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.

Ensemble: Verlies en afwezigheid [Loss and Absence]

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Characteristic for Jan Vercruysse is a strong sense of melancholy. Vercruysse's work seem empty and quiet. He robs archetypical objects like the piano, the fireplace and the chair of their function and consequently of their meaning. His sculptures can't be entered and don't interact with their environment. What remains is emptiness, absence; absence of a message, of meaning and of content. The absence of images similarly denotes absence. Vercruysse regularly shows empty canvases and constructions that would normally contain an image, but have now become image themselves. In this way, Vercruysse physically shapes the 'loss' of art and of the place of art in the world. At the same time, this emptiness also gives way to space to rethink the position of art in the world.

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Works

>Jan Vercruysse, Kamer (III) [Chamber (III)], 1985.Installation, wood, mirror, neon lamp, 390 x 170 x 250 cm.

>Jan Vercruysse, Atopies (VIII), 1986.Installation, mahogany veneer on wood, steel, 396 x 380 x 30 cm.

>Jan Vercruysse, 9 ontwerpen voor het omslag van een tijdschrift in 8+1 afleveringen, 1992.Print, paper.

>Jan Vercruysse, M (M1), 1992.Sculpture, wood, gypsum, blue glass, white pigment, 54 x 200 x 155 cm.

>Jan Vercruysse, Les Paroles (III), 1994.Sculpture, wood, iron, paint, 130 x 220 x 180 cm.

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