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Αkropolis Redux (The Director’s Cut)

In his work, Kendell Geers deals with modern history and power structures. His artistic research is based on the political history of South Africa, where he was born into a white family during the apartheid era. From the age of fifteen, he got involved in the anti-apartheid movement. His work is informed by issues of racial segregation, suppression, exploitation, racism, and violence. Geers often uses materials that signal danger such as sirens, broken glass, nails, and barbed wire; he creates installations, sculptures, neon works, video, and performances. His work Αkropolis Redux (The Director's Cut), which was commissioned by the National Museum of Contemporary Arts in Athens, is a monument...
2004
Security fencing, steel shelves
532/04
Image and text © National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (EMST), 2024

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