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Is there art on Mars?


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The Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art exhibition at London's Barbican Gallery 'presents contemporary art works under the fictional guise of a museum collection conceived by and designed for extraterrestrials. The Museum’s curators deploy an eccentric classification system, treating 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.

Playful and irreverent, the collection features works by over 100 artists, 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 Pdka, Ugo Rondinone, Daniel Spoerri, Haim Steinbach, Francis Upritchard, Jeffrey Vallance, Andy Warhol and Rebecca Warren'.

If you're around the London area, check out the exhibition from 6th March to 18th May.
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