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Shifting Perspectives1

Upon entering documenta Halle in Kassel, visitors were greeted by a configuration of brightly colored masks. Although their sweeping shapes and exaggerated facial expressions were mostly made of red cedar wood and acrylic paint, they seemed to come alive, shoving … Continue reading

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Moderne im Archiv

„Archival art“, so schreibt Hal Foster in seinem 2004 erschienenen Essay über den archivalischen Impuls in der Gegenwartskunst, „[has] its utopian ambition – its desire to turn belatedness into becomingness, to recoup failed visions in art, literature, philosophy, and everyday … Continue reading

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