[{"id":4103,"title":"Fragment uit zelfportret als gebouw [Fragment from self-portrait as a building]","dimensions":"120 x 155 cm","date_begin":"1994-01-01","material":"graphite, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":20,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp - Donation Friends of M HKA, 1995","cached_tag_list":"installation","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"S0064","stream_count_app":23,"permalink":"fragment-uit-zelfportret-als-gebouw-fragment-from-self-portrait-as-a-building--2","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/013/170/large/Manders_Fragment_uit_zelfportret_als_gebouw___1994.jpg?1352456760","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003eDutch sculptor Mark Manders, living in Belgium for some time, has been working for a number of years on his so-called \u003cem\u003eZelfportret als gebouw\u003c/em\u003e, an imaginary building to house his dreams, thoughts and memories. M HKA owns a few \u0026lsquo;fragments\u0026rsquo; of this self-portrait: two pencil drawings, one sculpture and one installation. The two latter are assemblages of small objects. Matches, batteries or pencils have been rendered useless by the \u0026lsquo;wrong\u0026rsquo; adjustments. The display and content of the house always vary, just like Manders\u0026rsquo;s own thoughts. A piece by him can function alone, but is always also part of a greater whole, a personal interpretation of the world, an oeuvre. Thus each of his works is a fragment of a building, a self-portrait, a self-portrait as building. \u003cem\u003eZelfportret als gebouw\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;is a work-in-progress. When the things in the building are differently ordered, the identity of its creator (or at least our view of it) also changes. Manders\u0026rsquo;s oeuvre can be seen as a quest for an ever-changing, ever-evolving identity.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe Nederlandse, maar sinds enige tijd in Belgi\u0026euml; wonende kunstenaar Mark Manders bouwt reeds vele jaren lang aan zijn zogeheten \u003cem\u003eZelfportret als gebouw\u003c/em\u003e, een imaginair huis waar de kunstenaar zijn dromen, gedachten en herinneringen in onderbrengt. Het M HKA bezit een aantal \u0026lsquo;fragmenten\u0026rsquo; van zijn \u003cem\u003eZelfportret\u003c/em\u003e: twee potloodtekeningen, een sculptuur en een installatie. De tekeningen tonen delen van het lichaam van een figuur. De sculptuur en de installatie bestaan uit assemblages van kleine voorwerpen. Lucifers, batterijen of potloden worden onbruikbaar gemaakt door de verkeerde toepassingen. De opstelling en invulling van het huis varieert steeds, net zoals de gedachten van de kunstenaar. Elk werk van Manders kan zelfstandig functioneren, maar kadert dus ook in een groter geheel, in zijn persoonlijke interpretatie van de wereld, in een oeuvre. Zo is elk werk een fragment van een gebouw, van een zelfportret, van een zelfportret als gebouw. Het \u003cem\u003eZelfportret als gebouw\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;is een work-in-progress. Wanneer de dingen in het gebouw anders geordend of geplaatst worden, verandert ook (onze kijk op) het zelfportret of de identiteit van de kunstenaar. Het is als het ware een onderzoek naar identiteit, een identiteit met verschillende kanten, een identiteit die evolueert.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":4102,"title":"Fragment uit zelfportret als gebouw [Fragment from self-portrait as a building]","dimensions":"155 x 120 cm","date_begin":"1994-01-01","material":"graphite, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":20,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp - Donation Friends of M HKA, 1995","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"S0063","stream_count_app":18,"permalink":"fragment-uit-zelfportret-als-gebouw-fragment-from-self-portrait-as-a-building--3","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/013/171/large/Manders_Mark_Fragment_uit__Zelfportret_als_gebouw_1994.jpg?1352456825","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":""},{"locale":"nl","description":""},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":4104,"title":"Fragment uit zelfportret als gebouw (bundel van vergissingen) [Fragment from self-portrait as a building (bundle of mistakes)]","dimensions":"102 x 21 x 28 cm","date_begin":"1994-01-01","material":"mixed media","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":3,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp - Donation Friends of M HKA, 1995","cached_tag_list":"mixed media","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"S0065","stream_count_app":26,"permalink":"fragment-uit-zelfportret-als-gebouw-bundel-van-vergissingen-fragment-from-self-portrait-as-a-building-bundle-of-mistakes","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/011/579/large/Manders__Mark__Fragment_uit_zelfportret_als_gebouw__%28bundeling_van_vergissingen%29__1994.JPG?1343304756","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e*\u0026lsquo;Fragment from self-portrait as a building (bundle of mistakes)\u0026rsquo;* is a fine metal framework to which all manner of found objects \u0026ndash; among which, a desiccated mouse \u0026ndash; are attached. This sculpture, which in principle may stand alone, can also be integrated into the larger installation *Fragment from self-portrait as a building* (1993). This is why the work is characteristic for Mark Manders\u0026rsquo; oeuvre, where the separate works (as virtual rooms) ultimately all are components of his total *self-portrait as a building*.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003e*Fragment uit zelfportret als gebouw (bundel van vergissingen)* is een fijn metalen geraamte waaraan allerlei gevonden voorwerpen \u0026ndash; waaronder ook een gedroogde muis \u0026ndash; zijn vastgebonden. Deze sculptuur - die in principe op zichzelf staat - kan ook worden ge\u0026iuml;ntegreerd in de grotere installatie *Fragment uit zelfportret als gebouw* (1993). Daarmee is het werk typerend voor het oeuvre van Mark Manders, waarin de afzonderlijke werken als virtuele kamertjes uiteindelijk allemaal deel zijn van zijn totale *zelfportret als gebouw*.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":4105,"title":"Fragment uit zelfportret als gebouw [Fragment from self-portrait as a building]","dimensions":"variable dimensions","date_begin":"1993-01-01","material":"yton, foil, steel","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":5,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"mixed media","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK6983_M184","stream_count_app":40,"permalink":"fragment-uit-zelfportret-als-gebouw-fragment-from-self-portrait-as-a-building","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/011/576/large/Manders__Mark__Fragment_uit__zelfportret_als_gebouw__1993_%283%29.JPG?1343304401","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the \u0026ldquo;rooms\u0026rdquo; from Mark Manders\u0026rsquo; monumental total-work \u003cem\u003eSelf-portrait as a building\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;is called \u003cem\u003eFragment from self-portrait as a building\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e(1993) and was purchased by the M HKA in 1998. The work consists of a few human-like figures in gray, brown clay and a series of objects that are arranged on the ground in a precise composition, and where Manders gives free rein to his well-known obsession with the number 5. On instruction of the artist, here the M HKA itself can provide the architectural framework: the \u0026ldquo;room\u0026rdquo; is demarcated by an improvised wall of Ytong-blocks on the one side and a taut plastic sheet on the other. The \u0026lsquo;self-portrait as a building\u0026rsquo; is an ongoing work-in-progress. When the things in the building are differently ordered or positioned, (our look at) the self-portrait of the identity of the artist is also changed. It is an investigation into identity, an identity with different sides, an identity that is evolving.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003eE\u0026eacute;n van de \u0026quot;kamers\u0026quot; uit het monumentale totaalwerk van Mark Manders\u0026#39; \u003cem\u003ezelfportret als gebouw\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;heet \u003cem\u003eFragment uit zelfportret als gebouw\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;(1993) en werd door het M HKA aangekocht in 1998. Het werk bestaat uit enkele mensachtige figuren in grauwe, bruine klei en een reeks objecten die in een precieze compositie op de vloer zijn uitgestald en waarin Manders zijn bekende obsessie met het getal vijf de vrije loop laat. Het M HKA kan daar, op voorschrift van de kunstenaar, zelf het architecturale kader bij voorzien: de \u0026quot;kamer\u0026quot; wordt afgebakend door een ge\u0026iuml;mproviseerde muur van Ytong-blokken enerzijds en een strak gespannen plastic folie anderzijds. Het \u0026lsquo;zelfportret als gebouw\u0026rsquo; is een continu work-in-progress. Wanneer de dingen in het gebouw anders geordend of geplaatst worden, verandert ook (onze kijk op) het zelfportret of de identiteit van de kunstenaar. Het is als het ware een onderzoek naar identiteit, een identiteit met verschillende kanten, een identiteit die evolueert.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":5799,"title":"De afwezigheid van Mark Manders","dimensions":"24 x 18 cm, language : Dutch, English, publisher : MUseum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen/Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum s'-Hertogenbosch","date_begin":"1994-01-01","material":"Ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"Exhibition catalogue","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 1994/230","stream_count_app":9,"permalink":"de-afwezigheid-van-mark-manders","description_ru":null,"description_de":null,"description_es":null,"description_el":null,"short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/031/345/large/__Photo_M_HKA__92.jpg?1458563456","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003eEditor : Ronald Van de Sompel, Curator MuHKA.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eTexts : Ronald Van de Sompel \u0026amp; Mark Manders.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAvailable in the M HKA - bookshop.\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp\u003eEditor : Ronald Van de Sompel, Curator MuHKA.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eTexts : Ronald Van de Sompel \u0026amp; Mark Manders.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVerkrijgbaar in de M HKA - bookshop.\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":"\u003cp\u003eEditor : Ronald Van de Sompel, Curator MuHKA.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eTexts : Ronald Van de Sompel \u0026amp; Mark Manders.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDisponible dans le M HKA - bookshop.\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"}]},{"id":19905,"title":"Nocturnal Garden Scene","dimensions":"162 x 221 x 130 cm","date_begin":"2005-01-01","material":"metaal, steen, zand","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collectie S.M.A.K., Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":13,"permalink":"nocturnal-garden-scene","description_ru":"","description_de":"","description_es":"","description_el":"","short_description_du":"","short_description_fr":"","short_description_ru":"","short_description_de":"","short_description_es":"","short_description_el":"","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/041/431/medium_500/WP_2014-_0102.jpg?1532522306","cached_actor_names":"Mark Manders","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/041/431/large/WP_2014-_0102.jpg?1532522306","poster_credits":"collectie S.M.A.K., Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent, image: (c) Willy Peeters","translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eMark Manders is a Dutch artist, living and working in Belgium. Since the late eighties, Manders is working on a project he calls \u0026lsquo;self-portrait as a building\u0026rsquo;. All his later works are fragments of this imaginary house, which contains the artists dreams, thoughts, fears and memories. Manders\u0026rsquo; architectural approach to self-results is an art form that uses sculptures as physical interpretations of intimate emptions. Besides the spatial aspect (vagueness), time (indeterminacy) is also an important concept in Manders\u0026rsquo; work.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThrough his obsession with time, Mark Manders is constantly looking for ways to circumvent or play with this dimension. He can freeze it, but also split it up into moments. In \u003cem\u003eNocturnal Garden Scene \u003c/em\u003ea cat and a loose hanging piece of string are placed in the same moment on the same spot in an obscure and perplexing scene. The choice to split the cat in two, was a logical choice for the artist\u0026nbsp; - the perfection and the tension of the hanging piece of string dissapears once cut into two, while the cat will always be a cat, regardess of the fact that it is in one piece or split in two. \u0026nbsp;This is Manders\u0026rsquo; way of questioning the way humans give meaning and significance to objects and their surroundings. Additionally this is the artists\u0026rsquo; way of researching the boundaries of giving meaning to objects.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eMark Manders is een Nederlander, maar leeft en werkt in Belgi\u0026euml;. Reeds sinds de late jaren tachtig werkt Manders aan wat hij zijn \u0026lsquo;zelfportret als gebouw\u0026rsquo; noemt. Alle latere werken vormen dan ook fragmenten van dit imaginaire huis waarin de kunstenaar zijn dromen, gedachten, angsten en herinneringen onderbrengt. Dit architecturale concept van het \u0026lsquo;ik\u0026rsquo; resulteert bij Manders in een kunst die sculptuur begrijpt als een ruimtelijke materialisering van intieme emoties. Naast de ruimte (onbestemdheid), is ook tijd (onbepaaldheid) een belangrijk concept in Manders\u0026rsquo; werk.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eVanuit zijn obsessie met tijd is Mark Manders voortdurend op zoek naar manieren om deze dimensie te omzeilen of te bespelen. Hij kan ze bevriezen, maar hij kan momenten net zo goed opsplitsen. In \u003cem\u003eNocturnal Garden Scene\u003c/em\u003e bevinden een kat en een slap hangend touw zich precies op hetzelfde moment op dezelfde plaats in dit obscure en bevreemdende tafereel. De keuze om de kat in twee\u0026euml;n te delen was voor de kunstenaar evident - de perfectie en de spanning van een hangend koord verdwijnt immers als het versneden wordt, terwijl de kat nog steeds een kat is. Op die manier tast Manders de grenzen van betekenisgeving af en bevraagt hij de manier waarop de mens zijn omgeving benoemt en beduidt.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]}]