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.

>On Kawara

NOV. 14, 2007 and NOV. 14, 2008, 2007-2008

Painting, 2 x (45.7 x 33 cm).

Collection: Vanmoerkerke, Ostend.

In the exhibition Sanguine/Bloedrood, On Kawara is introduced with his date paintings, which denote a minimalist time unit yet at the same time contain a memorial element that ends in a concentric point. In the light of his early series of death portraits, the paintings that were to serve as proof of his existence seem like a daily countdown to the end as well. With the Death Masks, On Kawara already looked death in the eye at a young age.  Later – with the United States as his home base – the horrible images from his childhood seem to have prompted him to spread the message ‘I am still alive’ every day, as a sign of life force.

Text: Hans Willemse
Translations: Michael Meert

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> On Kawara.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: Sanguine/Bloedrood. Luc Tuymans on Baroque. M HKA, Antwerpen, 01 June 2018 - 16 September 2018.

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