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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StarZ
Vladislav (Vlad) Mamyshev-Monroe , StarZ, 2005. Installation, photograph on canvas, paper, 10 x (320 x 237 cm), 3 x (75 x 75 cm), 20 x (76 x 60 cm), 20 x A2, 5 x A3, 244 x A4, 54 x A3, 135 x (15 x 20 cm).
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Het Spinnenwiel [The Spin...
Jos De Gruyter & Harald Thys, Het Spinnenwiel [The Spinning Wheel], 2002. Video, dvd, digital betacam, 00:33:00.
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Le Discours Alpin [The Al...
Thierry De Cordier, Le Discours Alpin [The Alpine Discourse], 1987. Print, ink, paper, 42 x 25 cm.
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We is OK
Eran Schaerf, We is OK, 1994. Installation.
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Hana Miletić
Croatian artist Hana Miletić (1982, Zagreb) lives in Brussels and works in part in Zagreb. She successively studied Art History at the VUB an
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Mark Dion
Mark Dion is fascinated by the great degree of diversity found in the organisms of our natural world and how humans interact with them. In hi
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Marlow Moss
"I am no painter, I don't see form, I only see space, movement and light." (Marlow Moss) Marlow (or Marjorie) Moss (1890-1958) moved in M
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Fabrice Gygi
Fabrice Gygi’s oeuvre mainly comprises performances and installations. In the 1980s both his life and work are pervaded by a general rejectio
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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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SANTHAL FAMILY
M HKA acquired the SANTHAL FAMILY ensemble on the occasion of the exhibition Santhal Family: Positions Around an Indian Sculpture in 2008. W
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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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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