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This year the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp [MuHKA], which first opened its doors to the public in 1987, has been in existence for 20 years. This is being celebrated with a series of exhibitions under the general title JUBILEE, each of which turns the spotlight on a different aspect of the collection. #1 A story of the image 01.0619.08.07 #2 Luc Tuymans I don’t get it 01.0609.09.07 #3 Studio Panamarenko 29.0618.11.07 #4 Who’s got the Big Picture? 29.0618.11.07 #5 MuHKA a guest in the KMSKA 29.0618.11.07

The 31st of May sees the opening of A story of the image [Een verhaal van het beeld] on the second floor of MuHKA, a preliminary study for an exhibition that will open in Singapore on 29 November , and is accompanied by a look back at the 30-year history of the AS magazine. At the same time, the MuHKA exhibition Luc Tuymans I don’t get it will open on the 4th floor of the PhotoMuseum, shedding light on several lesserknown aspects of his work. On 28 June the exhibition of the museum’s own collection will open on the ground floor under the title Who’s Got the Big Picture?, with the Studio Panamarenko [Atelier Panamarenko] in the round room. Lastly, MuHKA: a guest in the KMSKA [Het MuHKA te gast in KMSKA], a selection of several monumental works from our own collection will open in the Museum of Fine Art [KMSKA].

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#2 Luc Tuymans I don’t get it 01.0609.09.07 > location: 4th floor PhotoMuseum Luc Tuymans is one of the most respected artists in the contemporary art world. His work prompted a new appreciation of figurative painting at a time when it was considered barely relevant. His paintings are exhibited in renowned museums in Belgium and abroad. However, the accent in Luc Tuymans I don’t get it is not on the paintings but on what takes place on the fringes of his work as a painter. It covers the broad range of his oeuvre: documentary material, an overview of his multiples, the film Feu d’Artifice, a selection of Polaroids, miscellaneous publications, and so on. It is the first time such a large collection of his ephemeral work has been assembled in an exhibition. Regarding his paintings, Tuymans refers to ‘authentic forgeries’. What he means is that they do not simply fall into his lap, but owe a lot to existing images. Original creation is not possible, since everything has already been done by others. Tuymans uses drawings, photos, film stills, Polaroids, texts and other documentation as the basis of his work and reinterprets the images that emerge from them. Sometimes they are banal, and sometimes they have a social or historical relevance. It is this background to his paintings that is the focus of Luc Tuymans I don’t get it. The images that didn’t make it to the canvas, but just missed it. You might call it ‘the collateral damage from doing a painting’. The exhibition includes a documentary collection of photos, texts and books that refer to the essence of his work, and also the photographic evidence of murals Tuymans did in the Ruimte Morgen, Alberto’s café in Antwerp, Watou, Witte de With and Vladivostok. Much of Tuymans’ ephemeral work was created to help various institutions. The exhibition also

takes a look at this. Several marvellous printed works are shown, including The Rumour, a series of seven lithographs he presented to the MuHKA as a gift, and Le Verdict, a series of eleven lithographs on wallpaper. Another gem from the MuHKA collection that is rarely shown is the film Feu d’Artifice, a recording of a 1982 performance with ‘tableaux vivants’ set in the arcades in Ostend, where the artist declaims writings by Fernando Pessoa, Joseph Conrad, Michel de Ghelderode and himself. Polaroids play an important part in the genesis of many of Tuymans’ paintings. Not only does he often work on the basis of these specific photos, but his paintings also develop in a similar way, from vague outlines to pictorial details. In addition to a selection of thirty Polaroids, the artist has made a short film specially for this exhibition, using a high-speed camera that visualises the development process of the Polaroid and so makes a direct link with his working method. Lastly, to symbolise the transient nature of the work shown, the exhibition is provided with a smoking room. After all, a cigarette is just as temporary as murals and the appearance of an image in a Polaroid. At the same time, Tuymans makes it clear that smoking is part of his work, a part of him, a minor statement at a time when the cigarette is actually being banished from public life. Luc Tuymans I don’t get it is intended to show a dynamic link between various aspects of Tuymans’ oeuvre: multiples, documents, murals, Polaroids, etc. The emphasis is on the development of images in the work of an artist who operates on the boundaries of absence and presence [recognition, collective consciousness, etc.]. Images which, in their vagueness, only slowly reveal themselves and are often open to several interpretations, something which is also reflected in the choice of the title for the exhibition.

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Luc Tuymans I don’t get it is the first exhibition the MuHKA has organised on the fourth floor of the FotoMuseum, where the two institutions are putting together a shared exhibition programme whose common theme is visual culture. FILM Luc Tuymans has a great affinity with film. At the start of his career he experimented with the medium and today he still often takes inspiration from film techniques. We took this opportunity to ask him to compile a personal film programme for MuHKA_media. FRI 01.06.07 20.00 ZAAL 1 SHORTS BY PETER WEISS SUN 10.06.07 20.00 ZAAL 1 BWANA KITOKO > B 1955 > Regie: André Cauvin > 85’ > in Dutch

FRI 15, SAT 16 and SUN 17.06.07 20.00 ZAAL 1 HITLER: EIN FILM AUS DEUTSCHLAND, PARTS 1-3

> BRD/UK/FR 1977 > Regie: Hans Jürgen Syberberg > 143’ > EN subtitles

The screening on FRI 15.6.2007 will be introduced by Luc Tuymans

The only 16mm film Luc Tuymans made himself, Feu d’Artifice, will be shown continuously in the exhibition.

PUBLICATION To accompany Luc Tuymans I don’t get it, Ludion will be publishing a work with the same title. Like the exhibition, this book will shed a new light on his oeuvre and will add to our understanding of his working methods. Luc Tuymans I don’t get it includes essays by Montserrat Albores Gleason, Dieter Roelstraete and Gerrit Vermeiren. *SAT 02.06.07 from 4 pm until 6 pm Luc Tuymans will autograph the publication at the Copyright bookshop, Nationalestraat 28 2000 Antwerp. ____ > > > > > >

Hardcover NL/EN 200 pag, 320 ill. €39,90 ISBN NL 978-90-5544-685-8 / ISBN EN 978-90-5544-690-2 www.ludion.be

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LUC TUYMANS & ANTWERP TAX > location: V-editie Luc Tuymans has a penchant for his local taxi firm, Antwerp Tax. He once had the following idea for a BBC documentary about him: he would get into an Antwerp Tax taxi and then in New York would get out of a yellow cab. This idea also came up while discussing his ephemeral work. Tuymans attaches importance to localising images. And Antwerp Tax is one such localised image that is connected to a particular city, but has an opening to the world. For Luc Tuymans I don’t get it he ultimately developed the project into an independent event together with V-editie [the initiative by Roger Vandaele]. A portrait of one of Antwerp Tax’s day or night-time drivers was sprayed onto the taxis alongside the oriental-looking company logo. In this way the drivers drive with a colleague for company, a shadowy figure who uses the taxi while asleep. In this work Tuymans links up seamlessly with the pulse of the city. In Antwerp, as in other towns and cities, there has for many years been a flourishing streetart scene, not only in the form of graffiti but also involving stickers, stencils, all sorts of texts, and additions to traffic lights and signs. Tuymans joins in in his own way: he takes the taxi. ____ Roger Vandaele, V-editie Waalsekaai 31, 2000 Antwerpen > FRISAT 14.0018.00 > T +32 [0]3 237 20 19 > [email protected] > in association with Antwerp Tax

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PRESS CONTACT Rita Compère/ Kathleen Weyts > T +32 [0]3 260 99 91 or +32 [0]3 260 80 97 > [email protected] ____ Texts and visuals can be downloaded at www.muhka.be/ press When publishing, thank you for mentioning www.muhka.

MuHKA Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp Leuvenstraat 32 2000 Antwerp > TUESUN 10am 5pm > T +32 [0]3 260 99 99 > [email protected] ENTRANCE > €5 > €3 [[-26/60+/groups of 10 or more/the physically challenged] > free entrance [-13/ ICOM] > With your JUBILEE ticket you can also visit Luc Tuymans I don’t get it [4th Floor FotoMuseum] for €3 and MuHKA a guest in the KMSKA for €4 > €20 Museum Card: provides unlimited admission to the permanent collections of Antwerp’s museums and monumental churches for 48 hours. The price includes the Lijnkaart, for use on public transport RESERVATIONS MuHKA > MON FRI 9am 12.30pm and 13.30pm 4pm > T + 32 [0]3 260 99 90 > [email protected] > www.muhka.be/ontvangt MuHKAFE & MuHKASHOP > TUESUN 10am 5pm [kitchen 11pm 3pm] MuHKA_bibliotheek > MON FRI 9am 5pm > T +32 [0]3 260 99 98 > www.muhka-bibliotheek.be > free entrance

MuHKA_media Waalsekaai 47 2000 Antwerpen > T +32 [0]3 242 93 57 > [email protected] > www.muhka.be/film ENTRANCE MuHKA_media Screen 1 [Filmmuseum] €5 > €3 [students/-26/60+] Screen 2 €6 > €5 [students/-26/60+] PUBLIC TRANSPORT > from Antwerp-Berchem train station: tram 8 > from Antwerp Central train station: bus 23 > from Antwerp-Zuid train station: tram 4 or 24 BY CAR > www.antwerken.be

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MuHKA is an initiative of the Flemish Community and is supported by Provence of Antwerp, the City of Antwerp and the National Lottery Project sponsor Degussa Antwerpen Sponsors Akzo Nobel Decorative Coatings – Levis, ARGEX, Duvel Moortgat, Hifinesse, KBC, Loyens Advocaten, McKinsey & Company, Ramada Plaza Antwerp, Vooruitzicht Honorary members Dockx-Verbo, Elegis Advocaten, Kunstuitleen Dijkstra, Noord Natie

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List of works on display #2 Luc Tuymans I don’t get it 01.0609.09.07 EDITIONS Prague [nr1-4]

1981-1982, reeks van 4 filmstills, 10 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd bruikleen van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap

Refribell [nr5-10]


Harbours [nr11-12]


Waterloo [nr13-15]


Nautilius [nr16-18]


Recherches

1990, reeks van 4 kartonnen met kleine tekeningen gedrukt op papier, Ed. Vereniging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Atelier Roger Vandaele, Antwerpen 100 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd 108 x 62 cm elk

Kristalnacht

1992, tweekleuren zeefdruk, 65 exemplaren, gesigneerd en genummerd, aankoop 2007

Zayin

1992, boek met 13 illustraties zeefdruk, 70 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd + 7 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd van I tot VII, aankoop 2002

Het gesprek

1995, zeefdruk, Ed. Middelheim Promotors, Antwerpen, Atelier Roger Vandaele Editie, Antwerpen, 150 exemplaren, schenking van de kunstenaar

Wiedergutmachung

1995, zeefdruk, Ed. Middelheim Promotors, Antwerpen, Atelier Roger Vandaele Editie, Antwerpen, 150 exemplaren, aankoop 2002

Le Verdict

1995, reeks van 11 steendrukken op 7 vellen behangpapier, Ed. Centre Genevois de gravure contemporaine, Genêve, 10 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd, waarvan 2 genummerd van I tot II + 2 exemplaren a.p. vel nr.1 met 3 steendrukken, 50 x 569 cm vel nr.2 met 2 steendrukken, 50 x 590 cm vel nr.3 met 2 steendrukken, 50 x 506 cm vel nr.4 met 1 steendruk, 50 x 380 cm vel nr.5 met 1 steendruk, 50 x 210 cm vel nr.6 met 1 steendruk, 50 x 195 cm vel nr.7 met 1 steendruk, 50 x 200 cm aankoop 2002

The Temple

1996, portofolio van 8 etsen, Ed. Peter Blum Editions, New York, 35 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd + 10 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd van I tot X, aankoop

Ons geluk

1998, tweekleuren zeefdruk poster-editie, Ed. Roger Vandaele Editie, Antwerpen, Atelier Roger Vandaele Editie, Antwerpen aankoop 2002

Print as fiction

1998, kunstenaarsbrief, Ed. Roger Vandaele Editie, Antwerpen, Atelier Roger Vandaele Editie, Antwerpen, 300 exemplaren, aankoop 2002

Zonder titel

1999, zeefdruk uit editiemap Trouble Spot Painting, Ed. NICC, Antwerpen, Atelier Roger Vandaele Editie, Antwerpen, 100 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd + 65 exemplaren a.p.

Silence

1990-2000, Heren hemd met reproductie. Shirt ontworpen door Walter Van Beirendonck, Ed.Parckett-Verlag, AG, Zürich, 100 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd, aankoop 2002

Altar

2002, driedimensionale digitale druk achter gezandstraald plexiglas, Ed. Schellmann, München, 50 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd, aankoop 2002

The Rumour

2002 – 2003, reeks van 7 lithografieën op 4 panelen van plexiglas en hout, met vogelkooi, Ed. Brooke Alexander Editions & David Zwirner Gallery, New York, 18 exemplaren schenking van de kunstenaar

Drumset [series I]

2003, Gekleurde monoprint, Ed. Brooke Alexander Editions & David Zwirner Gallery, New York, 2 exemplaren gesigneerd en Romeins genummerd, aankoop 2004

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List of works on display #2 Luc Tuymans I don’t get it 01.0609.09.07 [...] Drumset [series II]


Premonition [series I]


The Worshipper 2005

2005, zeefdruk, Ed. Phaidon Press, New York – Londen, Atelier Roger Vandaele Editie, Antwerpen, 100 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd + 5 exemplaren a.p., aankoop 2007

Ex Libris – “Illusion and Reality”

2005, offsetdruk, Ed. Salon – Verlag, Keulen, 200 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd, 30 exemplaren h.c. + 100 exemplaren a.p., schenking van de kunstenaar

Tiles


2005, zeefdruk, Ed. Salon – Verlag, Keulen, Atelier Roger Vandaele Editie, Antwerpen, 50 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd, 5 exemplaren h.c. + 15 exemplaren a.p., schenking van de kunstenaar

Slide I, II, III

Slide

2003, reeks van 3 gekleurde monoprint, Ed. Brooke Alexander Editions & David Zwirner Gallery, New York, 2 exemplaren gesigneerd en Romeins genummerd, aankoop 2004

2006, digitale pigment druk op beveiligd glas Ed. Schellmann, München, 15 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd op een apart label, schenking van de kunstenaar

Untitled [Woman]

05/10 Sirene


2006, full color print poster, Ed. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen, Atelier drukkerij EPO, Antwerpen, 1000 exemplaren ongesigneerd en ongenummerd, courtesy MuHKA

Niks

Ballroom Dancing

2003, zeefdruk [4 kleuren], Ed. Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Atelier Roger Vandaele Editie, Antwerpen, 30 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd

2007, zeefdruk, Ed. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Atelier Roger Vandaele Editie, Antwerpen, 100 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd, aankoop 2007

Plant

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Premonition [series II]

2003, zeefdruk, Ed. Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Atelier Rasmus Urwald, Copenhagen, 100 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd, aankoop 2007

Head

2003, zeefdruk, Ed. Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Atelier Rasmus Urwald, Copenhagen, 100 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd, aankoop 2007

Egypte

2005, zeefdruk, Ed. Texte zur Kunst – Edition Heft Nr. 58, 150 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd + 20 exemplaren a.p., aankoop 2007

Shore

2005, zeefdruk [5 kleuren], Ed. Kunstverein St. Gallen, St.Gallen, Atelier Roger Vandaele Editie, Antwerpen, 80 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd + 20 exemplaren a.p., aankoop 2007

Superstition

2005, zeefdruk , Ed. Monopol Edition, Berlijn, 100 exemplaren gesigneerd en genummerd, aankoop 2007

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List of works on display #2 Luc Tuymans I don’t get it 01.0609.09.07 [...] FILM Feu d’ Artifice

1982, 16 mm film, aankoop 2007

POLAROIDS selectie van 30 polaroids schenking van de kunstenaar

Muurschilderingen tijdens tentoonstelling De Zomer van Watou 2001, Watou, Courtesy Dirk Pauwels

Muurschilderingen tijdens tentoonstelling Kamers

2002, Ruimte Morguen, Antwerpen, Courtesy Ruimte Morguen / Foto Marc Schepers

DOCUMENTATION Foto’s van Muurschilderingen Muurschilderingen tijdens de tentoonstelling This is the Show and the Show is Many Things

Muurschilderingen tijdens tentoonstelling Curtains – reconstitution

1994, Smak, Gent, Courtesy Dirk Pauwels

Muurschildering tijdens tentoonstelling Monopolis

Muurschildering Superstition in café Alberto’s

2004, Frac Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, Courtesy Frac Auvergne / Foto Régis Nardoux

1995, Vlaamse Kaai, Antwerpen Courtesy Marc Vanderleenen

2005, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Courtesy Witte de With / Foto Bob Goedewaagen

Muurschilderingen tijdens de tentoonstelling Ons Geluk

Film met weergave van ontwikkelingsproces van polaroid

1997, Breydelstraat 5, Antwerpen, Courtesy V-editie / Foto Luc Tuymans

Muurschildering tijdens tentoonstelling Home Piss

1999, Gallery Asbaek, Copenhagen, Courtesy Gallery Asbaek, Copenhagen / Foto Planet Foto/Bent Ryberg

Documentatiemateriaal Rookkamer

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Visuals #2 Luc Tuymans I don’t get it 01.0609.09.07

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The Rumour, 2002-2003 Recherches [detail], 1990 Le verdict [detail], 1995 Polaroid [detail], Feu d’Artifice [still], 1982 Waterloo, 1981-82 Polaroid

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