{"id":14095,"title":"Museum in Motion - Jos De Gruyter \u0026 Harald Thys","date_begin":"2022-09-16T00:00:00.000+02:00","date_end":"2023-01-08T00:00:00.000+01:00","location":{"readable":"Antwerp","latitude":null,"longitude":null},"assets":{"poster":null,"poster_credits":null},"translations":[{"locale":"en","name":"Museum in Motion - Jos De Gruyter \u0026 Harald Thys","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJos de Gruyter \u0026amp; Harald Thys\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nArtists Jos de Gruyter \u0026amp; Harald Thys have been collaborating since they first met at Sint-Lucas Art School in Brussels in 1987. Recognising that they had a similar outlook on reality, they quickly bonded and started working together. People and places from Flanders and various nearby regions inspire their videos, drawings, paintings, photographs, books and sculptures, in which we find characters, objects and spaces that seem overly familiar and yet anonymous. Antwerp and the surrounding area have had a particularly significant presence in their work. The A12 motorway axis, for instance, has become one of the artists\u0026rsquo; preferred playgrounds. De Gruyter and Thys have the habit of distilling fictions from a reality that is, sometimes, \u0026lsquo;too real\u0026rsquo;. Both willingly concede that they feel attracted to the psychotic state of contemporary society, a state that they simultaneously dread and reflect in their work. In the over-saturated visual culture of our day, their pared-down aesthetic stands out thanks to its baing normality. Behind a seemingly neutral presence, their work fosters a specific tone that succeeds in transforming that which resembles fear into something critical and contrary to the status quo.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nIn 2013, M HKA organised \u003cem\u003eOptimundus\u003c/em\u003e, the first major survey exhibition dedicated to the artists\u0026rsquo; practice. The duo was awarded the Special Mention Award when representing Belgium at the Venice Biennale in 2019 with a project entitled \u003cem\u003eMONDO CANE\u003c/em\u003e. M HKA\u0026rsquo;s collection includes many works by the artists, including both early and recent videos, drawings and puppets from the\u003cem\u003e MONDO CANE\u003c/em\u003e series.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","name":"Museum in beweging - Jos De Gruyter \u0026 Harald Thys","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJos de Gruyter \u0026amp; Harald Thys\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nKunstenaars Jos de Gruyter \u0026amp; Harald Thys leerden elkaar kennen op de Brusselse kunstschool Sint-Lucas in 1987. Hun gelijkaardige kijk op de realiteit bracht hen tot elkaar, hetgeen al snel leidde tot een samenwerking. Mensen en plaatsen uit Vlaanderen en verschillende andere lokale regio\u0026rsquo;s inspireren hen bij het maken van video\u0026rsquo;s, tekeningen, schilderijen, foto\u0026rsquo;s, boeken en sculpturen waarin we personages, voorwerpen en ruimtes aantreffen die tegelijk overbekend en toch anoniem lijken te zijn. Antwerpen en omstreken hebben in hun praktijk een bijzonder significante plaats ingenomen. Zo is de snelweg A12 een van de favoriete speelterreinen van de kunstenaars geworden. De Gruyter \u0026amp; Thys proberen ficties te distilleren uit een werkelijkheid die soms grotesk lijkt. Beiden geven grif toe dat ze zich aangetrokken voelen tot de psychotische toestand van de hedendaagse maatschappij, een toestand waar ze tegelijkertijd huiverig tegenover staan en ook afspiegelen in hun werk. In de oververzadigde beeldcultuur van onze tijd valt hun sobere esthetiek op door haar verbijsterende normaliteit. Achter een schijnbaar neutrale aanwezigheid schuilt in hun werk een specifieke toon die erin slaagt, datgene wat op angst lijkt om te zetten in een kritische houding die ingaat tegen de bestaande norm.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nIn 2013 organiseerde het M HKA \u003cem\u003eOptimundus\u003c/em\u003e, de eerste grote overzichtstentoonstelling gewijd aan hun kunstenaarspraktijk. Het duo werd bekroond met de Special Mention Award bij hun vertegenwoordiging van Belgi\u0026euml; op de Bi\u0026euml;nnale van Veneti\u0026euml; in 2019 met het project \u003cem\u003eMONDO CANE\u003c/em\u003e. De collectie van het M HKA bevat een aanzienlijk aantal werken van de kunstenaars, waaronder zowel vroege als recente video\u0026rsquo;s, tekeningen en poppen uit de \u003cem\u003eMONDO CANE\u003c/em\u003e-reeks.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","name":"Musée en mouvement - Jos De Gruyter \u0026 Harald Thys","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJos de Gruyter \u0026amp; Harald Thys\u003c/strong\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nLes artistes Jos de Gruyter \u0026amp; Harald Thys\u0026nbsp;travaillent en duo depuis 1987, depuis s\u0026rsquo;\u0026ecirc;tre rencontr\u0026eacute;s \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;cole d\u0026rsquo;art Sint-Lucas \u0026agrave; Bruxelles. Reconnaissant l\u0026rsquo;un chez l\u0026rsquo;autre une vision similaire de la r\u0026eacute;alit\u0026eacute;, ils se sont rapidement li\u0026eacute;s d\u0026rsquo;amiti\u0026eacute; et ont commenc\u0026eacute; \u0026agrave; travailler ensemble. En Flandre et dans divers autres terroirs, les habitants locaux et leurs lieux de vie constituent les sources d\u0026rsquo;inspiration de leurs vid\u0026eacute;os, dessins, tableaux, photos, livres et sculptures, on y retrouve des personnages, des objets et des espaces \u0026agrave; la fois tellement familiers et anonymes. Anvers et sa p\u0026eacute;riph\u0026eacute;rie occupent une place importante dans leur pratique. L\u0026rsquo;autoroute A12, par exemple, est devenue l\u0026rsquo;un de leurs terrains de jeu favoris. De Gruyter et Thys ont l\u0026rsquo;habitude de distiller des fictions \u0026agrave; partir d\u0026rsquo;une r\u0026eacute;alit\u0026eacute; qui est parfois grotesque. Tous deux conc\u0026egrave;dent volontiers qu\u0026rsquo;ils se sentent attir\u0026eacute;s par l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;tat psychotique de la soci\u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; contemporaine, un \u0026eacute;tat qu\u0026rsquo;ils redoutent et refl\u0026egrave;tent \u0026agrave; la fois dans leurs \u0026oelig;uvres. Dans la culture visuelle sursatur\u0026eacute;e de notre \u0026eacute;poque, leur esth\u0026eacute;tique d\u0026eacute;pouill\u0026eacute;e se distingue par sa normalit\u0026eacute; d\u0026eacute;routante. Derri\u0026egrave;re une pr\u0026eacute;sence apparemment neutre, leur \u0026oelig;uvre affiche un ton sp\u0026eacute;cifique qui r\u0026eacute;ussit \u0026agrave; transformer ce qui ressemble \u0026agrave; de la peur en quelque chose de critique et de contraire au statu quo.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nEn 2013, le M HKA a organis\u0026eacute; \u003cem\u003eOptimundus\u003c/em\u003e, la premi\u0026egrave;re exposition r\u0026eacute;trospective consacr\u0026eacute;e \u0026agrave; la pratique du duo d\u0026rsquo;artistes. En 2019, la Biennale de Venise, o\u0026ugrave; ils repr\u0026eacute;sentaient la Belgique, leur a d\u0026eacute;cern\u0026eacute; la Special Mention Award pour leur projet intitul\u0026eacute; \u003cem\u003eMONDO CANE\u003c/em\u003e. La collection du M HKA poss\u0026egrave;de un important ensemble d\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvres du duo, notamment des vid\u0026eacute;os anciennes et r\u0026eacute;centes, des dessins et des marionnettes de la s\u0026eacute;rie \u003cem\u003eMONDO CANE\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":1705,"name":"Jos De Gruyter \u0026 Harald Thys","assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/013/620/large/doublePortrait.jpg?1358869072","poster_credits":"(c)Jos De Gruyter \u0026 Harald Thys"}}],"items":[{"id":32042,"title":"Animals on a small farm [from the series 'Fine Arts']","date_begin":"2015-01-01","poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/088/068/large/DSCF0132_1.jpg?1665676569","poster_credits":"© Jos de Gruyter \u0026 Harald Thys. 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