Hisk
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article does not cite any references or sources. (October 2007) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. |
 |
This article or section is written like an advertisement. Please help rewrite this article from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising which would require a fundamental rewrite in order to become encyclopedic for speedy deletion, using {{db-spam}}. (December 2007) |
 |
This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please improve this article if you can. (January 2007) |
 |
This article is orphaned as few or no other articles link to it. Please help introduce links in articles on related topics. (October 2007) |
HISK (Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten) Flanders, Belgium [1]
The HISK (Higher Institute of Fine Arts) organizes the postgraduate education in Flanders in the field of the visual arts. It provides some twenty five young artists from Belgium and abroad with a studio of their own, for a duration of two years. At the HISK the emphasis lies mainly on individual practice, with an international focus. The visiting lecturers are crucial. Artists, curators, critics and theoreticians pay individual studio visits at regular intervals.There are also frequent visits to significant art events, and readings and workshops are organized. Thanks to the unique HISK concept the participants are given every opportunity to seriously invest in the critical research of their work, and to situate it within a broader artistic, cultural and societal context.
The institution is located in Ghent Belgium. The site is opposite the prominent contemporary art museum SMAK and is an important venue for contemporary art in Flanders.
Many of the artists who have graduated from this institution are active both within Belgium and internationally, taking part in exhibitions within institutions such as the MuKHA (Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen), Antwerp, the BOZAR-PMSK (The Palace of Fine Arts), Brussels and other important contemporary art spaces in Flanders and the Netherlands.
