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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    Zeno X (performance with my tortoises Janneke & Mieke), 1978-1981
    Jan Fabre
    Performance , 04:00:00

    Antwerp, Volksstraat

    At the inauguration of a new art gallery Jan Fabre places candles on the backs of his tortoises. They go like this from the old gallery to the new one. This new gallery, still well-known today, is given the name of the performance: Zeno X. 

     

    "I'm really glad.
    After hours of talking, I've persuaded Hedwig
    Van Laer and his assistant Frank to change the
    name of the gallery The Printshop.
    He has opted for the name Avant Grade Gallery
    (like the title of one of my small objects, the
    cardboard shirt collar).
    And for his new, second place in the same
    Volksstraat, he has chosen the name Zeno X Gallery
    (the title of my tortoise performance)."

    (Jan Fabre, Antwerp, 3 June 1981)

     

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