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Gabriel Kuri

29 nov 2003 - 15 feb 2004

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In his 'social plastic', Gabriel Kuri (°1970, Mexico City) plays on themes such as consumer behaviour, human intercourse, transport and distribution and the orchestrated enthusiasm for the capitalist goods economy.
artist: Gabriel Kuri

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 Gabriel Kuri, Untitled (functioning washing machine displaced from museum utility room), 2003 -Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Glas Water, 1997photo © A4A vzw


In the M HKA he has existing works –wall tapestries made on the basis of shop receipts, advertising brochures and discount vouchers– enter into a dialogue with works from the collection by Joseph Kosuth and Guy Mees. Through new installations with cleaning products and cleaning trolleys and a washing machine in action, he brings the day-to-day worries of life on the one hand and the economic reality of the museum as a social organism on the other hand into the 'hallowed' peace of museum rooms.
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 Gabriel Kuri photo © M HKA
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 Gabriel Kuri © M HKA
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 Gabriel Kuri, Untitled (functioning washing machine displaced from museum utility room), 2003 -Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Glas Water, 1997 photo © M HKA
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 Gabriel Kuri, Displaced Sink, 2003 foto ©M HKA