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: Philippe De Gobert
    I Forgot What I Was Going to Say, 1992
    Jimmie Durham
    Sculpture , 78 x 55 x 5 cm
    Wood, metal, bone, paper, wire

    A revolver, separated from its trigger by a piece of wood, has been rendered useless. As if in a surreal dream, the object is deprived from its basic function and gains subjectivity. It is paralyzed, lost for words, as the piece of paper gives in: “I forgot what I was going to say”.

    This artwork was part of Jimmie Durham’s installation at the Whitney Biennial in 1993.

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