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
    Trona, 2006
    Koen van den Broek
    Painting , 158 x 154 cm
    oil on canvas

    Trona is a desolate place not far from Death Valley in California. In the glaring midday sun, Koen van den Broek shot an overexposed Polaroid there which evokes the hallucinatory heat. The painting based on the photograph shows the scorching sun in all its glory, portraying a blurred view of reality. Except for some vague contours, the church is all but missing; only the cross was retained. A sign that, in terms of current significance, it is certainly not inferior to the Twin Towers. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui chose this work as an image of the East production with work by choreographers who straddle East and West and draw inspiration from the fusion of these cultures. For the occasion, Cherkaoui made a creation based on Fauré's Requiem.

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