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Item: Fontaine/Lustre
1991
Print, 750 x 480 mm.
Materials: ink, paper (Vélin d'Arches)
Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. BK006098).
Fontaine/Lustre [Fountain/Sheen] is a printed photo reproduction showing a detail of a fountain [left]. The picture [four-color] was reversed and printed in black and white [right], which creates a strong contrast. This is emphasized by the text and the many puns contained herein. By playing with meaning the artist emphasizes also certain elements as the reversal and the verticality of the two photos.
The work is part of a series of prints that Jan Vercruysse made between 1975 and 1991. It is always about books and catalogs that may be considered in itself a work of art. The prints are a form of visual poetry, actually a youth activity of the artist. All elements are as always prepared with the utmost care and have an enigmatic character.
In his work alludes Vercruysse often on art history, but he leaves the interpretation open to suggestion. He points photography as reproduction from reality, the works are reproductions of itself.
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The collection XV — Ergen...
16 June 2006 - 27 August 2006.
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The collection XVII — En ...
25 November 2006 - 11 February 2007.
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Kunstwerk van de maand 2015
01 January 2015 - 31 December 2015.
January: Jan Vercruysse – Fontaine/Lustre, 1991. February: Jan Fabre – Het fonteintje, 1980. March: Charif Benhelima – Minus two, 2006. April
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M HKA is in possession of a large ensemble of Jan Vercruysse's graphic works and prints. Most of Vercruysse's prints are a form of visual poe
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Collectie Vlaamse Gemeens...
The M HKA holds works on permanent loan that were acquired with the budget of the Vlaamse Commissie voor Beeldende Kunst (Flemish Visual Art
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JAN VERCRUYSSE ENSEMBLE
The work of Jan Vercruysse is characterized by his razor-sharp vision and very focused approach to its central themes. Vercruysse mostly work
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