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Item: Spreken [To Speak]
1999
Installation, 200 x 140 x 80 cm.
Materials: metal, wood, blankets, polyester, polyurethane
Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collection Flemish Community (Inv. no. BK7198_M213).
In a series of drawings called ‘dekenvrouwen’ (blanket women), Berlinde De Bruyckere introduces the human figure in her work in 1994. Sculptures follow this series of drawings, amongst others Spreken (Speaking). The sculptures are life-sized figures with realistic arms and legs, while the rest of the body is hidden under blankets. The bodies have been modelled in wax. The blankets form a kind of second skin – they function as a fur. These are pictures that include the duality of protection and suffocation, security and anxiety, safety and confusion, life and death. The blankets refer to the security of childhood, but at the same time to current pictures of the refugee camps.
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07 June 2013 - 22 September 2013.
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EXTRA MUROS: Geel – Middl...
15 September 2018 - 04 November 2018.
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Middle Gate
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Collectie Vlaamse Gemeens...
The M HKA holds works on permanent loan that were acquired with the budget of the Vlaamse Commissie voor Beeldende Kunst (Flemish Visual Art
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Benedenverdieping | Groun...
The works for the theme Migration that can be found on the ground floor.
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