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ORGANIZER:Barbican Art Gallery
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DESCRIPTION:Anthropologists from outer space set out on a mission to unders
 tand life on earth. Imagine that they begin their mission by examining the 
 curious phenomenon that human beings call ‘contemporary art’. What does
  Art tell them about human life and culture?
\n
\nMartian Museum of Terrest
 rial Art presents contemporary art works under the fictional guise of a mus
 eum collection conceived by and designed for extraterrestrials. Playful and
  irreverent\, the museum’s collection features some 175 works by over 115
  artists\, from modern masters to bright new stars including Joseph Beuys\,
  Cai Guo-Qiang\, Maurizio Cattelan\, Jimmie Durham\, Thomas Hirschhorn\, Ry
 an Gander\, Mona Hatoum\, Susan Hiller\, Damien Hirst\, Brian Jungen\, Dr. 
 Lakra\, Louise Lawler\, Sherrie Levine\, John McCracken\, Bruce Nauman\, Mi
 ke Nelson\, Cornelia Parker\, Sigmar Polke\, Ugo Rondinone\, Daniel Spoerri
 \, Haim Steinbach\, Francis Upritchard\, Jeffrey Vallance\, Andy Warhol and
  Rebecca Warren.
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\nBelieving these objects to have a real or functional 
 use\, the Museum’s curators deploy an eccentric classification system. Th
 ey treat artworks as artifacts. The Martian perspective opens up contempora
 ry art to fresh interpretations as well as humorous misunderstandings. In p
 resuming to understand an unfamiliar culture\, the Martian Museum of Terres
 trial Art parodies the way that Western anthropologists historically viewed
  non-Western cultures through alien eyes. 
\n
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\n_Curated by Francesco Ma
 nacorda and Lydia Yee._
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\n*_Publication_*
\nThe exhibition is accompanie
 d by a fully-illustrated publication\, which takes the form of a volume of 
 an encyclopaedia with an eccentric classification system. Including essays 
 by the curators and a fictional account by acclaimed novelist Tom McCarthy.
 
\n
\n*_First Thursdays_*
\nOn the first Thursday of every month\, Barbican
  Art Gallery is open until 10pm. Join us for late night openings with a dif
 ference. Enjoy a range of interplanetary talks\, performances and discussio
 ns and make sure you visit the Martian bar for cosmic cocktails. Part of Ti
 me Out First Thursdays.
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\n*_Films from Another Planet_*
\nTo complement 
 Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art landing in Barbican Art Gallery\, we pres
 ent a season of films from outer space to welcome our alien friends. Visit 
 http://www.barbican.org.uk/film for more information.
\n
\n*_Close Encounte
 rs_*
\nJoin a host of artists\, speakers\, commentators and curators for Cl
 ose Encounter talks.
\n
\n_The Barbican Centre is provided by the City of L
 ondon Corporation._
\n
\n_Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art is made possibl
 e in part by American Center Foundation and The Henry Moore Foundation._
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SUMMARY:Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art
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