{"id":11260,"date":"2012-06-08T23:04:53","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T21:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/06\/what-is-art-german-fair-tests-limits\/"},"modified":"2012-06-08T23:04:53","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T21:04:53","slug":"what-is-art-german-fair-tests-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/what-is-art-german-fair-tests-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"What is art? German fair tests limits"},"content":{"rendered":"

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* Documenta, one of world’s largest art shows, opens in
\nKassel<\/span><\/p>\n

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* Quantum physics, dog park, Hitler’s bath-towel all feature<\/p>\n

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* Created by artist banned by Nazis, expects 750,000
\nvisitors<\/p>\n

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By Sarah Marsh and Tanya Wood<\/p>\n

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KASSEL, Germany, June 8 (Reuters) – Stroll through a park in
\nthe sleepy German town of Kassel this summer and you can explore
\nfairytale cottages brimming with bizarre objects, hear the
\nsounds of the Brazilian jungle and enter the set of a West
\nAfrican theatrical performance.<\/p>\n

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This is just one of the venues of “documenta”, one of the
\nworld’s biggest and most ambitious contemporary art fairs, which
\ntakes place every five years and which opens on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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This year’s fair is the 13th documenta since its founding in
\n1955 by an artist banned by the Nazis and showcases the work of
\nparticipants from some 56 countries, including Britain’s Tacita
\nDean and South Africa’s William Kentridge.<\/p>\n

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Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, the festival’s artistic
\ndirector, said she wants to broaden documenta’s focus from the
\nvisual arts to culture at large, ranging from quantum physics to
\nhistorical artefacts.<\/p>\n

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A U.S.-born Italian-Bulgarian art historian with a
\ndistinctive mop of tightly curled golden hair, she dislikes
\ncategories and has frustrated some by providing no over-arching
\nconcept for the exhibition, preferring a “holistic” approach.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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