Hydra’s Old Slaughterhouse (image from http://deste.gr)
Urs Fischer’s “Yes”
Internationally renowned Swiss artist Urs Fischer has invited all local schoolchildren and adults, tourists and visitors alike to create objects out of colored clay. The produced sculptures are exhibited both inside and outside the old abattoir on the coast road to Mandraki.
Dates: June 4 through September 30, 2013
Hours: Monday, Wednesday to Sunday, 11:00-13:00 and 19:00-22:00; Tuesday Closed
Contact
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N.Ionia 142 34, Attica
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Web: http://www.deste.gr/en/
About the artist:
Urs Fischer (Zurich, Switzerland, 1973) lives and works in New York. His work features in many major public and private collections internationally. Recent solo exhibitions of note include: Urs Fischer, MOCA, Los Angeles, CA (2013); Marguerite de Ponty, New Museum, New York, NY, 2009; as well as his participation in the 2003, 2007, and 2011 editions of the Venice Biennale.
Background of the DESTE Foundation
The DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art is a non-profit institution based in Athens, Greece.
The Foundation was established in Geneva in 1983 by collector Dakis Joannou, together with curators Adelina von Fürstenberg and Efi Strousa. Ever since, DESTE has been organizing exhibitions and has been supporting projects and publications internationally.
In addition to DESTE’s regular exhibition program, the Foundation is also initiating a number of events outside its premises. One project of this nature has emerged in collaboration with the Munipalicity of the Island of Hydra, which has granted DESTE the island’s old slaughterhouse.
The DESTE Foundation Project Space in Hydra was established in 2009 in the island’s former slaughterhouse, a strange and evocative place, freighted with an eerie history. Although the space was recently restored and renovated, it retains many of its former features. Its past is still visible and its original identity largely preserved. Every summer since 2009 a different artist has been commissioned to present an exhibition that has been designed specifically for that particular space and the island itself.