{"id":4080,"title":"Poetry of the Book","dimensions":"3 x (100 x 80 x 5.5 cm)","date_begin":"1990-01-01","material":"lead, acrylic paint, canvas","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":181,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":4,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA,  Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003eCollection Stichting Gordon Matta-Clark.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePainting in brown color with a yellow horizontal band at the bottom. Framed in lead. Part of a set consisting of three pictures which are part of the series Time-paintings.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","date_end":null,"reference":"S0102_01, S0102_02, S0102_03","stream_count_app":18,"permalink":"poetry-of-the-book","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Laurent Cruyt","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":"Painting","nl":"Schilderij","fr":""},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/024/592/large/Cruyt__Laurent__Poetry_of_the_body__conflict__1990_clinckx.jpg?1408531969","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe work \u003cem\u003ePoetry of the Book\u003c/em\u003e is a component of the series \u003cem\u003eTime Paintings\u003c/em\u003e, a series of abstract paintings with a clear, poetic dimension.\u0026nbsp; It consists of three paintings with large and striking smooth planes of color, accompanied by a smaller colored surface in a contrasting color, always in changeable combinations.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eCruyt investigates essential elements such as material, form and color.\u0026nbsp; This fits within the tradition of abstract painting from the 1960s when artists delved into the use of painting\u0026#39;s essential elements: material, form, color.\u0026nbsp; Abstract forms comprised, according to the abstract painters of the Sixties, the closest equivalent to the intellectual approach to volumes, light and balance.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eAnother important element in Cruyt\u0026#39;s work is the notion of time.\u0026nbsp; Works from the series \u003cem\u003eTime Paintings\u003c/em\u003e may be seen as visual portraits of time: past, present and future.\u0026nbsp; It is a process of slow maturation, for artist and viewer alike.\u0026nbsp; The floating, repetitive aspects of time - but its ephemeral nature, as well - is expressed in color and surface.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe complexity in the painted surface stands in contrast to simple use of form and color, and mirrors the layerdness of the painting process.\u0026nbsp; With brush and paint and much patience, Cruyt creates timelessness - layer by layer.\u0026nbsp; Painting to be read like a book.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eHet werk \u003cem\u003ePoetry of the Book\u003c/em\u003e past binnen de reeks \u003cem\u003eTime Paintings\u003c/em\u003e, een reeks van abstracte schilderijen met een heldere, po\u0026euml;tische dimensie. Het bestaat uit drie schilderijen met grote opvallende effen kleurvlakken, vergezeld van een kleiner kleurvlak in een contrasterende kleur, telkens in een wisselende kleurcombinatie.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eEssenti\u0026euml;le elementen als materie, vorm en kleur worden door Cruyt onderzocht. Dit past binnen de traditie van de abstracte schilderkunst uit de jaren zestig. Hier werd onderzoek gedaan naar het gebruik van de essenti\u0026euml;le elementen in de schilderkunst: materie, vorm, kleur. Abstracte vormen stonden, volgens de abstracte schilders uit de jaren zestig, het dichts bij de intellectuele benadering van volumes, licht en evenwicht.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eEen andere belangrijke element in Cruyts werk is het tijdsaspect. De werken uit de reeks \u003cem\u003eTime Paintings\u003c/em\u003e kunnen worden opgevat als visuele portretten van de tijd; past, present and future. Het is een proces van\u0026nbsp; langzame rijping, zowel bij kunstenaar als toeschouwer. Het vlottende, repetitieve maar ook vluchtige karakter van tijd wordt in kleur en vlak verbeeld.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eDe complexiteit in de verfhuid staat in contrast met het eenvoudige kleur- en vormgebruik en weerspiegeld de gelaagdheid van het schilderproces. Met penseel en verf en veel geduld, cre\u0026euml;ert Cruyt laagje voor laagje het tijdloze. Een schilderij dat te lezen valt als een boek.\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":""}],"actors":[{"id":830,"name":"Laurent Cruyt","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}