Het Ondermijnde [The Subverted]
Ensemble
The concerns articulated in other sub-categories are rarely encountered in pure and unadulterated form. In the art of the 1960s and ‘70s there was constant traffic between lofty, maximalist and utopian ambitions (as can be witnessed in Concretism, Minimalism and Conceptualism) and a fascination (or even obsession) with political, social and economic reality ‘such as it was’ (a driving force behind Pop Art and politically-engaged art alike). Both these approaches, the inward-looking and the outward-looking, were used by artists to form distinctly personal, idiosyncratic agendas, which are almost by definition impure, subverted versions of the more dogmatic beliefs that fuel ‘movements’ in art.
Some of the works in this ensemble are shown in Antwerp, while others are exhibited in Eindhoven.
Items
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Märkische Heide
Anselm Kiefer, Märkische Heide, 1974. Painting, oil, acrylic, shellac, burlap, 118 x 254 cm.
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Pure Ecstasy
Ed Ruscha, Pure Ecstasy, 1974. Painting, tea, moiré silk, 91.4 x 101.6 x 2.2 cm.
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Mao Tse Tung
Andy Warhol, Mao Tse Tung, 1972. Print, ink, paper, 910 x 910 mm.
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Goldklumpen
Sigmar Polke, Goldklumpen, 1982. Painting, gold pigment, schweinfurter green, arsenic, canvas, 261.5 x 202 cm.
Actors
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Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol (1928–1987, US) is one of the most famous artists of the 20th century. For him fame itself was an art form. Starting as a commerc
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Ed Ruscha
Edward Ruscha (1937, US) is considered one of the leading painters of our times. He had a Catholic upbringing in Oklahoma and moved to Los An
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Anselm Kiefer
Anselm Kiefer (1945, Germany, lives in Paris) was a student of Joseph Beuys who became a painter and sculptor and occasionally makes large-sc
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Sigmar Polke
German painter-photographer Sigmar Polke (b. 1941), who developed a varied graphic oeuvre since the 1960s, uses photos, clippings, slogans an