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EXTRA MUROS: Visite Herzele – Beyond words
03 April 2015 - 03 May 2015

M HKA, Herzele

Under the umbrella term Visite, the M HKA - in collaboration with LOCUS, the nerve centre for libraries, cultural and community centres and local cultural policy - organizes exhibitions outside the museum on a regular basis. It is the M HKA’s wont to break down the museum walls and encourage dialogue. Visite is more than a loan: the move of the works of the M HKA to the smaller towns is a reason for cultural professionals and local authorities to develop a vision on contemporary art.

From 04.26.2015 to 04.04.20105, a number of key works from the M HKA collection moved to Herzele. Based on the uniqueness of both the works from the M HKA collection, and the various locations of the exhibition, a concept grew that originated in the relevance and significance of the artworks. Contemporary art can be poignant, repellent, sensory or philosophical, but is, above all, an invitation to engage in communication.

With art, which is first and foremost a means of communication, words are obvious, but not always in the first instance. The first impression precedes words and interpretation. "What we feel about a work is often difficult to clearly describe, it is ‘beyond words’. This was, in fact, seized as the title of the exhibition: Voor(bij) woorden (Beyond Words).

The campaign was conducted on the basis of a work by Léa Lublin, where she explored what art can be through questions. It is art with words, but also with question marks. Words attract new words and show us how they often fail. The source, namely art itself, both precedes this and goes beyond it.

The exhibition Voor(bij) woorden brought together work by Vyacheslav AkhunovMartin ArnoldRichard BaquiéCharif BenhelimaFred BervoetsVaast ColsonLeo CopersLuc DeleuMarlene DumasJef GeysMona HatoumPhilip HuygheAnn Veronica JanssensLéa LublinDanny MatthysBruce NaumanHans Op de BeeckRia PacquéeWalter SwennenSven t’ JolleChristophe TerlindenAna TorfsKoen van den BroekPaul Van HoeydonckBen VautierFranz WestMichael Witlatschil and Bill Woodrow.

Beyond words was compiled by Annick BorlooAnn BrackeKaren De BliekTrui De Vos, Jan HermansKatrien HijsselinckxAnnemarie MenschaertNadine RaesChristel StalpaertDavid TangheHilde Van CanneytEmma Van De WieleGriet Verhoeven and Jennifer Vrielinck.

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About M HKA / Mission Statement

The M HKA is a museum for contemporary art, film and visual culture in its widest sense. It is an open place of encounter for art, artists and the public. The M HKA aspires to play a leading role in Flanders and to extend its international profile by building upon Antwerp's avant-garde tradition. The M HKA bridges the relationship between artistic questions and wider societal issues, between the international and the regional, artists and public, tradition and innovation, reflection and presentation. Central here is the museum's collection with its ongoing acquisitions, as well as related areas of management and research.

About M HKA Ensembles

The M HKA Ensembles represent our first steps towards initiating the public to today's art-related digital landscape. With the help of these new media, our aim is to offer our artworks a better and fuller array of support for their presentation and public understanding.