National Gallery of Kosova Announces 15th Muslim Mulliqi International Exhibition
The National Gallery of Kosova is inviting submissions for the 15th Muslim Mulliqi International Exhibition called RADICAL COPIES, curated by May Makki. This exhibition draws inspiration from a 1979 protest initiated by Goran Đorđević, a conceptual artist hailing from Prizren. He highlighted the separation that artists often feel from their own creative work and called on prominent figures like Marina Abramović and Hans Haacke to boycott the art world for several months. Though forty artists showed interest, most chose to withdraw. Following the protest's failure, Đorđević created pieces termed 'radical copyism,' which precisely mimic existing artworks, raising questions about originality and authorship—key themes for this exhibition.
Key facts
- The National Gallery of Kosova announced the open call for the 15th Muslim Mulliqi International Exhibition.
- The exhibition is titled RADICAL COPIES and curated by May Makki.
- The exhibition references Goran Đorđević's 1979 international strike against the 'art system'.
- Đorđević called on artists including Marina Abramović, Hans Haacke, Lucy Lippard, and Sol LeWitt to boycott.
- Forty artists responded to the strike call, but most declined.
- Đorđević developed 'radical copyism' after the strike's failure.
- The exhibition will feature works that copy canonical artworks.
- The open call is for the 15th edition of the exhibition.
Entities
Artists
- Goran Đorđević
- Marina Abramović
- Hans Haacke
- Lucy Lippard
- Sol LeWitt
- May Makki
Institutions
- National Gallery of Kosova
Locations
- Prizren
- Kosovo