Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp
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| - | [[MuHKA]] (Museum of Contemporary Art in [[Antwerp]]) | + | The '''Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen''' (commonly abbreviated as ''MuKHA'', translates as ''Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp'') is the [[contemporary art]] [[museum]] of the city of [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]]. It is one of the most important art museums in Belgium. The museum holds a permanent collection of contemporary art from Belgian and international artists, an arthouse cinema and an important library of books on contemporary art. |
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| - | MuHKA’s full name is '''Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen''', or '''Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp'''. It has been housed in a converted grain silo and adjoining warehouse since 1987. This renovation and change of use is very much in keeping with the attention that is now being paid to the fascinating urban planning of the ‘Zuid’ or South area of the city. | + | The architect responsible for the creation of the museum from an old grain storage space (1987) was Michel Grandsard who also designed the extension of the museum (1997). |
| + | The director of the museum since 1992 is [[Bart de Baere]]. | ||
| - | The MuHKA’s 4.000 square metres of exhibition space devoted to art from 1970 to the present day. The building and the collection, which of course is constantly being added to, belongs to the Flemish Community. Moreover, the museum has the Matta-Clark Foundation collection in its possession for an indeterminate period of time. Initially it formed the basis of the MUHKA collection and consists of more than 150 works by Belgian and international artists. --http://www.muhka.be/ [Jul 2004] | + | == See also == |
| - | '''Wim Delvoye''' ([[Wervik]], [[1965]]) is a [[Belgian]] [[conceptual art]]ist known for a number of unconventional projects: | + | *[[Het Zuid]] |
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| - | ==Cloaca== | + | |
| - | Cloaca is an installation that produces [[feces]]. | + | |
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| - | The first Cloaca machine was exhibited at the [[MuHKA]] (Museum of Contemporary Art in [[Antwerp]]) in [[2000]]. | + | |
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| - | The machine was "fed" an exquisite meal twice a day, the feces coming out at the other end of the processing unit as a result of the "digestion" of the food. | + | |
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| - | There are several Cloaca set-ups: the ''original'' setup is that of a series of containers in glass on a long table, while the more modern ones are comparatively shorter, digesting food through what looks like a series of washing machines. | + | |
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| - | The logo and other promotional art work of the Cloaca project are a parody of the logos of [[Coca-Cola]], [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[Mr. Clean]], and other brands. The feces produced by the Cloaca machines are sold vacuum-packed in translucent boxes. | + | |
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| - | Cloaca has its own website, [http://www.cloaca.be www.cloaca.be] | + | |
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| - | ==Euterpe== | + | |
| - | Around 2001, the artist asked some of his friends to paint parts of their bodies with small amounts of [[barium]] and then have sex in actual medical clinics. | + | |
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| - | At exhibitions, the X-rays are presented as giant [[stained-glass]] church windows [http://www.speronewestwater.com/cgi-bin/iowa/works/record.html?record=1477]. At a distance you admire the abstract forms, but it is only when you come closer and study it in detail that you see what it is composed of. | + | |
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| - | He used this trick before in his [[1992]] work "Mosaic". The work consists of glazed [[Tile#Floor tiles|tiles]] bearing an identical image, arranged to form symmetrical and highly ornate patterns. It is only on closer inspection that you realize that on each tile, you see 2 [[turd]]s -the artist's own excrement! | + | |
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| - | ==Tattooed pigs== | + | |
| - | Wim Delvoye has been tattooing pigs since the 1990s. In the early [[21st century]] a tattooed pigs project was set up in the [[Art Farm]] in [[China]], where there are fewer strictures regarding animal welfare than in most parts of the Western world. In [[2005]] his colleague, artist [[Danny Devos]], spent several months at the farm, reorganizing, managing and rebuilding. | + | |
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The Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (commonly abbreviated as MuKHA, translates as Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp) is the contemporary art museum of the city of Antwerp, Belgium. It is one of the most important art museums in Belgium. The museum holds a permanent collection of contemporary art from Belgian and international artists, an arthouse cinema and an important library of books on contemporary art.
The architect responsible for the creation of the museum from an old grain storage space (1987) was Michel Grandsard who also designed the extension of the museum (1997). The director of the museum since 1992 is Bart de Baere.
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