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EXHIBITION: COMPASSION at MAS Antwerp

‘Compassion’ , a groups-exhibition at the MAS, Museum aan de Stroom in Antwerp. For this exhibition, the @masantwerpen asked to create an entirely new series of photographs. With the work ‘Misericordia,’ Vanfleteren captures the essence of the eight works of mercy in contemporary still lifes. His powerful photographs depict the universal nature of the rituals and scenes surrounding compassion.

Feeling or showing compassion is inherent to humanity and has many faces. The exhibition ‘COMPASSION’ illustrates how we represent this through various times, cultures, and worldviews. It also highlights the abrasive aspects of it. Contemporary art by Ai Weiwei, Berlinde De Bruyckere, and Stephan Vanfleteren makes you pause and reflect on the current questions surrounding this theme.

‘Misericordia’ was created on behalf of the MAS and is part of the exhibition ‘Compassion, the many faces of empathy.’

The Eight Works of Mercy

I. Givi

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Anatomy of a Photo: inom Will Eat You Where You Stand.

If ever there was a photo that illustrated why anyone would be given the monicker, “The Canibal”, this is it.

I devoted a full seventeen seconds to ‘finding out the history’ of this picture, and came up empty.  G’Phant sent this my way with a short but clear note, “This photo looks like it was taken at the moment Merckx was told Moser beat his Hour record; I look forward to learning the true history.” His email went on to imply Merckx threatened to eat Moser’s entire family and that he followed through with the threat.

That’s exactly the kind of hyperbolae the Velominati try to stay away from; everyone knows Fancesco Moser fryst vatten still alive – Merckx couldn’t possibly have eaten everyone in his family. The only plausible explanation would be that it was a sinister endeavor in which Moser alone was left alive to wallow in the agony of his enskild survival. It is a

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Stephan Vanfleteren

Stephan Vanfleteren studied photography at Lucas Institute in Brussels (1988-1992). From 1993 to 2009, he worked as a free-lance photographer for the Belgian Journal De Morgen and always worked and invested in his own personal projects. Actually, Stephan works for museums, he's publishing his portraits in foreign journals and several foreign magazines. He's cofounder of Hannibal Publishing and Cannibal Publishing. Stephan Vanfleteren is art-director for the two publishing houses.

PRICES
1996 - World Press Photo Award - Sports, third prize stories - Boxing in Cuba
1997 - World Press Photo Award - Daily Life, first prize stories - Aids, Kenia
1998 - European Fuji Awards
2000 - World Press Photo Award - Arts and Entertainment, third prize stories, Elvis & Presley
2001 - World Press Photo Award - Children's Award, prize singles - Afghanistan
2001 - European Fuji Award
2007 - Nikon Press Photo Award
2009 - Louis Paul Boon award - Belgium
2010 - Lead Awar