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

Zwei Fraulein mit leuchtenden Brot, 1966

Object, 72 x 20 x 1.5 cm.

©SABAM België, 2017 - photo: Courtesy Sammlung der Pinakothek der Moderne, München

Collection: Private Collection .

Two Young Women with Shining Bread consists of two typewritten lists of words, separated by a piece of painted chocolate. The first list contains thirty destinations – all station names from a map of the Paris Metro. The second list (underneath the bar of chocolate) starts with the words ‘back via’ [zurück über] and appears to be entirely random. However, the final entry ‘Télégraphe’ is the first location on the first list, suggesting a circular journey.

Beuys has suggested the first part of the journey takes place ‘underground’ (the deeper meaning of matter) and the second leg is located in ‘open air’ (the elevated realm of spirit).

The chocolate, separating the two parts of the journey, is coated in a brown paint, often used by Beuys. By painting the chocolate, it takes on a new meaning. In this case it becomes a bridge between the two stages and the two realms contained in the lists. 

Edition: 500, not signed, not numbered

30 copies of the edition signed and numbered as special edition

Typos Verlag, Frankfurt

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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: Tekenen / Drawing / Dessins / Zeichnen.

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