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''documenta'' is an exhibition of modern and contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. It was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau (Federal Horticultural Show) which took place in Kassel at that time,〔Adrian Searle (June 11, 2012), ("''Documenta 13'': Mysteries in the mountain of mud" ), ''The Guardian''.〕 and was an attempt to bring Germany up to speed with modern art, both banishing and repressing the cultural darkness of Nazism.〔Roberta Smith (June 14, 2012), (Art Show as Unruly Organism ) ''The New York Times''.〕 This first ''documenta'' featured many artists who are generally considered to have had a significant influence on modern art (such as Picasso and Kandinsky). The more recent ''documentas'' feature art from all continents; nonetheless most of it is site-specific. Every ''documenta'' is limited to 100 days of exhibition, which is why it is often referred to as the "museum of 100 days".〔Arnold Bode coined this phrase for the first time in the prologue of the first volume of the catalogue: ''documenta III. Internationale Ausstellung''; Catalogue: Volume 1: Painting and Sculpture; Volume 2: Sketches; Volume 3: Industrial Design, Print; Kassel/Köln 1964; p. XIX〕 ''Documenta'' is not a selling exhibition. It often coincides with three other major art world events: the Venice Biennale, Art Basel and Skulptur Projekte Münster. 2012's edition has been organized around a central node, or theme, that being the trans-Atlantic melding of two distinct individuals who first encountered each other in the "money-soaked deserts of the United Arab Emirates". As an organizing principle it is simultaneously a commentary on the romantic potentials of globalization and also a critique of how digital platforms can complicate or interrogate the nature of such relationships. Curatorial agents refer to the concept as possessing a "fricative potential for productive awkwardness," wherein a twosome is formed for the purposes of future exploration. == Etymology of ''documenta'' == The name of the exhibition is an invented word. The term is supposed to demonstrate the intention of every exhibition (in particular of the first ''documenta'' in 1955) to be a documentation of modern art which was not available for the German public during the Nazi era. Rumour spread from those close to Arnold Bode that it was relevant for the coinage of the term that the Latin word ''documentum'' could be separated into ''docere'' (Latin for teach) and ''mens'' (Latin for intellect) and therefore thought it to be a good word to describe the intention and the demand of the ''documenta''.〔Kimpel, Harald: ''documenta, Mythos und Wirklichkeit''. Köln 1997, ISBN 3-7701-4182-2〕 Each edition of ''documenta'' has commissioned its own visual identity, most of which have conformed to the typographic style of solely using lowercase letters, which originated at the Bauhaus.〔Alice Rawsthorn (June 3, 2012), (A Symbol Is Born ) ''The New York Times''.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「documenta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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