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Martian Museum of terrestrial art

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Martian Museum of terrestrial art

Mission to interpret and understand contemporary art exhibition at the barbican art gallery London a great exhibition

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Martians scientists are debating : is there intelligent life on planet Earth?

Aside from present exhibition in london, it is a very interesting idea to introduce the fact that more advanced civilisations are existing within the confine of our solar system, in the realm of en... Continue

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Barbican Art Gallery Comment by Barbican Art Gallery on 30 April 2008 at 9:10pm
Come and see the exhibition and let us know what you think?

Barbican Art Gallery Comment by Barbican Art Gallery on 30 April 2008 at 9:08pm
Final Weeks, until 18 May at Barbican Art Gallery
Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art

Anthropologists from outer space set out on a mission to understand life on earth. Imagine that they begin their mission by examining the curious phenomenon that human beings call ‘contemporary art’. What does Art tell them about human life and culture?

Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art presents contemporary art works under the fictional guise of a museum collection conceived by and designed for extraterrestrials. Playful and irreverent, the museum’s collection features some 175 works by over 115 artists, from modern masters to bright new stars including Joseph Beuys, Cai Guo-Qiang, Maurizio Cattelan, Jimmie Durham, Thomas Hirschhorn, Ryan Gander, Mona Hatoum, Susan Hiller, Damien Hirst, Brian Jungen, Dr. Lakra, Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, John McCracken, Bruce Nauman, Mike Nelson, Cornelia Parker, Sigmar Polke, Ugo Rondinone, Daniel Spoerri, Haim Steinbach, Francis Upritchard, Jeffrey Vallance, Andy Warhol and Rebecca Warren.


Believing these objects to have a real or functional use, the Museum’s curators deploy an eccentric classification system. They treat artworks as artifacts. The Martian perspective opens up contemporary art to fresh interpretations as well as humorous misunderstandings. In presuming to understand an unfamiliar culture, the Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art parodies the way that Western anthropologists historically viewed non-Western cultures through alien eyes.
 

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