{"id":32390,"title":"• 0772 • Fiori Oscuri","dimensions":"41 x 33 cm, 60 x 46 x 9 cm with frame","date_begin":"1977-01-01","material":"matt lacquer on canvas, framed in Renaissance Italian 16th century oak","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":181,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":5,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Axel and May Vervoordt Foundation","cached_tag_list":"Jef Verheyen Bloemen Dark Flowers Fiori Oscuri","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003e---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003cbr\u003e2 June 1977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe work was conceived as a gift to Axel \u0026amp; May Vervoordt for the birth of Dick Vervoordt\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiori oscuri\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003eis mentioned in the artist's notebook 'Venetië' (spread 15/22 \u0026amp; 16/22, see linked item)\u003c/p\u003e","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":50,"permalink":"772-fiori-oscuri","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/092/718/medium_500/772_4.jpg?1718697276","cached_actor_names":"Axel Vervoordt, Jef Verheyen","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Painting","nl":"Schilderij","fr":""},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/092/718/large/772_4.jpg?1718697276","poster_credits":"© SABAM Belgium, 2024, Ugo Carmeni","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoor de\u0026nbsp;Fiori oscuri\u0026nbsp;bloeit een vloed van wijn\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eof is het het bloed van donkere bloemen?\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRood van rozen\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe sang sens des fleurs obscurs\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBloedend\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiori oscuri\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe sens de fleur obscur\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBloed van donkere bloemen\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJef Verheyen, quote from his notes, 1977\u003c/p\u003e","description":"\u003cp\u003eFiori Oscuri. In Italian that means ‘dark flowers’.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title reveals that we are looking at a floral\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estill life. This is no accurate depiction of dark\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ered roses, but instead just the idea of them, the\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecolour. The Renaissance frame is like a window.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA window on an infinite field of colour. Flowers\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e– and by extension our own existence – are\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eephemeral. In his notes Verheyen wrote that in\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis work ‘the dark flowers are as dark as blood.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe blood of dark flowers.’\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDoor de\u0026nbsp;Fiori oscuri\u0026nbsp;bloeit een vloed van wijn\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eof is het het bloed van donkere bloemen?\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRood van rozen\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe sang sens des fleurs obscurs\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBloedend\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiori oscuri\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe sens de fleur obscur\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBloed van donkere bloemen\u003c/i\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJef Verheyen, geciteerd uit zijn notities, 1977\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","description":"\u003cp\u003eFiori Oscuri. Dat betekent ‘donkere bloemen’\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein het Italiaans. De titel verraadt dat je naar een\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebloemstilleven kijkt. Hier geen nauwkeurige\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eweergave van donkerrode rozen, maar louter\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ede idee, de kleur. De renaissancelijst is als een\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evenster. Een venster op een oneindig kleurveld.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBloemen, en bij uitbreiding ons bestaan, zijn\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003evergankelijk. Daarover schreef Verheyen in zijn\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enotities dat “de donkere bloemen zo donker\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ezijn als bloed. 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