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.

>Jef Verheyen

• 0034 • Untitled, 1958

Painting, 40 x 50 cm.

©Jef Verheyen, photo: Christie's Paris, 2021 - Jef Verheyen Archive

Collection: Private.

Dedicated to Pietro Berti

Colonel Pietro Berti was a flight instructor of the Milano Aeroclub during the 1950s. During that time he was also teacher of the artist Roberto Crippa. 

Ca.1958 Pietro Berti has received the work directly from Jef Verheyen in the studio of Lucio Fontana, Milan, in presence of Roberto Crippa. The painting has been locked in a trunk for a long time. 

Historical context
1957-1958 Roberto Crippa & Lucio Fontana


Jef Verheyen has met Lucio Fontana and Roberto Crippa in 1957, during an opening at Galleria Pater. One year later, in 1958, Roberto Crippa is in Belgium for the World’s Fair (April). At Verheyen’s and Ivo Michiels’ request, he places a sculpture in the Belgian pavilion. In 1959, the Fifth Middelheim Biennial in Antwerp has included work by a.o. Lucio Fontana, Roberto Crippa and Olivier Strebelle.

 

Jef Verheyen's letter to Jean F. Buyck, 17 March 1980

[...] Intussen werkte ik aan mijn schilderijen voor de tentoonstelling die bij Pater, Milaan zou plaats hebben op 6 November 1958. Er waren donkere schilderijen bij met een boog, waaruit einde 1958 mijn rode schilderijen ontstonden. [...]

 

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Artist

> Jef Verheyen.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - OEUVRE.

> Ensemble: Jef Verheyen - Works from the 1950s.

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