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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    Jan Fabre

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    (c)image: Syb'l S. Pictures
    9 Insectenobjecten, 1977-1979
    Jan Fabre
    Installation , 90 x 130 x 65 cm

    Insects have been ubiquitous in Jan Fabre’s work right from the start. At the age of twenty, at the end of the seventies, he made drawings of insects and transformed them into surreal objects or hybrid beings. The bodies and movements of these strange creatures continue to inspire his later work. Spiders, beetles and cocoons act as a metaphor for miraculous transformations and endless cycles of birth, death and rebirth. Fabre uses insects as in-between creatures and messengers to convey his unique world-view to his audience.

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