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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    Sanguine/Bloedrood. Luc Tuymans on Baroque

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    (c)image: M HKA, Courtesy Private Collection
    Crystal Snowflakes, 2006-2007
    Yutaka Sone
    Installation , 24 x 50 x 43 cm, 20 x 20 x 12 cm, 22.5 x 22 x 12.5 cm
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    By focusing on an enlarged snowflake cut from a solid piece of crystal, Sone seems to want to purify nature from all humanity. The wonderful symmetry of a frozen molecule is all that remains. The intriguing aspect of this work, according to the curator, is its smallness and the crystallised sense of detail, with which the work expands and transcends itself. It is perfect in all its simplicity, but simultaneously also presents an over-attention to detail. The tension in this work is visibly present: the solidified form of something fluid, expressed in never-melting crystal.

    Text: Hans Willemse
    Translations: Michael Meert

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