NUCLEUS
Ensemble
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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Forest Diary
Yang Fudong, Forest Diary, 2000. Photography, 180 x 230 cm.
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May 7th, 1999
Gu Dexin, May 7th, 1999, 1999. Installation.
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La Zone Absolue/Canalisat...
Jacques Charlier, La Zone Absolue/Canalisation, 1969. Video, dvd, 00:13:45.
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Ohne Titel
Bernd Lohaus, Ohne Titel, 2004. Sculpture, wood, wax, 45 x 29 x 18 cm.
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Thomas Ruff
Thomas Ruff was taught by the influential photographer couple Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Düsseldorf Academy and in their home studio. The
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Daniel Spoerri
The Swiss visual artist, writer and publisher Daniel Spoerri was born in Romania as Daniel Isaac Feinstein and had a remarkable family histor
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Timothy Segers
Children of the Turko-Tatar populations of Central Asia are told a myth about where the stars come from: they are told that birds punctured t
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James Turrell
"I feel my work is made for one being, one individual. You could say that's me, but that's not really true. It's for an idealized viewer. Som
Ensembles
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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
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GUILLAUME BIJL ENSEMBLE
"Society is not as idealistic as one imagines. That's also why I seriously question society, the civilisation in which we live. In the face
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JIMMIE DURHAM ENSEMBLE
This ensemble and digital application is an outcome of M HKA’s extensive long-term research in the oeuvre of Jimmie Durham and starts with an
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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