Ensemble: Stichting Gordon Matta-Clark
Berg Peter, 'Just one of those things', 1987 photo M HKA
In various ways, the ICC played an important part in forming the potential of the collection. Flor Bex aspired to establish a museum in Antwerp and made an attempt in relation to Office Baroque, the project that the American artist Gordon Matta-Clark carried out in 1977, shortly before he died. He failed in this, but, by means of donations from artists, a collection was assembled that formed the basis for the M HKA collection when that museum was established. The basis of the M HKA collection thus emerged from the ICC period via the Stichting Gordon Matta-Clark. This collection, put together with no predetermined substantive strategy, consisted of about 170 works of varying quality, and presents a picture of the Belgian and international avant-garde of the 1970s, with forerunners of and offshoots in the 1980s. This sub-collection consists of a collection of artworks typical of the 1970s, with only a few big names, analytically-inspired interventions, fundamental and analytical research into pictorial qualities. The Foundation possessed a lot of work by Belgian artists: an installation by Jacques Lizène, a mountain landscape in felt by Hugo Heyrman, mail art by Johan van Geluwe, work by Wout Vercammen, Denmark’s Bois de Moniteur belge, design drawings by Luc Deleu and Leo Copers’ installation Flying Knives. Among the foreign artists were Gordon Matta-Clark, with a Cibachrome, a series of artist books by Ed Ruscha, an early neon sculpture by Maurizio Nannucci, and James Lee Byars’ The shadow of an extra-terrestrial Man, also called ‘the Antwerp Giant’.
Works
>Ed Ruscha, Twentysix Gasoline Stations, 1962.Book, ink, paper.
>Luca Maria Patella, Untitled, 1967.Photography, photo, canvas, 85 x 127 cm.
>Dr. Hugo Heyrman, Kunstmatig Landschap - maquette van ruimte en tijd [Artificial landscape], 1968.Sculpture, styropor covered with coloured felt (attached with pins), 150 x 200 x 20 cm.
>Luc Deleu, Le PAQUEBOT "FRANCE". Voorstel tot recycling van de SS "France" door ombouw tot ideeëntransportschip na de installatie aldaar van de Europa Medium Universiteit, 1970.Print, ink, laminated paper, 116 x 111 cm.
>Maurizio Nannucci, This side is red, 1970.Installation, neon, 400 x 30 cm.
>Hélène Keil, Garden, 1971.Sculpture, plexi, 45.5 x 45 x 45 cm.
>Hervé Fischer, Toile-mains (toile essuie-mains, hygiène de l'art), 1971.Painting, paint, canvas, 242 x 152 cm.
>Jean Schwind, Schwind Foundation, 1971.Sculpture, paper, photographs, Variable dimensions.
>Hugo Demarco, Arabesques, 1971.Installation, motor, formica, box, 60 x 10 x 60 cm.
>Pieter Engels, Constrained position to look at the right side of a picture (anti date 3-12-1951), 1971.Installation, wood, canvas, text, formica, , 89 x 89 x 10 cm, 87,5 x 87,5 x 9 cm, 20 x 30 x 5 cm, 5 x 10 x 5 cm.
>Wout Vercammen, Vlaamsch landschap [Flemish Landscape], 1972.Painting, acrylic paint, canvas, 100 x 100 cm.
>Luc Deleu, Mobile Medium University Revisited (floating U.I.A.), 1972-1982.Mixed Media, wood, plastic, paint, plexi, 110 x 60 x 25 cm.
>Antoni Muntadas, Emission - Réception, 1973-1974.Installation, slides.
>Michael Druks, Reordering of communication forgery nº4 making him peep, 1973.Photography, adhesive letters, photographs, bristolpaper, 95 x 73 cm.
>Michael Druks, Reordering of communication action, making him smoke making him drink, 1973.Photography, adhesive letters, photographs, bristolpaper, 54 x 79.5 cm.
>Michael Druks, Reordering of communication forgery nº 2 making her peep, 1973.Photography, adhesive letters, photographs, bristolpaper, 79.5 x 54.5 cm.
>Michael Druks, Reordering of communication forgery nº 1 making him peep, 1973.Photography, adhesive letters, photographs, bristolpaper, 79.5 x 54.5 cm.
>Michael Druks, Reordering of communication action shut-up, 1973.Photography, adhesive letters, photographs, bristolpaper, 79.5 x 55 cm.
>Jacques Lizène, Documents rapportés d’un voyage au coeur de la civilization banlieue, 1973, 74 et 75, 1973-1975.Installation, mixed media, variable dimensions.
>Tapta , Formes pour un espace souple, 1974.Sculpture, wool, 300 x 300 x 300 cm.
>Jan Smets, Mens, 1974.Painting, oil, canvas, gilded frame, 79 x 83 cm / 100 x 104 cm.
>Jacques Lennep, Maïs, 1974.Sculpture, photo, pencil, paper, east-indian ink, fiberboard, gypsum, nails, 66 x 6 x 76 cm.
>Marthe Wéry, Zonder titel [Untitled], 1974.Painting, acrylic, canvas, 10 x (30 x 80 cm).
>Leo Copers, Vliegende messen [Flying Knives], 1974.Installation, butcher knifes, motor, fishing line, metal, Variable dimensions.
>Luc Deleu, Project for international Dunghill, 1974.Other, ink, paper, 134 x 100 cm.
>Nicolás Uriburu, Project coloration Trafalgar Square Fountains, 1974.Collage, b/w photograph, pencil, felt-tip pen, ink, plexi, frame, 83 x 107 cm.
>Dan Graham, Untitled, 1974.Drawing, b/w photo, 12 x (40 x 55 cm).
>Jacques Louis Nyst, La maison traversée par l'orage, 1975.Photography, zwart/wit foto, plastic folie, gouache op papier, 50 x 32.5 cm.
>Osvaldo Romberg, Homage to Rubens, 1975.Painting, acrylic paint, canvas, 193 x 264 cm.
>Antoni Muntadas, Sèrie emisió-recepció, 1975.Multiple, paper, 10 cm x 15,4 cm each.
>Luc Deleu, SATURNUS V. Voorstel de bestaande raketten te gebruiken om (nucleair) afval naar de zon te schieten [Proposal to Use Existing Rockets for Shooting (Nuclear) Refuse to the Sun], 1975.Print, ink, paper, 115 x 98.5 cm.
>Luciano Ori, Crescendo / N° 2, 1976.Collage, photographs, canvas, 85.5 x 53.5 cm.
>Juan d' Oultremont, Juan d'Oultremont est mort, 1976.Print, print, 11 x 6.7 cm.
>Luis F. Benedit, Furnarius rufus, 1976.Sculpture, wooden hinged kit with nest and stuffed birds in perspex, black painted metal stand, 34 x 129 x 97 cm (open), 43.5 x 33.5 x 33.5 cm (gesloten).
>Luis F. Benedit, Proyecto para un modelo de ingeniería (Furnarius Rufus), 1976.Drawing, pencil, watercolour, paper, 90 x 64 cm.
>Gaston De Mey, Structuur Rithe, 1976.Painting, acrylic paint, canvas, 133 x 177 cm.
>Daniël Dewaele, Tentoonstellen [To Exhibit], 1976.Photography, cardboard, photographs, 6 x (52 x 39 cm).
>Antoni Muntadas, N/S/E/O (Antwerp Version), 1976-1978.Installation, flags, crucifix, devil, map., 7 m x 7 m in total.
>Luc Deleu, MONTREAL STADIUM (MODEL) Voorstel voor naakte Olympische spelen,1976 te Montreal [Proposal for Naked Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976], 1976.Print, ink, paper, 114.5 x 99 cm.
>James Lee Byars, The Shadow of an Extraterrestrial Man/The Antwerp Giant, 1976.Installation, black tulle, 17 x 245 m.
>Bernard Villers, 25 cageots, 1977.Sculpture, wood, acrylic, cotton, 27 x 27 x 5 cm.
>Johan van Geluwe, Rubens, 1977.Collage, velvet, wooden frame, postcard, 64 x 53 cm.
>Gordon Matta-Clark, Office Baroque # 669, 1977.Photography, cibachrome, tape, hard board, plexi, 175 x 105 cm.
>Léa Lublin, Interrogations sur l’art, 1977.Installation, cloth, 198 x 292 cm.
>Vito Acconci, Tonight We Escape from New York, 1977.Collage, b/w photo, crayon, paper, plexi on black aluminium, 151 x 118 x 5 cm.
>Ann Messner, A hole cut in a door, 1978.Collage, b/w photographs, white paper, 30 x 41 cm.
>Buky Schwartz, Box #1, 1978.Collage, b/w photographs, hardboard, 14 x (50 x 14 cm).
>Endre Tót, 1/2 dozen Berliner Gladness Postcards, 1979.Postcard, offset, cards, envelopes, blue din a6 paper.
>Jean-Pierre Point, Digue de mer, deux personnages et un chien, 1979.Print, screen print, paper, 129 x 93.5 cm.
>Joël Frémiot, Peinture, 1979.Painting, gouache pencil, ink, canvas, 40.2 x 33.5 cm.
>Philippe Van Snick, (0-9) punten in de ruimte, 1979.Installation, (0-9) dots in space.
>Filip Francis, Motorisch-mentale compositie, 1979.Painting, tempera, canvas, 180 x 180 cm.
>Adriaan De Regt, Road Voice (Project Sound Sculpture II), 1979.Sculpture, stones, 40 x 1000 cm.
>Guillaume Bijl, 10 kleurenfoto’s van installaties, 1979-1985.Photography, photographs, 31 x 49 cm.
>Bernd Lohaus, Raum (Nein, Nicht, Nur) [Space], 1979.Installation, brown tape, variable dimensions.
>Karen Shaw, Untitled, 1980.Collage, collage, text, paper, 35.5 x 64.5 cm.
>François Hers, Hommage à Gordon Matta-Clark, 1980.Photography, black and white photography, 10 x (83,5 x 83,5 cm).
>Jochen Gerz, It Was a Warm Summer Night, 1980.Collage, wood, ink, paper, b/w photo, 76 x 42 cm.
>Philippe Vandenberg, Zonder titel [Untitled], 1981.Painting, oil, canvas, 250 x 150 cm.
>Denmark, Bois de Moniteur belge, 1987-1988.Installation, paper, metal, wood, 199 x 200 x 400 cm.
>Laurent Cruyt, Poetry of the Book, 1990.Painting, lead, acrylic paint, canvas, 3 x (100 x 80 x 5.5 cm).
>Schède [Collectif de travail] , Sans titre (Schede - itinérante et éphemère).Installation, rode verf op katoen, 185 x 177 cm.
>Martial Raysse, Sans titre.Multiple, fibreboard, veneer, black stain, canister, expansion foam, 60 x 80 cm.
>Wout Vercammen, Gebod Zero.Painting, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.