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: Roman März
    A Mushroom from the Grunewald Forest, 2006
    Jimmie Durham
    Assemblage , 85 x 67 x 10 cm, 53 x 67 x 10 cm
    Dried mushroom, ink, wood, mounted on cardboard.

    Two wooden boards are presented side-by-side: on one, the artist describes a process which results in the physical matter (the dried mushroom) being displayed on the other. He couples, in this way, a narrative to this strange object. Through his text, Durham tells us how he has found a giant mushroom during his wanderings in the Grünewald Forest. He approaches the spectator (“Yes it does look a bit strange; nevertheless you are also a bit strange”), assuming our presence and recognizing the context of this encounter when explaining that the mushroom is also “suitable for museums”.

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