Sanguine / Bloedrood

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    During the cultural city festival Antwerp Baroque 2018. Rubens Inspires, the M HKA, the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, juxtaposes the spirit of the baroque masters with the vision of contemporary top artists. With the exhibition Sanguine/Bloedrood (Blood Red), curator Luc Tuymans aims to overwhelm the visitor by placing key works from the baroque of, among others, Francisco de Zurbarán and Caravaggio, in dialogue with works by classical contemporary masters, such as On Kawara and Edward Kienholz, as well as new works by contemporary stars such as Zhang Enli, Takashi Murakami, Michaël Borremans, Sigmar Polke and Tobias Rheberger. 

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    Bruce Nauman

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    Violent Incident-Man/Women Segment, 1986
    Bruce Nauman
    Installation , 00:00:28
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    This fragment of a video from Bruce Nauman's installation Violent Incident lasts a mere 28 seconds. The larger work consists of twelve screens, which form a single wall; the screens themselves display twelve defining moments of a romantic candlelit dinner. Partially comical and partially biting, this piece illustrates how easily domestic tensions can escalate to unbearable levels. This tension between humour and malice tells us something about the contradictoriness inherent to human nature, which is an important catalyst in Nauman’s work.

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