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

    Luc Tuymans

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    (c)image: M HKA
    Ijzertoren [Yser Tower], 1995
    Luc Tuymans
    Film , 115.5 x 75.5 cm
    oil, canvas

    Ijzertoren (Yser Tower) is part of the Heimat-series from 1995, which also includes Tuymans' depiction of a Flemish Village — both quintessential symbols of Flemish nationalism, which at one time had been an idealistic endeavour. However, the pale colour palette and the threat that exudes from the scene instead of tranquillity reflect the transformation of nationalist symbols into extreme-rightist ideology. For Tuymans, these symbols are hollow and empty.

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