Sanguine / Bloedrood

    NLENFR

    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. 

    antwerpenbarok2018.be

    Sanguine/Bloedrood. Luc Tuymans on Baroque

    Back
    Collezione Prada, Milano, image: (c) Roberto Marossi, © SABAM Belgium 2018
    Concetto Spaziale, Natura, 1982
    Lucio Fontana
    Sculpture , 50 x 50 cm

    With Lucio Fontana there is no longer any question of different disciplines such as painting or sculpture, but rather of an integrated work that fuses elements of the installation (the artwork as a built-up object), the performance (the incision as action) and the environment (the artwork as environmental element). The Concetto Spaziale, Natura shown here is a sphere of terracotta – there are also versions in bronze – with an incision as a lively signal from the artist to bring the inert density of matter into action. 

    Text: Hans Willemse
    Translations: Michael Meert

    Back