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.
Estate Joris Ghekiere, Klein Willebroek, image: © Pieter Huybrechts
For the exhibition Sanguine/Bloedrood, Luc Tuymans has chosen a painting of a figurative plant that appears to become larger and more abstract in a hazy environment. In their backgrounds, the scene is surrounded by a nebulous light tunnel that isolates and sacralises the central motif.
Text: Hans Willemse
Translations: Michael Meert
