Benjamin Patterson
Solid Signs. New Frankfurt Internationals (NKV)Solid Signs. New Frankfurt Internationals, 23.01. - 26.04.2014, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden (und Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main)Tracer, Anne Imhof, Sofi Zezmer, Simon Fujiwara, Pennacchio Argentato, Andrew de Freitas, Stefan Stark, Özlem Günyol & Mustafa Kunt, Jessica Sehrt, Sandra Kranich, Carolin Liebl & Nikolas Schmid-Pfähler, Alfred Boman, Jagoda Bednarsky, Genoveva Filipovic, Lucie Stahl, Raphaela Vogel, Kristallo, Jol Thomson, Benjamin Patterson, Bernhard Schreiner, Michel Klöfkorn, Vytautas Jurevicius, Romuald Karmakar
Site-specific Research documenta 14, AthensSite-specific Research documenta 14, April 6-9, 2017, Athens
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Documenta 14 in Athens has a political ambition. But several statements are incompatible. On the one hand, the curators try to overcome boundaries with an internationalist intention - this was expressed in the opening press conference. On the other hand, the curators sometimes celebrate historical rebellions in the exhibition and ignore that these were extremely nationalistic. Documenta is inconsistent. Many single statements and points of view are contradictory. This diversity reduces the significance.