Vintage Prints

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Quite conscious of the impermanence of his work, Matta-Clark tried as far as was possible to document his urban interventions, his performances, and his actions in abandoned buildings. In addition to his removals and photographic collages – both considered as fully-fledged artworks – there also exist a great number of films, drawings, letters, preliminary studies, notes and other documents. About this, he says: ‘... that’s what I like about the whole documentation process (…) if it’s not worth documenting, it’s not worth having.’

The M HKA has a number of these vintage prints: photographic prints made by (or at least contemporaneous to) Matta-Clark.

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The M HKA is a museum for contemporary art, film and visual culture in its widest sense. It is an open place of encounter for art, artists and the public. The M HKA aspires to play a leading role in Flanders and to extend its international profile by building upon Antwerp's avant-garde tradition. The M HKA bridges the relationship between artistic questions and wider societal issues, between the international and the regional, artists and public, tradition and innovation, reflection and presentation. Central here is the museum's collection with its ongoing acquisitions, as well as related areas of management and research.

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The M HKA Ensembles represent our first steps towards initiating the public to today's art-related digital landscape. With the help of these new media, our aim is to offer our artworks a better and fuller array of support for their presentation and public understanding.