governing community in Platfontein, South Africa.

There, the art of the !Xun and Khwe emerged in a short period of change from a traditional way of life to a modern, globalized society. This is what makes them so unique.

Together with the international art book publisher arnoldsche Art publishers, Hella Rabbethge-Schiller has published a book about her collection that shows the extraordinary creative power and visual expressiveness of San art in energetic images!

The publication of this book represents a milestone in her many years as a collector and is an expression of her passion for the art of the !Xun and the Khwe!

We are looking forward to seeing you!

Your
KWS Art Team

The book "The !Xun & Khwe Art Project" with contributions by Tomsen Nore, David Morris, Carol Kaufmann, Bettina Ruhrberg, Hella Rabbethge-Schiller and a foreword by Khulu Mbatha is now available in bookshops. ISBN 978-3-89790-705-8

You can get a first impression in the NEWCOMER KWS Art Workshop! There you will find presentation samles and a selection of the collection displayed on the walls, enriched by photography from Paul Weinberg.

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About KWS*

KWS is one of the world's leading plant breeding companies. More than 5,500 employees in 70 countries generated net sales of €1.1 billion in fiscal 2018/2019, with earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of €150 million. KWS has been run independently as a family-owned company for more than 160 years. The company focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of corn, sugarbeet, cereals, rapeseed, sunflower and vegetable seed. KWS uses state-of-the-art plant breeding methods to increase farmers' yields and further improve plants' resistance to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. To realize this goal, the company invested around 200 million euros in research and development in the past fiscal year.

* All figures exclude the shares of the companies AGRELIANT GENETICS LLC, AGRELIANT GENETICS INC. and KENFENG - KWS SEEDS CO., LTD. accounted for using the equity method

Further information: www.kws.com

Bettina Alex
Public Affairs & Arts
Tel.: +49 5561 311-638
bettina.alex@kws.com