Urgent Conversations: Athens – Antwerp
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
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Paul De Vree
(c)image: M HKA
A purely graphic design dominates Mao flag. This poem depicts the US flag, whose stars are made of the letters ‘m’, ‘a’, and ‘o’. The result is a simple commentary on the opportunism of the US Republicans and Chinese Maoists with regard to the historical thaw between the two superpowers.
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