Urgent Conversations: Athens – Antwerp

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    The exhibitions Urgent Conversations: Athens–Antwerp and Urgent Conversations: Antwerp – Athens are a collaboration between EMST and M HKA, a theoretical and visual dialogue, based on works from the collections of both museums, which includes more than 70 works structured in 22 topics.   

    28.04.2017 - 07.01.2018        

    M HKA, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen - Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerpen

    EMST, National Museum of Contemporary Art - Kallirrois Avenue & Amvr. Frantzi Str., Athens 11743

    Jimmie Durham

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    image: (c) Philippe De Gobert
    Homage to David Hammons, 1997
    Jimmie Durham
    Installation , Variable dimensions
    Porcelain, stone, PVC

    The stoned urinal hanging on the wall here is a double homage. It is a direct reference to the American artist David Hammons who, is his turn, pays a homage to Marcel Duchamp through his artworks. In this case, the most evident connection is Hammons’ Untitled installation from 1990, when he placed urinals on trees in a forest in Ghent. Jimmie Durham is an admirer of the work of David Hammons, who has proclaimed himself as the CEO of the DOC – the “Duchamp Outpatient Clinic”.

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