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

Silberbesen und Besen ohne Haare, 1972

Multiple, 139 x 51 cm, 130 x 51 cm.

©SABAM België, 2017 - Courtesy Neues Museum Nürnberg, photo: M HKA, 2017

Collection: Neues Museum Nürnberg, Nürnberg.

In the early 1970s, Joseph Beuys used brooms several times during his actions as a symbol for the purifying ambitions of his work, and the opportunities it offered to start again with a clean slate. In 1972, Beuys used a bright red broom to sweep up the residual waste left behind at a communist May Day demonstration on Karl-Marx-Platz in Berlin. In so doing, he made clear that he was not only dissatisfied with people's ideological fixation within capitalism, but also within communism. One of the brooms from Silberbesen und Besen ohne Haare is coated with silver leaf. The other broom consists of solid copper and features a sheet of felt instead of bristles.

Edition: 20 + 4, inscription 'Joseph Beuys" and numbering on silver broom

Edition René Block, Berlin

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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.

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