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After Walter Hopps — Walter Hopps installing Kurt Schwitters’ exhibition, Pasadena Art Museum, 1962. Courtesy: The Norton Simon Museum Archives.

Platform Arts

Open Exhibition

After Walter Hopps

After its successful first iteration in 2022, open-call exhibition After Walter Hopps returns to Platform Arts. From the end of July, any artist will have the opportunity to install their work in Gallery One on a first-come, first-served basis.

The overall aim is to fill the gallery from floor to ceiling, wall to wall, in a curatorial exercise that takes shape spontaneously, cumulatively, and expansively.

This exhibition model is inspired by Walter Hopps’ 36 Hours project held at MOTA (Museum of Temporary Art), Washington, USA in 1978. A renowned non-conformist, maverick curator, and transcender of boundaries, Walter Hopps’ seminal project was an invitation for any artist without any chance of rejection or censorship.

12 August—20 September

Platform Arts

60 Little Malop St, Geelong VIC 3220, Australia

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