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.

>Robert Filliou

Boîte optimiste n°2 - Vive Le Mariage, 1969

Object, 9 x 12 x 2.5 cm.

©image: M HKA

Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. M00007).

Taking as his starting point the idea that 'well done, badly done and not done' are notions of equal value, Robert Filiou creates his series Optimistic Boxes as New Year's gifts.  « Nouvel an Pour vous et vos amis renouvelez l'art d'offrir. Ces artistes ont conçu et réalisé pour vous des cadeaux...inquiétants insolents et baroques... De 30 à 3000 F. » (New Year for you and your friends, renew the art of giving.  For you, these artists have conceived and made these presents... disturbing, insolent and baroque... From 30 to 3000 francs.)

Often the editions of Robert Filliou offer direct access to the artist's mental world, and this is also the case here with his famous Optimistic Boxes.   These are objects that may be alternatively read from inside and from out.

Optimistic Box N°2 from 1969 sings the praises of marriage on the outside, while on the inside is a jocular addition in trio – the complementary image within is a pornographic picture featuring two men and one woman.

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>Robert Filliou, Boîte optimiste n°2 - Vive Le Mariage (closed), 1969

>Robert Filliou, Boîte optimiste n°2 - Vive Le Mariage (open), 1969

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> Robert Filliou.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Visite Bornem - Gedeelde Ruimte. CC Ter Dilft, Bornem, 03 May 2014 - 25 May 2014.

> Exhibition: Visite. Cultureel Centrum Overijse, Overijse, 03 April 2009 - 10 September 2009.

> Exhibition: The collection XX: Jubilee. Who's got the Big Picture?. MuHKA, Antwerpen, 29 June 2007 - 18 November 2007.

> Exhibition: Robert Filliou – The Secret of Permanent Creation. M HKA, Antwerpen, 13 October 2016 - 22 January 2017.

> Exhibition: Robert Filliou – Multiples. MuHKA, Antwerpen, 21 June 2003 - 21 August 2003.

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Related Items

>Robert Filliou, Optimistic Box N°1, 1968.Object, wood (beech), lock, labels, 1 stone, 11 x 11 x 11 cm.

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