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

    Koen van den Broek

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    (c)photo: Studio Koen van den Broek, Merksem
    Requiem, 2015
    Koen van den Broek
    Painting , 210 x 140 cm
    oil on canvas

    A shadow throws itself theatrically across the canvas. This abstract, yet organic-looking work draws on a photograph of an agricultural machine. By selectively highlighting shapes and lines, there is a transformation that speaks to the imagination. Our minds model a monster with the few elements available. Koen van den Broek refers to Edward Scissorhands from the movie by Tim Burton, the unworldly figure who does not pose a real threat, but whose dark appearance frightens the viewer. Koen van den Broek made this work with the ballet production East in mind, as well as Fauré's Requiem. As a production image, this canvas was eventually replaced by the less abstract and highly symbolic Trona from 2006.

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