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.

Verloren ruimte [Lost space], 1991

Collage, 190 x 92 cm.

©image: M HKA

Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. BK5971).

From around 1970, Guy Mees worked with color (markers, pastels) on paper. In later works the color spreads ever more freely over the surface and the papers lose their rectangular shape. The organization within these works also becomes freer and looser. This evolution culminates in works where the artist cuts out strips of colored paper that alone or in composition, as painterly signs, are pinned to the wall or some other supporting surface. The criterion for picking from various sorts of paper is the manner they reflect color- and radiant light. The artist makes use of matte, glossy, semi-matte, metallic paper sorts, newsprint, fabric, sometimes even artist’s canvas and aluminum foil. Only the shadows cast by the sheets of paper tell us that these are not painted or pasted color strips. The paper surfaces of various widths and shapes create an illusion of depth via the action of apposing colors. From 1983 onwards, the partially open, multi-cut-out compositions, become gradually simplified to monochrome cutouts.

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Artist

> Guy Mees.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: THE GAP – Abstract Art from Belgium. A Selection. Curator: Luc Tuymans. M HKA , Antwerp, 30 January 2016 - 29 May 2016.

> Exhibition: The collection XXXIII – The Collection as a Character. M HKA, Antwerpen, 07 June 2013 - 22 September 2013.

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> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_WORKS.

> Ensemble: NUCLEUS.

> Ensemble: avant-garde.

> Ensemble: Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap.

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> Ensemble: An Architecture for Art - Guy Mees.

Related Items

>Guy Mees, Verloren ruimte [Lost space], 1985.Collage, paper, pastel, 123 x 223 cm.

>Guy Mees, Espace Perdu [Lost space], 1964.Sculpture, neon, lace, 124 x 136 x 51 cm.