Photo Gallery A Look at the Documenta in Kassel
Some one million people are expected to show up to this year's Documenta, the art exhibition in Kassel that takes place every five years. More than ever this year, the show is a reflection of its curator.
The background of Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, director of this year's Documenta, is as international as the art exhibition. She was born in the US to a Bulgarian father and Italian mother. She has been a curator in the US, Italy and Australia.
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Lebanese actor and artist Rabih Mroue documents the killings of Syrian opposition fighters. Some of his footage even comes from the mobile phones of the victims.
Canadian artist Geoffrey Farmer used pages of Life magazine from 1935 to 1985 and blades of grass from his own garden to make this installation appropriately titled "Leaves of Grass."
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Romanian born artist Istvan Csakany's work, "Ghost Keeping."
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French artist Pierre Huyghe created this piece of art using live bees.
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