Ensemble: NUCLEUS
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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.
Themes & Categories
>EUROPE AT LARGE.
>USEFUL LIFE.
>Vrielynck Collectie.
>GUILLAUME BIJL ENSEMBLE.
>JAN VERCRUYSSE ENSEMBLE.
>JIMMIE DURHAM ENSEMBLE.
>JAMES LEE BYARS ENSEMBLE.
>SANTHAL FAMILY.
Artists
>Marina Abramović & Ulay.
>Vito Acconci.
>Vahram Aghasyan.
>Chantal Akerman.
>Vyacheslav Akhunov.
>Victor Alimpiev & Marian Zhunin.
>Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin.
>Maria Thereza Alves.
>Francis Alÿs.
>Andrei Monastyrski .
>Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK.
>Evgeny Antufiev.
>Alain Arias-Misson.
>Martin Arnold.
>Carla Arocha.
>Richard Artschwager.
>Aslan Ġoisum.
>Said Atabekov.
>Kutluğ Ataman.
>AUGUSTAS SERAPINAS.
>Sven Augustijnen.
>Babi Badalov.
>Richard Baquié.
>Ben.
Ben Vautier: C’est le coura
>Charif Benhelima.
>Hicham Benohoud.
>Fred Bervoets.
>Guillaume Bijl.
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>Birdhead.
>Marinus Boezem.
>Christian Boltanski.
>Kasper Bosmans.
>Dirk Braeckman.
>Daniel Buren.
>Teresa Burga.
The oeuvre of Peruvian-born artist Maria Teresa Burga Ruiz has ever since the 1960s occupied an important place within Latin-American art. H
>James Lee Byars.
>Jacques Charlier.
>Olga Chernysheva.
>David Claerbout.
>Hans Clavin.
>Vaast Colson.
>Leo Copers.
>Tony Cragg.
>Alice Creischer.
>François Curlet.
>Hassan Darsi.
>Enrico David.
>Manon de Boer.
>Berlinde De Bruyckere.
>Thierry De Cordier.
>Raoul De Keyser.
>Jan De Lauré.
>Luc Deleu.
>Wim Delvoye.
>Denmark.
>Danny Devos.
>Paul De Vree.
>Daniël Dewaele.
>Els Dietvorst.
>Mark Dion.
>Eugenio Dittborn.
>Nico Dockx.
>Donna Kukama.
>Monica Droste.
>Michael Druks.
>Lili Dujourie.
>Marlene Dumas.
>Jimmie Durham.
>Izmail Efimov.
>Hans Eijkelboom.
>Róza El-Hassan.
>Pieter Engels.
>Jan Fabre.
>Fabrice Hyber.
>Hans-Peter Feldmann.
>Robert Filliou.
>Dan Flavin.
>Maen Florin.
>Michel François.
>Andrea Fraser.
>Bernard Frize.
>Anna Bella Geiger.
>Jochen Gerz.
>Jef Geys.
>Douglas Gordon.
>Sheela Gowda.
>Evgeny Granilshchikov.
>Gu Dexin.
>Gulnara Kasmalieva & Muratbek Djumaliev .
>Fabrice Gygi.
>Khaled Hafez.
>Boran Hansda.
>Keith Haring.
>N S Harsha.
>Mona Hatoum.
>Kati Heck.
>Jan Henderikse.
>René Heyvaert.
>Hiwa K.
>Honoré δ'O.
>Craigie Horsfield.
>Hamlet Hovsepian.
>Ilya & Emilia Kabakov .
>Alfredo Jaar.
>Cameron Jamie.
>Ann Veronica Janssens.
>Jos De Gruyter & Harald Thys.
>Johanna Kandl.
>Anish Kapoor.
>Jean Katambayi Mukendi.
Aside from being an artist, Jean Katambayi Mukendi is also impassioned by technology, mechanics, geometry and electricity. In his work he combines influences
>Amal Kenawy.
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>Kerala Radicals.
Anita Dube, C.K. Rajan, K.R. Karunakaran, Alex Mathew, Reghunadhan K., Jyothi Basu, K.P. Krishnakumar
>Rustam Khalfin.
>Suchan Kinoshita.
>Job Koelewijn.
>Aglaia Konrad.
>John Körmeling.
>Ivan Kožarić.
>K.P. Krishnakumar.
>Barbara Kruger.
>Marie-Jo Lafontaine.
>Wolfgang Laib.
>David Lamelas.
>Mark Lewis.
>Liang Yue.
>Tom Liekens.
Tom Liekens (°1977) maakt monumentale schilderijen, houtsneden en collages. Hij is gefascineerd door de weinig realistische wijze waarop fauna en flora w
>George Lilanga di Nyama.
>Jacques Lizène.
>Bernd Lohaus.
>Léa Lublin.
>Mark Luyten.
>Goshka Macuga.
>Mark Manders.
>Kerry James Marshall.
>Maryam Najd .
>Sergey Maslov.
Sergey Maslov is known as “the mythmaker” of contemporary art in Kazakhstan. He began his work in the late 1980s as an artist an
>Gordon Matta-Clark.
>Danny Matthys.
>Allan McCollum.
>Jonathan Meese.
Jonathan Meese, born in Japan, is a German painter, sculptor, and exuberant performer whose installations could be described as gesamtkunstwerk. Among
>Guy Mees.
>Erbossyn Meldibekov.
>Almagul Menlibayeva.
>Jacqueline Mesmaeker.
>Ludo Mich.
Artist Ludovicus Michielsen was fourteen when he met Yves Klein at the Hessenhuis. Klein’s iconic leap into the void served
>Aernout Mik.
>Marlow Moss.
>Juan Muñoz.
>Antoni Muntadas.
>Maurizio Nannucci.
>Bruce Nauman.
>Nadia Naveau.
Nadia Naveau studies sculpture at the Koninklijke Academie and trains at the Higher Institute for Fine Arts,
>Moshe Ninio.
>Otobong Nkanga.
>Cady Noland.
>Maria Nordman.
>Hans Op de Beeck.
>Luciano Ori.
> ORLAN.
>Anatoly Osmolovsky.
>Tony Oursler.
>Ria Pacquée.
> Panamarenko.
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>Pedro Barateiro.
>Peng Yu.
>Michelangelo Pistoletto.
>Tinka Pittoors.
>Hermann Pitz.
>Dmitri Aleksandrovich Prigov.
>Laure Prouvost.
>Kerim Ragimov.
>C K Rajan.
>Ayman Ramadan.
The works of Ayman Ramadan are site-specific and testify to a deep involvement in social issues. Using different media, often combined in an
>Koka Ramishvili.
>Pipilotti Rist.
>Gert Robijns.
>Guy Rombouts.
>Rong Rong.
>Dieter Roth.
>Thomas Ruff.
>Sarenco.
>Azat Sargsyan.
>Wilhelm Sasnal.
>Eran Schaerf.
>Buky Schwartz.
>Timothy Segers.
The objects Timothy Segers makes stem from light, unmediated, improvisational gestures, realized in the moment. He devises them without knowing their ultimat
>Allan Sekula.
>Steven Shearer.
>Cindy Sherman.
>Sveta Shuvaeva.
>Nedko Solakov.
>Ettore Spalletti.
>Daniel Spoerri.
Daniel Spoerri: Eat Art
>Imogen Stidworthy. >Bart Stolle. >Elly Strik. >Walter Swennen. "Vital is the beauty of the leap towards emptiness", Walter Swennen. Brussels-based artist Walter Swennen >Ana Maria Tavares. >Christophe Terlinden. >Frank Theys. >Koen Theys. >Tiong Ang & Roy Villevoye. >Sven 't Jolle. >Toon Tersas. >Narcisse Tordoir. >Ana Torfs. >Joëlle Tuerlinckx. >James Turrell. >Luc Tuymans. >Dennis Tyfus. >Uri Tzaig. >Nicolás Uriburu. >Vadim Fishkin & Yuri Leiderman. >Patrick Van Caeckenbergh. >Maarten Vanden Abeele. >Koen van den Broek. >Lidwien van de Ven. >Paul Van Hoeydonck. >Vanessa Van Obberghen. >Philippe Van Snick. >Marijke van Warmerdam. >Richard Venlet. >Jan Vercruysse. >Angel Vergara. >Gert Verhoeven. >Liliane Vertessen. >Henk Visch. >Vladislav (Vlad) Mamyshev-Monroe . >Peter Wächtler. >Lawrence Weiner. >Marthe Wéry. >Franz West. >Bill Woodrow. >Xu Zhen. >Yang Fudong. >Yang Zhenzhong. >Yelena Vorobyeva & Viktor Vorobyev. >Konstantin Zvezdochotov. >Alevtina Kakhidze / Алевтина Кахідзе. >Nikita Kadan / Нікіта Кадан. Nikita Kadan is a Ukrainian visual artist who is confronted with how he as an artist must form his own socio >Sergey Bratkov / Сергій Братков. 
