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Documenta 11
8 June - 15 September 2002

Documenta / 2002 / Tour / Fridericianum

 
 

Cildo Meireles
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Cildo Meireles

* 1948 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Lives there.

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Disappearing Element / Disappeard Element (Imminent Past), 2002

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In various locations in Kassel, popsicles made of pure ice are sold for 1 Euro each.

Carlos Basualdo, co-curator of the Documenta 11, writes about this work in the short guide: "On one level it alludes to the imminent and progressive scarcity of water on a global scale, on another it is a continuation of the questioning of the notions of the value of use and the value of change that recur in Meireles's work."

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