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Barbara Cleveland, Bad timing (2017). Installation view. Courtesy the artist + MUMA, Melbourne.
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Matthew Griffin, Clog 2017, DRÖÑĒ (2017). Installation view. Courtesy the artist + MUMA, Melbourne.
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Matthew Griffin, Fix rupper (2017). Installation view. Courtesy the artist + MUMA, Melbourne.
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Matthew Griffin, Clog (2017) Installation view. Courtesy the artist + MUMA, Melbourne.
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Mary Reid Kelley with Patrick Kelley, The thong of Dionysus (2015). Installation view. Courtesy the artist + Pilar Corrias Gallery, London.
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Mary Reid Kelley with Patrick Kelley, The thong of Dionysus (2015). Installation view. Courtesy the artist + Pilar Corrias Gallery, London.
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Mary Reid Kelley with Patrick Kelley, The thong of Dionysus (2015). Installation view. Courtesy the artist + Pilar Corrias Gallery, London.
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Exploring absurdity + laughter to unravel something deeper in group show The Humours at Melbourne’s MUMA

, 30 November 2017
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The Humours group exhibition at Melbourne’s MUMA opened October 7 and is running to December 16.

Mary Reid Kelley with Patrick Kelley, ‘The thong of Dionysus’ (2015) Video still. Courtesy the artist + Pilar Corrias Gallery, London

Curated by Hannah Mathews, the show explores strategies of comedy and absurdity and features an international group of artists including Gabriel Abrantes, Barbara Cleveland, Matthew Griffin, Glenn Ligon, Mary Reid Kelley with Patrick Kelley and Mika Rottenberg. 

Looking at the  root of why something is funny rather than just ‘what makes funny,’ the installation brings together video, sculpture, performance and photographic works that take on various “comedic personalities, strategies and tropes” that unravel and open up more serious discussions about gender, history and race.**

The Humours group exhibition at Melbourne’s MUMA opened October 7 and is running to December 16, 2017.

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'Humours' Barbara Cleveland Gabriel Abrantes Glenn Ligon Mary Reid Kelley + Patrick Kelley Matthew Griffin Mika Rottenberg MUMA
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