{"product_id":"65783-ive-seen-the-wall","title":"Ich habe die Mauer gesehen","description":"In the midst of the Cold War, in 1965, just four years after the construction of the Berlin Wall, the legendary trumpeter Louis Armstrong became the first US-American musician to tour the GDR, while the struggle for black civil rights was ongoing in the USA. This historic event serves as a starting point at the MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam for an examination of the ambivalence of this official tour against the backdrop of the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and the Iron Curtain. Armstrong avoided making political statements during his trip, but at every performance he played (What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue, a composition he had not performed for years. \u003cbr\u003ePaintings, photographs, archival material, and installations by Terry Adkins, Louis Armstrong, Pina Bausch, Romare Bearden, Peter Brötzmann, Darol Olu Kae, Volkhard Kühl, Norman Lewis, Glenn Ligon, Jason Moran, Gordon Parks, Dan Perjovschi, Adrian Piper, Evelyn Richter, Lorna Simpson, Willi Sitte, Wadada Leo Smith, Rosemarie Trockel, Andy Warhol, Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt and others offer diverse perspectives on the complexity of politics, jazz music, and racism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLOUIS ARMSTRONG (1901–1971) gave 17 concerts in Berlin, Leipzig, Magdeburg, and Erfurt over nine days in 1965. Around 45,000 people attended the concerts with his All-Star band.","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49755249705224,"sku":"9783775755993","price":40.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775755993_1db03e9e-2f2c-4727-8f98-5843887a02f2.jpg?v=1744100717","url":"https:\/\/hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/65783-ive-seen-the-wall","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}