Urgent Conversations: Athens – Antwerp
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
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Marlene Dumas
© Marlene Dumas — image: M HKA
Semite [from the portfolio ‘Eerbetoon aan Jan Hoet (map I)’], 2004
The silkscreen print Semite is the first from an edition of 10 prints that Marlene Dumas made in 2004. Dumas takes the human figure as her starting point to develop a visual critique of contemporary racial, sexual and social identities. Semite is a portrait of a man who, judging by the title, hails from the Middle East. In her portraits, Dumas focuses on the individual rather than the general; she does not turn her figures into symbols of broader issues.
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