Sanguine / Bloedrood
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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Marlene Dumas
© Marlene Dumas — image: Syb'l. S. - Pictures
Sailor's Dream [from the “Pin-Up” series], 1996
"I use all the cheap tricks of attracting attention: eyes looking at you, sexual parts exposed or deliberately covered. The primitive pull of recognition. The image as prostitute. You are forced to say yes or no." Marlene Dumas
Marlene Dumas uses the human figure as a point of departure to develop a visual critique of contemporary racial, sexual and social identities. The watercolours from the ‘MD–Pin Up Series’ in the M HKA collection are based on Polaroids that Dumas took in a strip club in Amsterdam, and on photographs from various pornographic magazines. The female body is depicted in her characteristic raw, expressionist style with sombre tones.
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