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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    ©image: M HKA
    Orange Border, 2001-2001
    Koen van den Broek
    Painting , 165 x 110 cm
    oil, canvas

    Details, inconspicuous elements from our environment – cracks in the road or sidewalk – are central to the paintings of Koen Van den Broek. He renders them in a clear, descriptive manner. Still, the motifs are depicted in such a way that the focus is not immediately clear, or shifts. The paintings balance on the border of abstraction and figuration. Sometimes the title offers an answer, like the case here with Orange border, while in other cases the title lacks a concrete interpretation.

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