Exhibition: The City Collection: IN/SIGHT
M HKA, Antwerp
16 May 2024 - 06 January 2025
The City Collection Antwerp is a dynamic initiative that aims to provide insight into Antwerp’s diverse contemporary art scene. Reflecting the spirit of the city in flux, it features works by local and international artists, from emerging talent to established names.
Since its launch in 2021, M HKA and the City have been jointly developing the collection via annual acquisitions. Gradually formed through thoughtful selection, this ensemble of works remains at the museum on long-term loan. That initial presentation titled Lipstick and Gas Masks highlighted an emerging generation of artists based in Antwerp. The 2024 iteration focuses on artists considered key references, particularly important for Antwerp galleries. Mediators between the local and the international scene, galleries have always played a significant role in the avant-garde developments of the city’s cultural landscape. Opening together with the 10th edition of Antwerp Art Weekend, In/sight celebrates the uniqueness of Antwerp as a harbour for contemporary art. The presentation will unfold through the year, bringing together the kaleidoscopic variety of artworks from the City Collection Antwerp.
A presentation with works by: Nel Aerts, Özge Akarsu, Moataz Alqaissy, Vered Ben-Kiki, Marcel Broodthaers, Ignace Cami, Fia Cielen, Winnie Claessens, Kasper De Vos, Sam Druant, Bendt Eyckermans, Pélagie Gbaguidi, Daan Gielis, Ann Veronica Janssens, Jaffa Lam, Martin Margiela, Viktor Mattsson, Jonathan Meese, Hana Miletić, Mashid Mohadjerin, Nadia Naveau, Otobong Nkanga, Imge Özbilge, Panamarenko, Margaret Salmon, Subin Son, Walter Swennen, Adrien Tirtiaux, Charline Tyberghein, Leendert van Accoleyen, Philippe Van Wolputte, Mathieu Verhaeghe, Marthe Wéry, Stephen Willats, Guy Woueté en Cindy Wright.
Thanks to: Annie Gentils Gallery, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Base-Alpha Gallery, DMW Gallery, Fred&Ferry, Galerie Geukens & De Vil, Galerie Jamar, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Keteleer Gallery, Micheline Szwajcer Galerie, Office Baroque, Otty Park, Pizza Gallery, PLUS-ONE Gallery, Shoobil Gallery, Tim Van Laere Gallery, Zeno X Gallery.
WorksShow artists
> Raoul van den Boom, Yayoi Kusama, Kusama’s studio (New York), 1967. Photography, print on baryta, 65 x 207.5 cm.
> Marcel Broodthaers, Ma collection, 1971. Collage, assemblage en collage op beide zijden van twee panelen, panel: 100 × 65 cm.
> Panamarenko, Rugzakvlucht 4KW, 1984. Object, mixed media, 71 x 73 x 52 cm (plinth: 100 x 40 x 45 cm).
> Adrien Tirtiaux, L'Aventure dans la savane, 1988-2018. Print, fine art print on ilford paper, 59.4 x 84 cm.
> Stephen Willats, Concrete Window, 1991. Photography, photographic prints, photographic dye, acrylic paint, letraset text on paper and card, 121 x 74.5 cm.
> Marthe Wéry, Utrecht Après, 1992. Painting, oil on panel, 3 x (50 x 41 x 3 cm).
> Vered Ben-Kiki, Wallpaper, 1994. Installation, collage op papier, drie delen, elk 205 x 73 cm.
> Walter Swennen, Zij die hier zijn zijn van hier, 2006. Painting, acryl op doek, 40 x 50 cm.
> Philippe Van Wolputte, Temporary Penetrable Exhibition Spaces T.P.E.S. 1 - 6 of 10, 2011. Video, video, b/w, stereo, dimensions 4/4, 00:08:37.
> Philippe Van Wolputte, Give off / Give out, 2011. Video, video, b/w, stereo, dimensions 16/9, 00:04:44.
> Adrien Tirtiaux, Monumentale académie, 2012-2018. Print, fine art print on ilford paper, 59.4 x 84 cm.
> Philippe Van Wolputte, Looking Back While Walking Forward, 2013. Video, video, stereo, b/w, dimensions 16/9, 00:11:24.
> Nadia Naveau, Deaf Ted, 2014. Sculpture, plaster, 130 x 80 x 70 cm.
> Nadia Naveau, Figaro’s Triumph, 2014. Sculpture, plaster, 160 x 80 x 80 cm.
> Nadia Naveau, Roi, je t'attends à Babylone, 2014. Sculpture, plaster, plasticine, 180 x 120 x 130 cm.
> Jaffa Lam, A Piece of History of the Moon, 2015. Installation.
> Pélagie Gbaguidi, Icon in Progress After the Pink, 2015. Painting, acrylic on canvas, pigment , 250 x 152 cm.
> Guy Woueté, Terre & Visages, 2015-2020. Photography, series of 10 photographs, printed on canson rag photographique 310 gr, elk 40 x 60 cm.
> Mashid Mohadjerin, #revolution, 2016. Photography, 87.7 x 144 cm.
> Adrien Tirtiaux, Approcher la ligne claire, 2016-2018. Print, fine art print on ilford paper, 59.4 x 84 cm.
> Adrien Tirtiaux, La Reine des ruines, 2016-2018. Print, fine art print on ilford paper, 59.4 x 84 cm.
> Imge Özbilge, Camouflage, 2016. Video, animated short film, 00:05:31.
> Mathieu Verhaeghe, Sausage Series, 2016-2020. Installation, paint, pork intestine, rope, variable dimensions.
> Adrien Tirtiaux, Alles fliegt Ford, 2017-2018. Print, fine art print on ilford paper, 59.4 x 84 cm.
> Imge Özbilge, Galata, 2017. Drawing, ink and acrylic on paper.
> Margaret Salmon, I You Me We Us, 2018. Video, double channel 16mm film transferred to digital on 2 hantarax monitors, 00:16:00 in loop.
> Martin Margiela, Vanitas, 2019. Installation, silicone, natuurlijk en kunstmatig geverfd haar, 90 × 255 × 50 cm.
> Imge Özbilge, Kara La [#1 to #4], 2019. Drawing, ink on paper, transparent glass frame.
> Nel Aerts, Waddle Work Film, 2019. Video, video, super 8mm film transfer to hd, 00:08:05.
> Ignace Cami, Nar, 2020. Sculpture.
> Leendert van Accoleyen, Kortom, de kenmerken van de Gotiek, 2020. Sculpture, steen, metaal, metaaldraad, eik, 300 x 40 x 60 cm.
> Özge Akarsu, Being with the Other, 2020. Video, music by sugar plum fairy - pjotr ilyich tchaikovski bycyrille mercadier and david gould., 00:03:27.
> Bendt Eyckermans, De interne oorlog, 2020. Painting, oil on canvas, 187 x 148 cm.
> Cindy Wright, Eye to Eye (Unification), 2020. Drawing, charcoal on paper, 192 x 300 cm.
> Charline Tyberghein, Hangry Eyes, 2020. Painting, acrylic on wood, 122 x 94 cm.
> Charline Tyberghein, Sportsball!, 2020. Painting, acrylic on wood, 150 x 122 cm.
> Charline Tyberghein, Trouble ahead, trouble behind, 2020. Painting, acrylic on wood, 185 x 150 cm.
> Imge Özbilge, Zonder titel [Untitled], 2020. Drawing, ink and acrylic on paper.
> Winnie Claessens, The Great Ballet in Orbit, 2021. Video, 16:9, 00:08:34.
> Winnie Claessens, The Truth is out there, 2021. Sculpture, 50.5 x 16 x 16 cm.
> Moataz Alqaissy, Protrude, 2021. Textile, gouache, tempera, metaal, linnen, 78 × 70 cm.
> Otobong Nkanga, The Accumulator, 2021. Painting, acryl on paper, 64 x 50.5 cm.
> Ann Veronica Janssens, Magic Mirror Steel Blue, 2022. Sculpture, dichroic laminated glass consisting of crash glass, float and gelatin filters , 220 x 110 x 1.8 cm .
> Jonathan Meese, THE THIRD MAN'S SOLDIERS! (KNALLBONBONS "X") - 1 - , 2022. Sculpture, advertising pilar, acrylic, caparol-dispersion binder, 72 x 195 cm.
> Subin Son, Diaspora, 2022. Sculpture, assemblage van drie boeken, 18 × 15 × 13 cm.
> Hana Miletić, Materials, 2022. Assemblage, textielkunst, handgeweven en gevilt textiel (lichtgrijs eucalyptus garen, bleke gele ruwe wol, zilvergrijs gemerceriseerd katoen, zilver metaalgaren, zilver diervriendelijk zijde en veelkleurige ruwe wol), 78 × 58 × 2 cm.
> Fia Cielen, Soma, 2023. Drawing, collage and mushroom spores on paper, 3 x (40 × 30 cm).
> Daan Gielis, Happy Sad, 2023. Installation, neon, 100 x 100 cm.
> Viktor Mattsson, Finding Paradise, 2023. Painting, oil on linen, 85 x 70 cm.
> Sam Druant, We Weave, 2023. Textile, mix van textiel, met handpistool getuft, 220 × 270 cm.
> Fia Cielen, HYPNOPOMP, 2023. Installation, video, sculpture and projection mapping, sculpture 142 × 75 × 65 cm.