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Documenta #14: a focus on militant activism

Contemporary Art | Five years after Documenta’s 13th edition Collapse and Recovery, which was directed by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev; Adam Szymczyk prolongs the former director’s vision while adding a militant orientation. Under his direction, Documenta 14 (2017) becomes a field of prospective reflections on education, our evolving society and the power of collective action.

Cecilia Vicuña, Quipu Mapocho (2016), performance, Llolleo, Chili © Courtesy Cecilia Vicuña and England & Co. Gallery, London
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Cecilia Vicuña, Quipu Mapocho (2016), performance, Llolleo, Chili
© Courtesy Cecilia Vicuña and England & Co. Gallery, London

Similar to the Venice Biennale’s exhibition conceived by Christine Macel Viva Arte Viva, Documenta 14 sees itself as an alternative to the global market’s influence on artistic creation. Through the works of 160 artists, distributed in 82 different locations, The South as a State of Mind draws a virtual path from south to north (Athens/Kassel) and explores the future’s fundamental issues : migration/remains (Ben Russell,  […]

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Cecilia Vicuña, Quipu Mapocho (2016), performance, Llolleo, Chili © Courtesy Cecilia Vicuña and England & Co. Gallery, London Ben Russell, Good Luck, 2017, Fridericianum, Kassel, documenta 14 © Photo: Mathias Völzke Ibrahim Mahama, Check Point Prosfygika. 1934–2034. 2016–2017, 2017, performance with charcoal sacks on Syntagma Square, Athens, documenta 14 © Photo: Mathias V­ölzke Ganesh Haloi, Untitled (2016) © Courtesy Ganesh Haloi & Akar Prakar, Kolkata Otobong Nkanga, Preliminary Recipe for a Support System (2016–17) © Courtesy de l’artiste Maria Lai, installation, EMST-National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, documenta 14 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2017, photo: Mathias Völzke Yves Laloy, Montez (uma), 1953, Neue Galerie, Kassel, documenta 14 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2017, photo: Mathias Völzke Edi Hila, Boulevard 1–6, 2015, Torwache, Kassel, documenta 14 © Photo: Michael Nast Hiwa K, This Lemon Tastes of Apple (2011), digital video, color, sound, 13:27 min. © Courtesy Hiwa K, KOW, Berlin and prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan/Lucca Beau Dick, Twenty-two masks from the series ”Atlakim”, 1990–2012 / installation, EMST-National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, documenta 14 © Photo: Mathias Völzke Lorenza Böttner, drawings, pastels, paintings, video, and archival materials, 1975–94, Private collection, installation, Neue Galerie, Kassel, documenta 14 © Photo: Mathias Völzke

Cecilia Vicuña, Quipu Mapocho (2016), performance, Llolleo, Chili
© Courtesy Cecilia Vicuña and England & Co. Gallery, London

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