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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    (c)image: M HKA
    Three Pretentious Rocks, 2001
    Jimmie Durham
    Mixed Media , 40 x 105 x 24 cm
    Stone, wooden shelf, wooden sign

    The three rocks presented here side-by-side on a shelf are like many others of Jimmie Durham’s stones: pretentious. A small gesture made by the artist transforms them into something else. Here, instead of painting them in a pretty colour or giving them human features like eyes or limbs, the artist placed three name plates underneath each one, labeling them as “doctor”, “lawyer” and “indian chief”.

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