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.

Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen

Jonas Lampens

° 2013

Works in Antwerp (BE).

Carla Arocha (b. 1961) is from Caracas, Venezuela, but has been living and working in Antwerp for years. Since 2005 she forms an artistic duo with the Antwerp artist Stéphane Schraenen (b. 1971). Their abstract sculptures start from everyday objects that they strip of their individuality and functionality, reducing them, in this way, to their basic essence and form. By placing them in a spatial context, an abstract interaction between the object and the environment arises, in which light and reflection play an important role. Their constructions constitute an artistic research within and into the rich tradition of abstract art. Their work exists at a moment of confluence of material and idealistic reality, and of static and mobile environment. From there, a synthesis arises in which both the architecture of the space and the movement of the viewer are involved.

Text: Hans Willemse
Translations: Michael Meert

Works

>Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen , Untitled Leather (Chris), 2006.Mixed Media, digital print on leather , 490 x 80 cm.

>Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen , Circa Tabac, 2007.Installation, mirrors, steel construction, 1400 x 150 cm (150 x 50 x 34.8 cm).

>Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen , Persiana I , 2007.Mixed Media, plexiglass, acrylic paint, stainless steel .

>Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen , Rooms II, 2010.Sculpture, marble , Variable.

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>Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen , Peep Purple, 2012.Other, digital print on glass and mirror, 122 x 92 cm.

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>Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen , Peep Pink, 2012.Other, digital print on glass and mirror, 122 x 92 cm.

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>Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen , Peep Blue, 2012.Other, digital print on glass and mirror, 122 x 92 cm.

>Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen , Up 2, 2013.Article.

>Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen , Mechelen Marauder, 2014.Sculpture, mirrored plexiglas and stainless steel, 1400 x 200 cm.

Exhibitions & Ensembles

> Exhibition: Jef Verheyen. Window on Infinity. 23 March 2024 - 18 August 2024.

> Exhibition: Sanguine/Bloedrood. Luc Tuymans on Baroque. 01 June 2018 - 16 September 2018.

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

> Exhibition: TOGETHER.. 06 August 2020 - 06 September 2020.

> Ensemble: Window on Infinity - Room De Keyserzaal.

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