The collection XXVII — East of 4°24'
03 March 2011 - 21 August 2011
M HKA, Antwerp
Since 1989, the year the Berlin Wall fell and the year of the *Magiciens de la terre* exhibition at Beaubourg, the hegemony of Western art has declined and other cultural regions and traditions have come into view. In most cases this was accompanied by radical social and cultural changes. The M HKA has undertaken to chart the contemporary art from these other cultural regions. This explains why recent acquisitions have included work by artists from Egypt, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Iraq, India and China. In this way the museum is steadily building up a global collection. The basis for this presentation is the literary event Mind the Book. This ‘international festival for the mind’ stimulates a meeting of minds between writers and readers. It challenges other artistic disciplines to come up with points of view, opinions and confrontations. This is a challenge that the M HKA is only too happy to take up. Jef Lambrecht, a j ournalist who for years reported from the Middle East and who was one of the initiators of Mind the Book, invited Belgian artist friends to take part in an exhibition in which they enter into confrontation with ‘the East’. Each artist presents their very personal reflection on the subject. The presentation of works from the collection joins in with works by artists associated in the broadest possible sense with the East. In collaboration with deSingel, international Arts Campus, Antwerp and Vooruit Arts Centre, Ghent
Jef Lambrecht (born in 1984, Avelgem), who, for many years, reported as a journalist from the Middle East, is also a notorious art expert. He invited 14 befriended artists to engage with the Orient. It fascinated Lambrecht that the theme was barely touched in the resulting work created by invited artists. Which does not mean it does not concern them.
The M HKA followed suit along the same lines with its collection presentation of works by artists from Egypt, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Iraq, India and China. The double presentation COLLECTION XXII East from 4°24' offered the public an intriguing glimpse into a region that seems so far off, yet is so crucial for our society.
Artists: Charif Benhelima, Guillaume Bijl, Michaël Borremans, Jan De Cock, Luc Deleu, Jan Kempenaers Ria Pacquée, Guy Rombouts, Luc Tuymans, Koen van den Broek, Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Philippe Van Snick, Daniel von Weinberger and Angel Vergara.
The exhibition came as a response to the literary event Mind the Book, an organisation of Internationale Kunstcampus deSingel Antwerp and Vooruit Ghent
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Gobi Test. Winter (The Go...
Oleg Kulik, Gobi Test. Winter (The Gobi Test, or the Unbearable Charm of Mongolia), 2005. Video, dvd, 00:22:00 min.
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Shenjia Alley. Fairy
Yang Fudong, Shenjia Alley. Fairy, 2000. Photography, photo, aluminium, 3 x ( 50 x 150 cm), 1 x ( 96 x 150 cm).
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War from My Window
Koka Ramishvili, War from My Window, 1991-1992. Installation, b/w photo, 12 x (30 x 40 cm).
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Baijal Portrait
Boran Hansda , Baijal Portrait, 2008. Sculpture, terracotta, 105 x 50 x 40 cm.
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Boran Hansda
Boran Hansda (Handsa) belongs to the Santhal community and lives in a village near Santiniketan where he received his artistic training. He m
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Vahram Aghasyan
Armenian artist Vahram Aghasyan focuses on cultural and historical processes taking place in his homeland. With photos, videos and installati
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Liang Yue
Liang Yue is a video artist and photographer. She grew up under Deng Xiaoping’s relatively stable (and prosperous) China in the ‘80s and ‘90s
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Vyacheslav Akhunov
The oeuvre of artist, writer and philosopher Vyacheslav Akhunov comprises abstract paintings, installation, performance and video art, as wel
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