Ship of Fools / The Dockers’ Museum
Edited by Hilde Van Gelder
As the closing event of the current exhibition, the book ‘Ship of Fools/The Dockers’ Museum’ will be launched at the Johann Jacobs Museum in collaboration with Maumaus, Lisbon.
Feb. 28, 2015, 11 am
Talks/book launch
Program:
11 am -1 pm:
Benjamin Buchloh
(in conversation with Roger M. Buergel) on the legacies of Conceptual Art
2 pm – 5 pm:
Manthia Diawara
On the Films of Allan Sekula
Hilde Van Gelder
Ship of Fools and ‘The Rights of Man:’ Allan Sekula’s Reconsidered Humanism
Alberto Toscano
Landscapes of Capital
Allan Sekula: Ship of Fools/ The Dockers’ Museum
€ 39,50, ISBN 9789462700055, February 2015, Paperback, 240 pages, 124 colour plates, Lieven Gevaert Series 19
Published by Leuven University Press (English Version), La Criée centre d’ art contemporain/FRAC Bretagne (French Version) and Lumiar Cité/Maumaus (Portuguese Version). Edited by Hilde Van Gelder, with a preface by Jürgen Bock and Bart De Baere and contributions by Gail Day, Steve Edwards, Allan Sekula†, Sally Stein, Alberto Toscano and Hilde Van Gelder.
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