Allan Sekula

Jointly developed by M HKA and the KU Leuven, this long-term, interdisciplinary research project focuses on a specific, yet complex body of work; multifaceted and variably installable, unfinished and open-ended: Ship of Fools / The Dockers' Museum (2010-2013) by artist and theorist Allan Sekula (1951-2013). Informed by the research of the team members, the project continues to evolve in a succession of research outputs, such as this digital platform.

Allan Sekula. Collective Sisyphus

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Untitled (Poland Archive, nr. 50), 1981

Photography , 17.7 x 23.9 cm

ink, paper

Anon., Lech Walesa said Hello to Geneva Worker [title as indicated on the back side of the press photograph, the worker referred to is Constantin Meunier’s The Crouching Miner (ca. 1890 / 1903)], black and white photograph, 1 June 1981, 17,7 x 23, 9 cm.] © Keystone / Staf 2634733 (Hulton Archive) Lech Walesa / Getty Images. Lech Walesa, the Polish trade union leader and President of Poland from 1990, at the International Work Conference in Geneva, studying a statue ‘The Worker’ at the entrance to the Palace of Nations. Original Publication: People Disc- HM0190 (Photo by Keystone / Getty Images). Date of purchase by Allan Sekula unknown.

On the back side of photograph:

Lech Walesa said Hello to Geneva worker

Polish "Solidarity" leader Lech Walesa also said Hello to the Geneva worker- an iron statue in front of the main entrance to headquarters of International Labour Organisation - during his stay in Geneva for ILO-conference there in the first days of June.

CH-159 Keystone Zurich 6-10-81

Annotation:

200512 J0401

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