M HKA gaat digitaal

Met M HKA Ensembles zetten we onze eerste échte stappen in het digitale landschap. Ons doel is met behulp van nieuwe media de kunstwerken nog beter te kaderen dan we tot nu toe hebben kunnen doen.

We geven momenteel prioriteit aan smartphones en tablets, m.a.w. de in-museum-ervaring. Maar we zijn evenzeer hard aan het werk aan een veelzijdige desktop-versie. Tot het zover is vind je hier deze tussenversie.

M HKA goes digital

Embracing the possibilities of new media, M HKA is making a particular effort to share its knowledge and give art the framework it deserves.

We are currently focusing on the experience in the museum with this application for smartphones and tablets. In the future this will also lead to a versatile desktop version, which is now still in its construction phase.

Keith Haring

©image: Goyvaerts Productions

1958 - 1990

Died in New York (), born in Reading ().

The work of Keith Haring finds its origin in the alternative New York street culture at the end of the 1970s. At that time Haring was a street artist in his twenties, and not only very much contributed to the rebirth of the New York art scene in the early Eighties, but nearly single-handedly saw to the canonizing of graffiti as a legitimate artistic practice. Much of Haring’s work make use of the simple and extremely communicative power that radiates from many graffiti-paintings, but without then neglecting heavy, classical themes such as life, death and love. By initially carrying out his work in the public space, he dodges traditional art institutions like museums and galleries, which he was suspicious of. Later on in his career, as well, when he indeed became part of the art ‘circuit’, he continued to raise the banner for art’s accessibility. In 1986 Haring opened the first of his POP-SHOPS, stores where cheap, reproducible products with images of his art works were on sale. ‘High’ and ‘low’ cultures come together. This is one reason why Haring’s artistic practice was at once radical and popular.

Works

>Keith Haring, Zonder titel [Untitled], 1987.Film, acrylic, 330 x 645 cm.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: Let's Play Museum. 10 June 2023 - 17 September 2023.

> Exhibition: The Eightees – A Decade of Extremes. 17 June 2016 - 18 September 2016.

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> Ensemble: Adversaries and Role Models.

> Ensemble: avant-garde.

> Ensemble: ICC POSTER ARCHIVE.

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> Ensemble: Kunst in dialoog met het gebouw.

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> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_WORKS.

> Ensemble: M HKA On Site.

> Ensemble: NUCLEUS.