Fragment uit zelfportret als gebouw [Fragment from self-portrait as a building], 1993
Installation, variable dimensions.
©image: M HKA
Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. BK6983_M184).
One of the “rooms” from Mark Manders’ monumental total-work Self-portrait as a building is called Fragment from self-portrait as a building (1993) and was purchased by the M HKA in 1998. The work consists of a few human-like figures in gray, brown clay and a series of objects that are arranged on the ground in a precise composition, and where Manders gives free rein to his well-known obsession with the number 5. On instruction of the artist, here the M HKA itself can provide the architectural framework: the “room” is demarcated by an improvised wall of Ytong-blocks on the one side and a taut plastic sheet on the other. The ‘self-portrait as a building’ is an ongoing work-in-progress. When the things in the building are differently ordered or positioned, (our look at) the self-portrait of the identity of the artist is also changed. It is an investigation into identity, an identity with different sides, an identity that is evolving.
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> Mark Manders.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: The collection XXXIII – The Collection as a Character. M HKA, Antwerpen, 07 June 2013 - 22 September 2013.
> Exhibition: The collection I – Fall 2002. M HKA, Antwerpen, 31 August 2002 - 10 November 2002.
> Exhibition: The collection II – Winter 2002. MuHKA, Antwerpen, 23 November 2002 - 09 February 2003.
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> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_WORKS.
> Ensemble: Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap.
> Ensemble: internationaal & wereldwijd [international & worldwide].
> Ensemble: NUCLEUS.
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> Ensemble: Self-Portrait as a House.
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>Mark Manders, Fragment uit zelfportret als gebouw (bundel van vergissingen) [Fragment from self-portrait as a building (bundle of mistakes)], 1994.Installation, mixed media, 102 x 21 x 28 cm.