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    1. Documenta 13 In Kabul, Afghanistan Leading up to Documenta (13), artistic director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev held two years of lectures and workshops in Afghanistan. Now, with her Documenta, Bakargiev seems to be positioning artists as suffering something akin to the trials of Job, acknowledging the contradictions of making art in the face of war. Documenta 13 In Kabul, Afghanistan Leading up to Documenta (13), artistic director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev held two years of lectures and workshops in Afghanistan. Now, with her Documenta, Bakargiev seems to be positioning artists as suffering something akin to the trials of Job, acknowledging the contradictions of making art in the face of war.

      June 09, 2012

      Documenta 13 In Kabul, Afghanistan

      Leading up to Documenta (13), artistic director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev held two years of lectures and workshops in Afghanistan.

      Now, with her Documenta, Bakargiev seems to be positioning artists as suffering something akin to the trials of Job, acknowledging the contradictions of making art in the face of war.

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