The artist, Henrike Naumann, was born in Zwickau, East Germany, in 1984 and grew up hearing promises of “secure peace” from Erich Honecker, the country’s leader and Communist Party chief. For Naumann, as the other artists in Made in Germany?, understanding the modern German culture requires acknowledging the diverse forces that have shaped it. In 2024, Germany continues to contend with the impacts on national identity of migration and the cost of living. Photo: © President and Fellows of Harvard College; courtesy of the Harvard Art MuseumsThroughout the exhibition, mixed media works explore migration, such as in Candida Höfer’s Turks in Germany (1979), a slide projection depicting the migrant population brought to post-war Germany to fill labor shortages. Photo: © President and Fellows of Harvard College; courtesy of the Harvard Art MuseumsAs contemporary Germany navigates its role in a globalized world, Made in Germany?