Solo show
Askhat Akhmedyarov: In Dialogue with Fire
13 May 2023 — 3 Sep 2023 at M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen
· Antwerp
Askhat Akhmedyarov: In Dialogue with Fire is a solo exhibition presented at the Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (M HKA) in 2023. The Kazakh artist Askhat Akhmedyarov brings together works that engage fire not merely as a visual motif but as an active, transformative force — a medium through which questions of memory, identity, and the elemental are examined.
Akhmedyarov's practice often involves direct physical and conceptual confrontation with materials, and fire serves here as both subject and collaborator. The exhibition invites visitors to consider the ancient, ambivalent power of flame: destructive and generative, feared and revered across cultures.
Akhmedyarov's practice often involves direct physical and conceptual confrontation with materials, and fire serves here as both subject and collaborator. The exhibition invites visitors to consider the ancient, ambivalent power of flame: destructive and generative, feared and revered across cultures.
About the venue
M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen
· Antwerp
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp is the contemporary art museum of the city of Antwerp, Belgium. Its current director is Bart de Baere.