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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    Perhaps Mr. Palomar , 2003
    Jimmie Durham
    Sculpture , 21 x 12 x 12 cm
    grey granite, acrylic paint

    At first sight, Mr Palomar is another one of Jimmie Durham’s stones that has gained subjectivity though a gesture of the artist. But the title takes us a lot further: Mr Palomar is in fact the name of the main character of a novel by Italian writer Italo Calvino (who Durham has also mentioned in other artworks). Throughout the book, Mr Palomar makes philosophical comments about the world around him such as speculations about the cosmos, time and the true nature of being as well as observations about anthropological and cultural issues.

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