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.

>Joseph Beuys

Element, 1982

Installation, 2 x (44 x 31.5 x 1 cm).

©SABAM België, 2017 - Courtesy Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U, photo: M HKA, 2017

Collection: Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U, Dortmund, Germany.

This pair of notched, rectangular, identical in size and shape metal plates (one copper, one iron) embodies the concept of ‘the element’. Beuys used this to describe the merger of opposing qualities within a larger, more balanced whole. The two parts can combine to form a third. The new element conjoins the qualities of each of the individual plates. Copper holding more female characteristics, such as intuition, flexibility and creativity, and iron being associated with male features such as inflexible and rational forms of experience. Through his work Beuys attempted to unite the strengths of both genders in a balanced and superior conjunction of opposites, a holistic unity.

Edition: 50 + 10 + 4 a.p., signed, numbered and titled

Edizioni Factotum-Art, Verona

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> Joseph Beuys.

Joseph Beuys was one of the most significant and influential artist of the twentieth century, who expanded the scope of art into t

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: Joseph Beuys – Greetings from the Eurasian. M HKA, Antwerpen, 13 October 2017 - 21 January 2018.

> Ensemble: Materiaal / Matériel / Material / Material.

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