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The M HKA’s contemporary art collection has grown thanks to a combination of acquisitions, donations and long-term loans from various public collections. The historical basis for the collection goes back to the ICC activities (International Cultural Centre) in Antwerp in the 1970s. The M HKA collection continues to grow in the areas of the post-war avant-garde tradition in Antwerp and the wider region in north-western Europe, today's multipolar world, the importance of the 'performative' aspect and social commitment, but also with regard to the nature and role of images today. Here, we present a selection of works from a broad spectrum of different sensitivities, regions, research areas and stories from our collection.
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Peter Wächtler
Peter Wächtler is a storyteller. His works are characterised by dramaturgic components such as melancholy, pathos, ironic or satiric humor, r
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Luciano Ori
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Sheela Gowda
Sheela Gowda (°1957, Bhadravati, India) lives and works in Bangalore, India. Gowda is a trained painter, but has taken a sculptural path and
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Aslan Goisum
Aslan Ġoisum (formerly Gaisumov) completed his studies at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Moscow in 2012. As of 2016, he studied a
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JAMES LEE BYARS ENSEMBLE
The international renowned American artist James Lee Byars has a remarkable relationship with the M HKA. From the seventies onward he worked
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GUILLAUME BIJL ENSEMBLE
"Society is not as idealistic as one imagines. That's also why I seriously question society, the civilisation in which we live. In the face
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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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SANTHAL FAMILY
M HKA acquired the SANTHAL FAMILY ensemble on the occasion of the exhibition Santhal Family: Positions Around an Indian Sculpture in 2008. W