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New art acquisitions Flemish Community
preserved in the FOMU collection
Last year, the Flemish government allotted an exceptionally large budget of 3.98 million euros for new art acquisitions for the Flemish Community Collection. It was used to purchase 281 artworks from 180 artists. The selection was the responsibility of a committee of independent curators and experts from all six Flemish contemporary art museums, namely FOMU, M HKA, S.M.A.K., Mu.ZEE, M Leuven and Middelheim Museum.
Vincen Beeckman, Claude et Lilly, 2015-2018 © Vincen Beeckman / Flemish Community Collection
Mous Lamrabat, Slow it down, 2017 © Mous Lamrabat / Flemish Community Collection
Massao Mascaro, Octopus, From the series ‘Sub Sole’, 2017 © Massao Mascaro / Flemish Community Collection
Mashid Mohadjerin, 1954, From the series ‘Freedom is Not Free’, 2017-2019 © Mashid Mohadjerin / Flemish Community Collection
Tom Callemin, Twelve times falling, 2019 © Tom Callemin / Flemish Community Collection
Geert Goiris, Prism Clouds, 2014 © Geert Goiris / Flemish Community Collection
Sine Van Menxel, Parasol #1, 2016 © Sine Van Menxel / Flemish Community Collection
Sine Van Menxel, Parasol #2, 2016 © Sine Van Menxel / Flemish Community Collection
Katja Mater, Site Specific Tiled 01/10/17 Herford, 2017-2021 © Katja Mater / Flemish Community Collection
Vincent Meessen, Vita Nova, 2009 © Vincent Meessen / Flemish Community Collection
Bieke Depoorter, Dummy with handwritten images for the photobook ‘As It May Be’, 2017 © Bieke Depoorter / Flemish Communicty Collection
Charif Benhelima, Semites, 2003-2005 © Charif Benhelima / Flemish Community Collection
Beat Streuli, Quai de l’industrie, 2014 © Beat Streuli / Flemish Community Collection
Laure Cottin Stefanelli, Double You Double You, 2019 © Laure Cottin Stefanelli / Flemish Community Collection
Tine Guns, Storm Before The Silence, 2019 © Tine Guns / Flemish Community Collection
Kristof Vrancken, Transit, Zwartberg, 2017 © Kristof Vrancken / Flemish Community Collection
Dries Segers, Fungi, 2019 © Dries Segers / Flemish Community Collection
Veronika Pot, Mirage, 2021 © Veronika Pot / Flemish Community Collection
Sanne De Wilde, The Island of the Colorblind, 2016 © Sanne De Wilde / Flemish Community Collection
Camille Picquot, Eye Ball, From the series ‘Salut soleil (qui sais mourir)’, 2021 © Camille Picquot / Flemish Community Collection
Léonard Pongo, Diptich Double, From the series ‘Primordial Earth, 2019 © Léonard Pongo / Flemish Community Collection
Sybren Vanoverberghe, Black Circle, From the series ‘Sandcastles and Rubbish’, 2020 © Sybren Vanoverberghe, Flemish Community Collection
Grace Ndiritu, A Quest For Meaning: Painting as a Medium of Photography, 2014 © Grace Ndiritu / Flemish Community Collection
Aglaia Konrad, Concrete City, 2012 © Aglaia Konrad / Flemish Community Collection
Sammy Baloji, The Album, 2014 © Sammy Baloji / Flemish Community Collection
Max Pinckers, Installation Richard Heene, From the series ‘Margins of Excess’, 2018 © Max Pinckers / Flemish Community Collection
The works are now part of the Flemish Community Collection and preserved by the aforementioned six museums.
The intention is to maintain a prospect of a future for artists impacted by the Corona crisis. With this initiative, the Flemish government provides a major boost to the visual arts sector, which directly benefits both the artists and the galleries that represent them. As a point of comparison, the total budget for acquisitions in 2020 was 150,000 euros.
Works by the following artists are housed in FOMU’s collection: Sammy Baloji, Vincen Beeckman, Charif Benhelima, Tom Callemin, Bieke Depoorter, Sanne De Wilde, Geert Goiris, Tine Guns, Aglaia Konrad, Mous Lamrabat, Massao Mascaro, Katja Mater, Vincent Meessen, Mashid Mohadjerin, Grace Ndiritu, Camille Picquot, Max Pinckers, Léonard Pongo, Veronika Pot, Dries Segers, Laure Cottin Stefanelli, Beat Streuli, Sine Van Menxel, Sybren Vanoverberghe and Kristof Vrancken.
