Panamarenko

An artist, an inventor and a visionary, Panamarenko has conducted an exceptional long-term research on concepts such as space, movement, flying, energy and gravity. His work is a combination of an artistic insight and a technological experimentation.
As an introduction to his practice M HKA has mapped out almost his entire oeuvre in a chronologically and thematicly structured digital platform. M HKA would like to share the gathered information further with the public. Welcome to the digital archive!

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(c)Panamarenko, photo: M HKA, 2023

Bing of the Ferro Lusto X, 1997

Private Collection/Long-term loan to M HKA, Antwerp

Panamarenko

Object , 300 x 700 cm

There were a lot of problems with Bing-motors. To get them right we needed a better titanium layer, but that was in the domain of the American space industry, and they don't give anything away… (Panamarenko)

Orson Welles' The Lady from Shanghai from 1947. At a certain moment, you hear a commercial on the radio: "Brillo Lusto, this is your hair, this is your man!" And then I thought: that doesn't sound bad, but I'll make it "Ferro" Lusto. Because Ferro is iron and Ferro Lusto sounds right for a flying saucer. (Panamarenko)

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