KENDELL GEERS AT ART 42 BASEL ART UNLIMITED
15 June 2011
Launched in 2000, Art Unlimited is Art Basel's pioneering exhibition platform for projects that transcend the classical art-show stand - including video projections, large-scale installations, massive sculptures and live performances. Selected by the Art Basel Committee, it has been curated since its inception by Geneva curator Simon Lamunière.
Kendell Geers's Hanging Piece (1993) alludes to acts of violence carried out by young people who suspended rocks from motorway bridges at car windscreen height during apar theid South Africa, targeting any car passing beneath. The installation references this indiscriminate violence and the regime that ignited it, while also remarking on the essence of human nature when placed in extreme circumstances.
15 June 2011
Launched in 2000, Art Unlimited is Art Basel's pioneering exhibition platform for projects that transcend the classical art-show stand - including video projections, large-scale installations, massive sculptures and live performances. Selected by the Art Basel Committee, it has been curated since its inception by Geneva curator Simon Lamunière.
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