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.

>Stephen Kaltenbach

The End, 2004

Book, 15.1 x 22.9 cm, 281 p, language: English, publisher: Maitland, Florida: Xulon Press, ISBN: 1594677689.

Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. B 2025/226).

Literary synopsis

The End is the story of the end of the world and a band of survivors who are trapped in a near future Los Angeles after a series of mysterious and devastating disasters. This is the account of their journey, which is one of self-discovery as well as escape. As they face ever-increasing danger, they begin to understand that theirs is a battle against the principalities and powers of darkness. They realize that they need divine assistance to prevail. God provides not only help but also the information that they must have for the survival of their souls.

Relation of the novel to the artist’s practice

''One of Kaltenbach’s most recent works, The End, is a novel about the rapture at the end of the world. An edition of one hundred was stamped with a STEPHEN J. KALTENBACH inkpad signature that is itself canceled by another, superimposed: CECI N’EST PAS UN AUTEUR. The bio on back of the book discloses, “He has been a Christian since 1979”. I have trouble not reading it all as an allegory for the art world’s machinations and as reason to reconsider the influence of the underacknowledged and left behind. In the lingo of his heyday: heavy.''

-Bruce Hainley

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Media

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>4 3/4 x 6 7/8, Watercolor on xerox (Study for stained glass window.)

>20x26 inches Acrylic on velour paper

>2x3 feet Acrylic on canvas

Artist

> Stephen Kaltenbach.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE ARTWORK BECOMES A NOVEL?. M HKA, Antwerp, 07 December 2012 - 21 April 2013.

> Exhibition: Book Lovers 4.0 (Pop-up Bookstore). De Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam, 28 January 2014 - 02 February 2014.

> Exhibition: THE BOOK LOVERS - A Project about Artist Novels. The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, 25 January 2013 - 09 March 2013.

> Exhibition: The Preparation of the Novel (Book Lovers 5.0). Fabra i Coats - Centre d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, 18 July 2014 - 05 September 2014.

> Ensemble: The Artist's Novel.

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