{"id":264,"name":"","email":"kaat.vannieuwenhuyse@muhka.be","language_id":1,"permalink":"hans-op-de-beeck","deleted":false,"legal_status_id":12,"url_1":"http://www.hansopdebeeck.com/","twitter":null,"category_id":47,"date_of_birth":"1969-01-01T00:00:00.000+01:00","place_of_birth":null,"country_of_birth":null,"place_of_residence":null,"country_of_residence":null,"cached_privileges_list":"User","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"can_log_in":false,"firstname":"Hans","lastname":"Op de Beeck","annotation":"","url_2":"","url_3":"","cached_name":"Hans Op de Beeck","date_of_death":null,"cached_name_asc":"Op de Beeck, Hans","stream_count_app":54,"gender":"other","platform_admin":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/017/553/large/op_de_beeck.JPG?1369904755","poster_credits":"(c)image: Hilde van Canneyt","media_count":2,"items_count":4,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHans Op de Beeck \u003c/strong\u003edetermines the ultimate medium of his work through a search for the most effective presentation of an idea. Hitherto, his oeuvre includes sculptures, installations, videos, photography, animation, drawings, paintings \u0026ndash; and he also writes.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe work of Op de Beeck focuses on the ambiguity caused by the mechanisation \u0026ndash; and mediatisation \u0026ndash; of reality as most people experience it. He chooses to work with icons of contemporary city life such as highways, swimming pools or exhibition halls. Op de Beeck never shows the moment when something happens but always the moment just before or just after. In his videos, he also occasionally stages human activity, such as a banquet or a parade.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWhat matters, ultimately, is the visual statement. In the case of Op de Beeck, the latter is dreamy and melancholic, suspended between detached and involved observation.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHans Op de Beeck\u003c/strong\u003e bepaalt het uiteindelijke medium van zijn werk aan de hand van een zoektocht naar de meest effici\u0026euml;nte presentatie van een idee. Zijn oeuvre omvat tot dusver sculptuur, installatie, video, fotografie, animatie, tekeningen, schilderijen, en hij schrijft ook.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eHet werk van Op de Beeck richt zich op de dubbelzinnigheid die wordt veroorzaakt door de mechanisatie \u0026ndash; en de mediatisering \u0026ndash; van de werkelijkheid zoals de meeste mensen haar beleven. Hij kiest ervoor te werken met iconen van het hedendaagse stadsleven zoals autosnelwegen, zwembaden of beurshallen. Op de Beeck toont nooit het moment waarop iets gebeurt, altijd het moment er net voor of er net na. In zijn video\u0026#39;s ensceneert hij soms ook menselijke activiteit, zoals een banket of een parade.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWat uiteindelijk telt, is het visuele statement. In het geval van Op de Beeck is dat droomachtig en melancholisch, opgehangen tussen afstandelijke en betrokken waarneming.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"locations":[{"country":"BE","place":"Turnhout","category":{"en":"Born in","nl":"Geboren in","fr":"Né à"}},{"country":"BE","place":"Brussels","category":{"en":"Lives in","nl":"Leeft in","fr":"Vit à"}}]}