{"id":14418,"title":"MM Lola","dimensions":"200 x 280 cm","date_begin":"1983-01-01","material":"photo, neon","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":79,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collection Flemish Community ","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003eBron Hilde Canneyt:\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"http://hildevancanneyt.blogspot.be/2010/04/interview-met-liliane-vertessen.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehildevancanneyt.blogspot.be/2010/04/interview-met-liliane-vertessen.html\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","date_end":null,"reference":"BK007956","stream_count_app":32,"permalink":"mm-lola","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/032/922/medium_500/1_14.jpg?1475242810","cached_actor_names":"Liliane Vertessen","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Mixed Media","nl":"Mixed Media","fr":"Mixed Media"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/032/922/large/1_14.jpg?1475242810","poster_credits":"image: (c) M HKA, Courtesy Liliane Vertessen","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eIn this self-portrait the artist embraces her imagined alter ego. It is an early work by Liliane Vertessen, from the period in which she experiments with neon\u0026rsquo;s and skimpy clothing to portray her internal struggle with identity and intimacy. The image exudes a desire for freedom and personal development, but also sin and rebellion.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u0026quot;I want to be free to do what I want, regardless of the opinions and taste of the spectators. In\u0026nbsp; my former work, when I was very young, I\u0026#39;d be very attractive on my photographs and people often thought that I was narcissistic, because I took pictures of myself. But I did not so much want to show off myself, neither do I feel like a model. Much to the contrary, I\u0026#39;d like to have a few centimetres extra and a few kilos less. I especially wanted to let my inner self take precedence over my appearance. In this sense, there can be no question of a pose, because I want to show what I feel inside. Moreover, I never did an apprenticeship to become an artist, I already was an artist at my birth.\u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eHilde Van Canneyt.\u003cem\u003e Interview met Liliane Vertessen\u003c/em\u003e,\u0026nbsp;2010.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eOp dit zelfportret met mannequin omhelst de kunstenares haar ingebeeld alter ego. Het is een vroeg werk van Liliane Vertessen, uit de periode dat ze experimenteert met neonlicht en schaarse kledij om haar worsteling te tonen met identiteit en intimiteit. Er spreekt een grote drang uit naar vrijheid en zelfontplooiing, maar ook naar ondeugd en rebellie.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u0026quot;Ik wil vrij zijn om te doen wat ik wil, los van de mening en de smaak van de toeschouwers. Bij mijn vroeger werk toen ik heel jong was, kom ik heel aantrekkelijk uit mijn foto\u0026rsquo;s en dachten mensen vaak dat ik narcistisch was, omdat ik foto\u0026rsquo;s van mezelf neem. Ik wou echter niet zozeer pronken met mezelf en voel me ook geen model. Integendeel, ik had graag nog enkele centimeters erbij en enkele kilo\u0026rsquo;s eraf. Ik wou vooral mijn binnenkant laten primeren op mijn uiterlijk. In die zin kan er geen sprake zijn van pose, omdat ik wil laten zien wat ik van binnen voel. Bovendien ben ik nooit in de leer geweest om kunstenaar te worden, ik was het al van bij mijn geboorte.\u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eHilde Van Canneyt.\u003cem\u003e Interview met Liliane Vertessen\u003c/em\u003e,\u0026nbsp;2010.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;Je veux \u0026ecirc;tre libre de faire ce que je\u0026nbsp;veux, ind\u0026eacute;pendamment de l\u0026rsquo;opinion et du go\u0026ucirc;t des spectateurs. Dans les \u0026oelig;uvres de mes d\u0026eacute;buts, lorsque j\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;tais encore tr\u0026egrave;s jeune, je parais tr\u0026egrave;s s\u0026eacute;duisante sur mes photos et les gens pensaient souvent que j\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;tais narcissique, parce que je prenais des photos de moi. Je ne voulais cependant pas tellement me faire valoir ou m\u0026rsquo;afficher, et je ne me vois pas comme un mannequin. Au contraire, j\u0026rsquo;aurais aim\u0026eacute; avoir quelques centim\u0026egrave;tres en plus et quelques kilos en moins. Je voulais surtout faire primer mon aspect int\u0026eacute;rieur sur mon apparence. En ce sens, il ne peut pas \u0026ecirc;tre question de pose, parce que je veux montrer ce que je ressens \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;int\u0026eacute;rieur. Qui plus est, je n\u0026rsquo;ai jamais suivi de formation pour devenir artiste, je l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;tais d\u0026eacute;j\u0026agrave; d\u0026egrave;s ma naissance.\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eHilde Van Canneyt.\u003cem\u003e Interview met Liliane Vertessen\u003c/em\u003e,\u0026nbsp;2010.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":1036,"name":"Liliane Vertessen","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}