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: Window on Infinity - Room 01

Photo: Christine Clinckx / M HKA

WINDOW ON INFINITY

 

A painting is more than a representation of reality. That is why modern painting embarks on a quest to liberate the imagination. Jef Verheyen’s ‘windows on infinity’ are an end destination on that expedition. Le Peintre Flamant – as Verheyen calls himself – takes us to what lies beyond perception. Directing our gaze to the immeasurable and incomprehensible, his contemplative spaces invite us to step beyond the physical boundaries of the canvas.

In Verheyen’s oeuvre lie dialogues between various artistic traditions, from European to East Asian. His artistic experimentation blends with Chinese philosophy: painting meets meditation. In this way – as thinking artist – Verheyen constructs a bridge between modern, conceptual and contemporary art.

 

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Media

>Installation view of ‘Jef Verheyen. Window on Infinity’ at KMSKA, in collaboration with M HKA and Jef Verheyen Archive, 2024.

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Works

>Lucio Fontana, Concetto Spaziale, 1960.Painting, water-based paint and slashes on canvas, 144 x 101 cm.

>Jef Verheyen, • 0544 • Begrenzing van het Niets (Boundary of Nothingness), 1960.Painting, oil and gold paint on canvas, 99 x 80 cm, 100 x 81.5 cm with frame.

>Lucio Fontana, Jef Verheyen, Gerald Dauphin, Jef Verheyen and Lucio Fontana just before the opening of Fontana’s solo exhibition in Museum Morsbroich in Leverkusen, curated by Udo Kultermann, 1962.Photography, photograph.

>Jef Verheyen, Sammlung Lenz, • 0102 • Le Vide (ed. 20), 1963-1965.Multiple, chromed metal, 50 x 36 x 7 cm, base 1,5 cm (h).

>Gerald Dauphin, Jef Verheyen, Jef Verheyen presents his sculpture 'Le Vide' up against the sky, 1965.Photography, photograph.

>Gerald Dauphin, Jef Verheyen, Günther Uecker, Günther Uecker and Jef Verheyen place a ‘window’ in the open field, as part of 'Vlaamse Landschappen' in ’t Kasteelke in Mullem, 1967.Photography, photograph.

>Günther Uecker, Umrahmen, 1972.Sculpture, nails on woorden frame, 80 x 80 cm.

>Jef Verheyen, • 0352 • Venus Saphira, 1978-1983.Painting, matt lacquer on canvas, 200 x 324 cm, 204 x 327 cm with frame.

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