NUCLEUS
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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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The G D Public Poem, Brus...
Alain Arias-Misson, The G D Public Poem, Brussels, 1968, 1968-2011. Mixed Media, 2 x ( 32 x 110 cm ).
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L'Uomo Volante [The Flyin...
Marinus Boezem, L'Uomo Volante [The Flying Man], 1979. Photography.
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The Greatest Happiness Pr...
Alice Creischer, The Greatest Happiness Principle Party, 2001. Installation, 7 life-sized wooden silhouettes, 1 textile banner, 9 drawings, some textile - clothed in various costumes , 50 x 900 cm, 300 x 80 cm.
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Embedded Cities
Paul Van Hoeydonck, Embedded Cities, 1958. Sculpture, plexi, 11 x 11 x 4 cm.
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Hamlet Hovsepian
Hamlet Hovsepian is one of the most significant figures of the Armenian contemporary art scene and a pioneer in video art in the Caucasian ar
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Jean Katambayi Mukendi
Jean Katambayi Mukendi is a Congolese artist born into an artistic family. Trained as an electrician, he was fascinated by technology, maths,
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Sergey Maslov
Sergey Maslov is known as “the mythmaker” of contemporary art in Kazakhstan. Maslov was born into the nomenklatura, the privileged and politi
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Jan Henderikse
The Dutch artist Jan Henderikse was born in Delft in 1937 and trained at the Vrije Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (Free Academy of Visual Ar
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Vrielynck Collectie
The Robert Vrielynck Collection is one of the few large collections in Belgium that give a picture of the (pre-)history of film. The collecti
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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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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