Urgent Conversations: Athens – Antwerp

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    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

    Guillaume Bijl

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    (c)image: M HKA
    Composition Trouvée (à l'affiche / prochainement), 1993
    Guillaume Bijl
    Installation , 100 x 180 x 6 cm
    mixed media

    An example of a Composition trouvée are these two display cases with posters and photos from old films from 1993. In contrast to Bijl's Transformation Installations, only a piece of reality is shown here. It concerns consciously composed recognisable compositions that do not attempt to evoke a complete set. Not just ordinary objects are shown here, but also the display of those objects is shown (the display cases). The photos and posters are therefore not taken out of their familiar context, the artist also shows (part of) the decor. This leads to a reconstruction of highly recognisable forms of presentation.

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