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.
‘Mechelen Marauder fractures space. Its ephemeral,
translucent, cylindrical form reinforces the rotational
movement in space. Our aim is to provoke thought
by destabilising space. The mirror, as an everyday
object, functions as a medium that simultaneously
attracts and repels. The repulsion varies from viewer
to viewer as it fractures one’s image along with all
that crosses its path. It extends like a whirlwind
between the circular floor mosaic and the glass
ceiling – like something that barely seems to stop.’
Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen, 2023