Fridericianum: as always at the heart of documenta
Documenta 14: learning from Kassel
8/09/2017
This was my second Documenta visit. Twenty-five years had gone by since Documenta 9. Curated by my compatriot Jan Hoet it created a big buzz in Belgium so I wanted to see for myself.
Why did I wait so long to visit again? Honestly I don't know. I guess it was never top of mind. Documenta 9 was great after all. Despite the fact that this has been a very mediocre 14th edition of the Kassel exhibition I became enthousiast to return in 2022.
Marta Minujín, Parthenon of Books, 2017,
Friedrichsplatz
Digital animation The End by Nikos Alexiou (EMST
Collection), Fridericianum
Part of Alvin Lucier's, Sound on Paper, 1985,
documenta Halle
Stanley Whitney, installation view, documenta Halle
The crowded documenta Halle on Saturday afternoon
Guillermo Galindo,
Fluchtzieleuropahavarieschallkörper, 2017, documenta
Halle
Aboubakar Fofana, Fundi (Uprising), 2017, documenta
Halle
Mika K, When We Were Exhaling Images, 2016-17,
Friedrichsplatz
Amar Kanwar, Letter 5 (Such a Morning), 2017, Neue
Galerie
Ibrahim Mahama, Check Point Secondi Loco, 2017,
Torwache