ΚΡΙΣΙΜΟΙ ΔΙΑΛΟΓΟΙ: ΑΜΒΕΡΣΑ – ΑΘΗΝΑ

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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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    (c)image: Fulvio Richetto
    Decorative Stones for Home, 2004
    Jimmie Durham
    Assemblage , 332 x 63 cm
    Rug, semi-precious stones

    For this artwork, made in 2004 on the occasion of the exhibition Reasons for Lightness, Jimmie Durham covered a rug with semi-precious stones - a definition which fascinates the artist. Also referred to as gemstones, “semi-precious” stones are rocks or minerals which are cut and polished in order to make jewelry. They are however classified in a category lower than those considered as the real precious stones such as diamond, sapphire and emerald.

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