Urgent Conversations: Athens – Antwerp
The exhibitions Urgent Conversations: Athens–Antwerp and Urgent Conversations: Antwerp – Athens are a collaboration between EMST and M HKA, a theoretical and visual dialogue, based on works from the collections of both museums, which includes more than 70 works structured in 22 topics.
28.04.2017 - 07.01.2018
M HKA, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen - Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerpen
EMST, National Museum of Contemporary Art - Kallirrois Avenue & Amvr. Frantzi Str., Athens 11743
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Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / AMVK
(c)image: AMVK
L'âme ne peut rien d'elle-même, 2014
“One of the PVC collages “PLAYGIRLS” inspired by ‘La Fontaine d'Aréthuse’ (1910) by composer K. Szymanowski. Pages of the nude magazine Playgirl (Baltimore, 1958) served as a starting point. The works have texts of the book ‘Rhythmanalysis’ of Marxist L.Lefebvre (Parijs, 1992) and bits of the first text i ever wrote on a computer, in 1980. The titles and content of the works have to do with specific chapters of « Le Miroir des Âmes Simples et Anéanties et qui seulement demeurent en Vouloir et Désir d'Amour » (Paris, 1300) of the mystic Marguerite Porete. I feel very close to her individuality and passion. The Playgirls were made for my Zeno X exhibition, ‘3 Carrels (Degenerate Customized Solutions)’.” — AMVK
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