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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Malmédy
Raoul De Keyser, Malmédy, 1990-1991. Drawing, ink, paper, 415 x 285 mm.
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Espace Perdu [Lost space]
Guy Mees, Espace Perdu [Lost space], 1964. Sculpture, neon, lace, 124 x 136 x 51 cm.
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Voorbehouden Daniël Dewaele
Daniël Dewaele, Voorbehouden Daniël Dewaele, 1976. Print, 50 x 50 cm.
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La Batteuse de palplanche...
Marie-Jo Lafontaine, La Batteuse de palplanches [The Piling Rig], 1979. Installation, dvd, 00:59:57.
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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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Anna Bella Geiger
Anna Bella Geiger is multi-disciplinary artist and a pioneer in the field of video art, both within and outside of Brazil. Frequent trips to
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Ann Veronica Janssens
Ann Veronica Janssens mainly does site-specific works. She is neither sculptor nor architect. Taking a specific space as her starting point,
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Paul Van Hoeydonck
Paul Van Hoeydonck (1925, Belgium, lives in Antwerp) co-founded the G58 group in Antwerp, which organises a series of exhibitions at the Hess
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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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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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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
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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