{"id":4390,"title":"Zonder titel (Souvenir) [Untitled (Souvenir)]","dimensions":"231 x 150 cm","date_begin":"1982-01-01","material":"oil paint, paper, canvas","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":138,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK005124","stream_count_app":28,"permalink":"zonder-titel-souvenir-untitled-souvenir","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Walter Swennen","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Leaflet","nl":"Folder","fr":"Brochure"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/017/556/large/swennenuntitled1985.jpg?1369911702","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat we see in Walter Swennen\u0026rsquo;s paintings is seemingly easily recognizable. When, however, we try to arrive at a deeper interpretation of the works, we get stuck. Why the windmill? What exactly has happened, or will happen? Why such dark surroundings? In the end, the easily named images appear not so recognizable, nor as unambiguous, as all that. The works raise more questions than they answer. And it is precisely here that lays the power of Swennen\u0026rsquo;s art. Not the painting or the drawing as end-stage, but the process that takes place when we look at the work. Swennen provides us with some tools, stepping stones for starting a personal journey through his works. While at first we could still follow the artist via the nameable motif, could laugh along with it and understand it, to get any further we soon have to take a leap in the dark. For behind the recognizable elements there hides a deep void. The artist leads us only up to a point, and from there we are left to our own thoughts, feelings and fantasies.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eWat we zien op de schilderijen van Walter Swennen, lijken we gemakkelijk te herkennen. Wanneer we echter trachten over te gaan tot een verdere interpretatie van de werken, komen we vast te zitten. Waarom een molen? Wat is er precies gebeurd of moet er nog gebeuren? Waarom zo\u0026rsquo;n donkere omgeving? De gemakkelijk te benoemen beelden blijken toch niet zo herkenbaar te zijn en niet in het minst eenduidig. De werken roepen meer vragen op dan ze antwoorden bieden. Net hierin schuilt de kracht van Swennens kunst. Niet het schilderij of de tekening zijn het eindstadium, wel het proces dat zich tijdens het aanschouwen bij de toeschouwer voltrekt. Swennen reikt de toeschouwer enkel tools, opstapjes aan tot het beginnen van een persoonlijke zoektocht doorheen zijn werken. Waar we aanvankelijk door het benoembare motief de kunstenaar nog kunnen volgen, kunnen mee lachen, kunnen begrijpen, moeten we echter al snel een sprong in het diepe maken. Want achter de herkenbare elementen gaat een diepe leegte schuil. Daar zwijgt de kunstenaar en moet de toeschouwer zich zelf aan het denken, voelen, fantaseren en filosoferen zetten.\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":267,"name":"Walter Swennen","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}