BENAKI
MUSEUM Greece | Athens
APRIL 04,
2017-SEPTEMBER 17, 2017
The DESTE
Foundation for Contemporary Art is pleased to announce “Liquid Antiquity”, a
project that explores the possibility of reinventing classicism and argues for
its enduring influence on contemporary art. Conceived by Brooke Holmes, Robert
F. Goheen in collaboration with Polina Kosmadaki and Yorgos Tzirtzilakis, the
project includes a book with critical contributions by renowned scholars and
conversations with prominent artists, as well as a site-specific video
installation of artist interviews, conceived and designed by Diller Scofidio +
Renfro.
Bringing
together artists, classicists, critics, historians, political theorists, and
philosophers, the book, edited by Holmes and Karen Marta, is a critical
reflection on the fluid and open-ended relationship between antiquity and
contemporary art. A site-specific video installation, “Liquid Antiquity:
Conversations”, conceived and designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, places six
conversations with Holmes and artists Matthew Barney, Paul Chan, Urs Fischer, Jeff
Koons, Asad Raza, and Kaari Upson, in dialogue with the Benaki Museum’s
permanent collection of antiquities.
Contact
details
1 Koumbari
Street , Athens, Greece 106 74
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