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06 MARCH-18 MAY
If alien anthropologists
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of contemporary artwork
from Earth, what might they
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exhibit and how might they
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arrange the pieces? That
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starting point for a novel and
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unique show that’s been put
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together at The Barbican.
The Martian Museum Of
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Terrestrial Art will feature
150 works from the likes
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of Damien Hirst, Joseph
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Beuys, Andy Warhol and
Gillian Wearing, interpreted
as if they are meant for

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extraterrestrial beings.
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curators treat artworks as
artifacts, their perspective
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opening up contemporary
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misunderstandings. On
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an unfamiliar culture,
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the way in which Western
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www.barbican.org.uk
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