Ecce Homo

Ecce Homo verkent het klassieke thema van de lijdende Christus in de hedendaagse kunst. Een thema dat perfect past in een tijd waarin de mensheid en de menselijkheid op allerlei vlakken geweld wordt aangedaan en we steeds meer worden geconfronteerd met de wezenlijke ongelijkheden in ontwikkeling en vrijheid binnen verschillende delen van de wereld. Voor het eerst worden 63 Belgische (of in België wonende) kunstenaars, jong en oud, opkomend talent en gevestigde waarden, samen tentoongesteld rond één universeel onderwerp: de mens. Ecce Homo raakt aan het beeld van de mens in al zijn facetten, in zijn grootsheid en kwetsbaarheid, met zijn existentiële vragen. Kortom: de mens in de wereld nu. Deze publicatie is de catalogus van de ambitieuze gelijknamige tentoonstelling, die kunst toont op negen verschillende locaties in de historische context van de Antwerpse binnenstad, waaronder het Maagdenhuis en het Museum Mayer van den Bergh. De kunstenaars gaan telkens in dialoog met hun onmiddellijke omgeving en/of met de oude meesters die zich daarin bevinden. Met werk van o.a. Francis Alys, Philip Aguirre y Otegui, Fred Bervoets, Michaël Borremans, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Kendell Geers, Gideon Kiefer, Sofie Muller, Otobong Nkanga, Luc Tuymans, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven… De teksten worden verzorgd door kunstjournalist Eric Rinckhout.

A large media campaign accompanies the exhibition (17 November 2017 – 25 February 2018).

Ecce Homo explores the age-old theme of the suffering Christ in a broad sense within contemporary art in Belgium. We live in an era in which humanity and mankind are violated on different levels; more and more, we are confronted by essential differences in the development and freedom of people in various parts of the world. This exhibition wants to show how artists approach la condition humaine in the context of today's world.
Ecce Homo examines all aspects of the image of man, including both his grandeur and his vulnerability.
This publication is the catalogue for the ambitious exhibition Ecce Homo. Behold the Man, in which works by 63 artists are shown at nine locations across the historic centre of Antwerp, including the Maagdenhuis and the Museum Mayer van den Bergh. These contemporary artworks set up a dialogue with the inspiring surroundings in which they are installed and also with the creations of the Old Masters.
Featured artists include Francis Alÿs, Philip Aguirre Y Otegui, Fred Bervoets, Michaël Borremans, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Kendell Geers, Gideon Kiefer, Sofie Muller, Otobong Nkanga, Luc Tuymans and Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven.
With an essay by art critic Eric Rinckhout.

A large media campaign accompanies the exhibition (17 November 2017 - 25 February 2018).

Ecce Homo explores the age-old theme of the suffering Christ in a broad sense within contemporary art in Belgium. We live in an era in which humanity and mankind are violated on different levels; more and more, we are confronted by essential differences in the development and freedom of people in various parts of the world. This exhibition wants to show how artists approach la condition humaine in the context of today's world.
Ecce Homo examines all aspects of the image of man, including both his grandeur and his vulnerability.
This publication is the catalogue for the ambitious exhibition Ecce Homo. Behold the Man, in which works by 63 artists are shown at nine locations across the historic centre of Antwerp, including the Maagdenhuis and the Museum Mayer van den Bergh. These contemporary artworks set up a dialogue with the inspiring surroundings in which they are installed and also with the creations of the Old Masters.
Featured artists include Francis Alÿs, Philip Aguirre Y Otegui, Fred Bervoets, Michaël Borremans, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Kendell Geers, Gideon Kiefer, Sofie Muller, Otobong Nkanga, Luc Tuymans and Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven.
With an essay by art critic Eric Rinckhout.

A large media campaign accompanies the exhibition (17 November 2017 - 25 February 2018).