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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Indian Summer
Marlene Dumas, Indian Summer, 1996. Drawing, aquarelle, paper, 125 x 70 cm.
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Nest
Charif Benhelima, Nest, 2005. Photography, cibachroom, aluminium, plexiglas, 120 x 122 cm.
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I am Euromental
Babi Badalov, I am Euromental, 2015. Installation, 27 sheets, ink on cotton, variable dimensions.
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190 # 1
Koen van den Broek, 190 # 1, 2004. Painting, oil, canvas, 100 x 150 cm.
Actors
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Timothy Segers
Children of the Turko-Tatar populations of Central Asia are told a myth about where the stars come from: they are told that birds punctured t
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Dieter Roth
Dieter Roth was a Swiss poet, sculptor, graphic designer and interdisciplinary contrarian who initially started in the tradition of the Roman
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Ludo Mich
Artist Ludovicus Michielsen was fourteen when he met Yves Klein at the Hessenhuis. Klein’s iconic leap into the void served as an example for
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Elly Strik
Elly Strik works with charcoal, graphite, chalk, ink, oil paint and lacquer. She makes impressively large drawings, of around two by three me
Ensembles
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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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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
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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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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