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The M HKA’s contemporary art collection has grown thanks to a combination of acquisitions, donations and long-term loans from various public collections. The historical basis for the collection goes back to the ICC activities (International Cultural Centre) in Antwerp in the 1970s. The M HKA collection continues to grow in the areas of the post-war avant-garde tradition in Antwerp and the wider region in north-western Europe, today's multipolar world, the importance of the 'performative' aspect and social commitment, but also with regard to the nature and role of images today. Here, we present a selection of works from a broad spectrum of different sensitivities, regions, research areas and stories from our collection.
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Etre son propre tube de c...
Jacques Lizène, Etre son propre tube de couleur. Peinture à la manière fécale. Peinture analitique (sans y). Remake 1995. En remake 2010. [To be Your Own Paint Tube. Painting in the Fecal Style. Analitic Painting (without y). Remake 1995, as a Remake 2010], 1977-2010. Mixed Media, mixed media, canvas, 100 x 80 cm.
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Black Cherry Season
Charif Benhelima, Black Cherry Season, 2006. Photography, cibachroom, aluminium, plexiglas , 50 X 52 cm.
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Untitled (knoop)
Timothy Segers, Untitled (knoop). Sculpture.
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Meganeudon
Panamarenko, Meganeudon, 1973. Multiple, fiberglas, hout, plexi, ijzer, motor, 15.3 x 36 x 12.5 cm.
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Hassan Darsi
Together with a small group of like-minded Moroccan artists, Hassan Darsi founded “La Source du lion” in Casablanca in 1995, an organisation
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Charif Benhelima
Charif Benhelima was born in Brussels in 1967. He studied photography at the LUCA School of Arts in Brussels, HISK in Antwerp and the Interna
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Birdhead
Birdhead, consisting of Song Tao (b. 1979) and Ji Weiyu (b. 1980), has been working in the medium of analogue photography since it was establ
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Ria Pacquée
Ria Pacquée (°1954) has been active as an artist since 1979. She portrays casual situations and objects from the everyday world: the street,
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USEFUL LIFE
M HKA has acquired the complete *USEFUL LIFE* for its collection in 2009, a key exhibition in the development of contemporary art in Shanghai
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EUROPE AT LARGE
During the past decades M HKA has paid enduring attention to that part of Europe that was excluded from the reconstruction of Europe after 19
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JAN VERCRUYSSE ENSEMBLE
The work of Jan Vercruysse is characterized by his razor-sharp vision and very focused approach to its central themes. Vercruysse mostly work
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JAMES LEE BYARS ENSEMBLE
The international renowned American artist James Lee Byars has a remarkable relationship with the M HKA. From the seventies onward he worked