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.

Mnemonic device #2, Third Stone From The Sun, 2020

Painting, 137.2 x 109.2 cm.

©Jim Shaw, 2020 - Courtesy of the Artist and Gagosian, Paris - photo: M HKA, 2024

Collection: Gagosian, Paris (Inv. no. JSHAW 2020.0003).

For this work, Jim Shaw draws on techniques to train and support memory that were devised from the 1970s onwards by former American professional basketball player (and Olympic champion) Jerry Lucas. For the book Remember the Word: Vol. 1, The Gospels: A Bible Memorization System, Lucas developed a system of auditory and visual associations to memorise the four Gospels. Shaw adopts Lucas's cartoonish drawing style to create a rebus, with varying references from pop culture and the advertising world, to Breughelian scenes or a portrait of Russian president Vladimir Putin. The title may refer to 3rd Rock from the Sun, the 1990s American sitcom about aliens who land on Earth – the third planet from the Sun – which they consider a very insignificant planet. Third Stone From The Sun is also a late 1960s song by legendary psychedelic rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix that highlights the latter's interest in science fiction.

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Artist

> Jim Shaw.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: Jim Shaw — The Ties That Bind . M HKA, Antwerp, 09 February 2024 - 19 May 2024.

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> Ensemble: Jim Shaw - Painting.

Related Items

>Jim Shaw, Study for Mnemonic Device, 2019.Drawing, pencil on paper, 9 x 12 inches.