MOMAS, Museum of Modern Art Syros

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"MOMAS, of course, was not a real museum - on the contrary, it was more of a virtual, ephemeral, imaginary museum, a challenge to the traditional idea of the museum, even an anti-museum. Kippenberger 'founded' it in 1993 while en route to Syros with his friend Michel Würthle, who owns an estate on the island. As the story goes, Kippenberger spotted the cement skeleton of a building at the entrance of the island's harbour, Ermoupolis, from the boat. Apart from being intrigued by its air of abandoned desolation, he was also reminded of a Greek temple, a 'modern' Greek Acropolis. Not long after, he decided to proclaim it his Museum of Modern Art. He founded the museum in a single act, instantly appropriating the idea of the existing building and 'claiming' it through language."--Katerina Gregos, on southasastateofmind website, viewed <arch 29, 2018