{"id":3389,"title":"INBOX: Marlies De Clerck - Slice of Life","date_begin":"2019-11-08T00:00:00.000+01:00","date_end":"2019-12-01T00:00:00.000+01:00","location":{"readable":"Antwerpen","latitude":null,"longitude":null},"assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/048/995/large/marliesdeclerck.jpg?1570522846","poster_credits":"© Marlies De Clerck"},"translations":[{"locale":"en","name":"INBOX: Marlies De Clerck - Slice of Life","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe viewer is presented with seven oversized oil paintings on canvas. They depict fruit baskets. Each basket is adorned with a specific, striking, festive bow. They are clearly gifts; a gift to contemporary life or to a person who could do with a little more life. The dark backgrounds do not allow us to fathom the space. Only the light reflections on the pieces of fruit provide us with a sense of depth and time. The theme, however, seems familiar to us. We are aware of the long tradition of still lifes in painting. Reminding us of our transience and unnatural urge for abundance. Compulsively bestowing upon us the moralising knowledge that not only earthly but also intellectual matters are valuable and that everything ends in death.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eDespite its popularity, the still life as a subject has historically been relegated to the lowest order of artistic recognition.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;The still life is the foot soldier in the army of artists.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSlice of Life\u003c/em\u003e; small, precise or trivial details of daily life, bordering on the absurd, in a duality between comic and dramatic events.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eA direct link to the Belgian sense of humour and irony. Obviousnesses and customs are taken out of context and re-actualised. The everyday is isolated and reinterpreted. Painting as a mirror for our existence.\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eSlice of life\u003c/em\u003e is not just an investigation into the change of the status of the theme, but a also personal investigation into the tradition of painting itself.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;\u003cem\u003eLife is short, art is long, painting will survive.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://marliesdeclerck.com/\"\u003eWebsite\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","name":"INBOX: Marlies De Clerck - Slice of Life","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe zien zeven oversized olieverfschilderijen op doek. Ze beelden fruitmanden af. Elke mand heeft een specifieke, opvallende, feestelijke strik. Dit is duidelijk een geschenk; een geschenk aan het hedendaagse leven of aan een persoon die wat meer leven kan gebruiken.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nDe donkere achtergronden geven ons geen grip op ruimte. Enkel de lichtreflectie op de stukken fruit geeft ons een gevoel van diepte en tijd. Het thema komt ons bekend voor. We kennen de lange traditie van stillevens in de schilderkunst. Ons wijzend op onze vergankelijkheid en onnatuurlijke drang voor overvloed. Ons dwangmatig moraliserend dat niet enkel het aardse maar ook het verstandelijke noodzakelijk is en dat alles eindigt met de dood.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eOndanks zijn populariteit bevindt het stilleven als onderwerp zich historisch in de laagste orde van artistieke erkenning.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;The still life is the foot soldier in the army of artists.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eSlice of Life; kleine, precieze of triviale details van het dagelijks leven, grenzend aan het absurde, in een dualiteit tussen komische en dramatische gebeurtenissen. Een rechtstreekse link naar een Belgisch gevoel voor humor en ironie. Evidenties en gebruiken worden uit hun context gehaald en opnieuw geactualiseerd. Het alledaagse wordt ge\u0026iuml;soleerd en geherinterpreteerd. De schilderkunst als een spiegel voor ons bestaan.\u0026nbsp;Slice of life is een niet enkel een onderzoek naar de statusverandering van het thema maar een persoonlijk onderzoek naar de traditie van de schilderkunst zelf.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;\u003cem\u003eLife is short, art is long, painting will survive.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://marliesdeclerck.com/\"\u003eWebsite\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","name":"INBOX: Marlies De Clerck - Slice of Life","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eSept peintures \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;huile aux dimensions d\u0026eacute;mesur\u0026eacute;es repr\u0026eacute;sentent des paniers de fruits. Chaque panier est agr\u0026eacute;ment\u0026eacute; d\u0026rsquo;un ruban sp\u0026eacute;cifique, voyant et festif. Il s\u0026rsquo;agit de toute \u0026eacute;vidence d\u0026rsquo;un cadeau\u0026nbsp;: un cadeau \u0026agrave; la vie quotidienne ou \u0026agrave; une personne \u0026agrave; qui il faudrait insuffler un peu de vie. Les fonds sombres emp\u0026ecirc;chent toute perception de l\u0026rsquo;espace. Seule, la r\u0026eacute;flexion de la lumi\u0026egrave;re sur les fruits nous donne une sensation de profondeur et de temporalit\u0026eacute;. Le th\u0026egrave;me nous para\u0026icirc;t familier. Le genre de la nature morte, qui s\u0026rsquo;inscrit dans une longue tradition, nous renvoie \u0026agrave; notre condition \u0026eacute;ph\u0026eacute;m\u0026egrave;re, \u0026agrave; notre penchant contre nature pour la surabondance, nous sermonne compulsivement pour nous rappeler que le spirituel est tout aussi essentiel que le mat\u0026eacute;riel et que tout finit par mourir.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eSur le plan historique et en d\u0026eacute;pit de sa popularit\u0026eacute;, la nature morte se situe au dernier rang de la reconnaissance artistique en tant que sujet pictural.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;La nature morte est le fantassin de l\u0026rsquo;arm\u0026eacute;e des artistes.\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSlice of Life\u003c/em\u003e / \u003cem\u003eTranche de vie\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;; de petits d\u0026eacute;tails triviaux de la vie quotidienne qui fr\u0026ocirc;lent l\u0026rsquo;absurdit\u0026eacute;, dans une dualit\u0026eacute; entre \u0026eacute;v\u0026eacute;nements comiques et dramatiques.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eUn lien direct vers un sens belge de l\u0026rsquo;humour et de l\u0026rsquo;ironie. Des \u0026eacute;vidences et des coutumes sorties de leur contexte et r\u0026eacute;actualis\u0026eacute;es. Le quotidien isol\u0026eacute; et r\u0026eacute;interpr\u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute;. L\u0026rsquo;art pictural comme un miroir de notre existence. \u003cem\u003eSlice of Life\u003c/em\u003e / \u003cem\u003eTranche de vie\u003c/em\u003e n\u0026rsquo;est pas seulement une recherche autour du changement de statut du th\u0026egrave;me, mais une analyse personnelle de la tradition picturale elle-m\u0026ecirc;me.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;La vie est courte, l\u0026rsquo;art est long, la peinture survivra.\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://marliesdeclerck.com/\"\u003eWebsite\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","name":null,"short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe viewer is presented with seven oversized oil paintings on canvas. They depict fruit baskets. Each basket is adorned with a specific, striking, festive bow. They are clearly gifts; a gift to contemporary life or to a person who could do with a little more life. The dark backgrounds do not allow us to fathom the space. Only the light reflections on the pieces of fruit provide us with a sense of depth and time. The theme, however, seems familiar to us. We are aware of the long tradition of still lifes in painting. Reminding us of our transience and unnatural urge for abundance. Compulsively bestowing upon us the moralising knowledge that not only earthly but also intellectual matters are valuable and that everything ends in death.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eDespite its popularity, the still life as a subject has historically been relegated to the lowest order of artistic recognition.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;The still life is the foot soldier in the army of artists.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSlice of Life\u003c/em\u003e; small, precise or trivial details of daily life, bordering on the absurd, in a duality between comic and dramatic events.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eA direct link to the Belgian sense of humour and irony. Obviousnesses and customs are taken out of context and re-actualised. The everyday is isolated and reinterpreted. Painting as a mirror for our existence.\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eSlice of life\u003c/em\u003e is not just an investigation into the change of the status of the theme, but a also personal investigation into the tradition of painting itself.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;\u003cem\u003eLife is short, art is long, painting will survive.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://marliesdeclerck.com/\"\u003eWebsite\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"es","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","name":null,"short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[],"items":[]}