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François Curlet “Vintage Discounter” at Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp


François Curlet, Vintage Discounter, 2012. Installation view. Courtesy the artist and Galeire Micheline Szwajcer. Photo: Sven Laurent

François Curlet
Vintage Discounter
6 December 2012 – 26 January 2013
at Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp

“The whole forms a keyboard shortcut to the human food chain, as reflected in the words of French singer Philippe Katerine in relation to the sweaters he purchased at a thrift store: “I love wearing the clothes of dead people.” Here, the film of historical comfort—still present in the memory of the exhibitions Le Vide by Yves Klein (1958) and Le Plein by Arman (1960) at Galerie Iris Clert in Paris—has burst; its fragments are replayed in the lottery of compulsory compositions. They have fallen into another stratum, namely that of vintage, which amnesic archaeologists devour. What remains is poetry, attempting to create a breathing space in the chinks of the profit margin.” – François Curlet
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Jimmie Durham “A Matter of Life and Death and Singing” at M HKA, Antwerp


Jimmie Durham, Jesus. Es geht um die Wurst, 1992 Collection M HKA. Photo by Jochen Verghote

Jimmie Durham
A Matter of Life and Death and Singing
24 May – 18 November 2012
at M HKA, Antwerp

Jimmie Durham: A Matter of Life and Death and Singing looks exhaustively at his activities as an activist, essayist, poet, performance artist and sculptor. The title for the retrospective and the catalogue was also used for one of Durham’s first solo exhibitions in the Alternative Museum in New York in 1985. A Matter of Life and Death and Singing reflects his seriousness and wit, his aesthetic and political engagement, his inventive resistance to architecture and other symbols of the state. [read the full text here]
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