MuHKA, Antwerpen
01 jun 2007 - 19 aug 2007




Initial trial run for the exhibition A Story of the Image: Visual Art as Visual Culture, which will open at The Singapore Institute of Contemporary Arts in Singapore on 29 November 2007

Artists: Francis Alÿs, Carla Arocha, Charif Benhelima, Guillaume Bijl, Dirk Braeckman, David Claerbout, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Marlene Dumas, Jan Kempenaers, Danny Matthijs, Guy Mees, Hans Op De Beeck, Ria Pacquée, Liza May Post, Walter Swennen, Frank Theys, Ana Torfs, Luc Tuymans, Maarten Vanden Abeele, Koen Van den Broeck, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Marijke Van Warmerdam, Gonzales Coques, Henri De Braekeleer, Cornelis Schut, Daniel Seghers, Jan Havickszoon Steen, David Teniers II, Antony Van Dyck, gravures naar Rubens

The Singapore Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Royal Museum of Fine Art in Antwerp and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp are collaborating on the prestigious exhibition A Story of the Image: Visual Art as Visual Culture, which will open in Singapore in early 2008. Een verhaal van het beeld is the initial trial run for this. This exhibition combines work by contemporary artists in the MuHKA [Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp > collection, most of them Flemish (Luc Tuymans, David Claerbout, Francis Alys, etc.), with historical masterpieces from the KMSKA [Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp > collection: paintings by, among others, Anthony Van Dyck and David Teniers, and innovative Antwerp printmaking that marks the advent of the reproducible image.
Just as artists from this region are important to an understanding of today’s visual culture, Antwerp artists of the 16th and 17th centuries had a decisive influence on theirs. It was after all in Antwerp that, under the influence of the art market, a new sort of image arose in the 16th century, one in which the patron and their entourage no longer played a decisive role. The grandeur of Rubens and the huge print production were obvious expressions of this. One can therefore justifiably say that the foundations of the mass media were laid by artistic developments in Antwerp in the 16th and 17th centuries.

> initiated by vzw SingAnt in collaboration with the Belgium Embassy in Singapore and the LASALLE College of the Arts > coordination: City of Antwerp > with the support of: Antwerp Port Authority and the Flemish Minister for Foreign Policy > project sponsor Singapore: Belgacom, KBC and Katoen Natie

participating artists:
MuHKA
FRANCIS ALŸS
CARLA AROCHA
CHARIF BENHELIMA
GUILLAUME BIJL
DIRK BRAECKMAN
DAVID CLAERBOUT
BERLINDE DE BRUYCKERE
MARLENE DUMAS
JAN KEMPENAERS
DANNY MATTHYS
GUY MEES
HANS OP DE BEECK
RIA PACQUÉE
LIZA MAY POST
WALTER SWENNEN
FRANK THEYS
NARCISSE TORDOIR
ANA TORFS
LUC TUYMANS
MAARTEN VANDEN ABEELE
ANNE-MIE VAN KERCKHOVEN
MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM

ANDERE SINEMA / AS 1977>2007 #1>#178 (ronde zaal)

KMSKA
paintings:
GONZALES COQUES
HENRI DE BRAEKELEER
CORNELIS SCHUT EN DANIEL SEGHERS
JAN HAVICKSZOON STEEN
DAVID TENIERS II
ANTONY VAN DYCK
printmaking according to PIETER PAUL RUBENS

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