The art of protest [exhibition review]

Review of dOCUMENTA 13. The dOCUMENTA event has always been political: the first, in 1955, was devoted to Entartete Kunst, the art identified by the Nazis as "degenerate", and Kassel was and is the perfect place for it - founded in the 12C, a refuge for Huguenots in the 17C, notorious for...

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Published in:The Architectural Review 2012-10, Vol.232 (1388), p.15-16
Main Authors: Catling, Charlotte Skene, Frohn, Marc
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Art exhibits
Arts festivals
Christov-Bakargiev, Carolyn
Visual artists
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Summary:Review of dOCUMENTA 13. The dOCUMENTA event has always been political: the first, in 1955, was devoted to Entartete Kunst, the art identified by the Nazis as "degenerate", and Kassel was and is the perfect place for it - founded in the 12C, a refuge for Huguenots in the 17C, notorious for selling mercenaries in the 18C and later the home of the Brothers Grimm, and of a Dachau sub-camp during WW2 engaged in tank production resulting in 90% of the town being destroyed by bombing. dOCUMENTA 13's curator, Turin-based Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, knows all this, is alert to the cumulative traces of previous dOCUMENTAs, and presents an important, enlarged event that questions the nature of art and gives a powerful insight into current art world preoccupations. Some of the highlights are provided by Tamas St Turba, Ryan Gander, Korbinian Aigner, Tejal Shah, Omer Fast, Tacita Dean, David Link and Pierre Huyghe. (Quotes from original text)
ISSN:0003-861X