{"id":4727,"title":"Zonder titel [Untitled]","dimensions":"208 x 132 mm","date_begin":null,"material":"ballpoint pen on paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":20,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK7688_M440K","stream_count_app":26,"permalink":"zonder-titel-untitled--31","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":"Drawing","nl":"Tekening","fr":"Dessin"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/008/846/large/UFO2007_069_11.jpg?1334931771","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eWhat we first see in the drawings of Walter Swinnen seems easily identifiable.\u0026nbsp; When, however, we try to interpret the works our efforts bog down.\u0026nbsp; The easily named images then in fact seem not as recognizable as all that.\u0026nbsp; They raise more questions than they answer.\u0026nbsp; And it is precisely in this that the power of Swennen\u0026#39;s art resides.\u0026nbsp; It is not the drawing that is the final stage; it is to be found rather in the process that occurs on the part of the viewer when seeing the piece.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eBehind the familiar elements hides a deep void.\u0026nbsp; Here, the artist stays mum, and it is up to the viewer to reflect, feel, imagine and philosophize.\u0026nbsp; \u003cem\u003e\u0026quot;What is of essence is the beauty of the leap into the void\u0026quot;.\u0026nbsp; \u003c/em\u003eFocusing on recognizable things, our attention becomes diverted towards deeper, intangible silences.\u0026nbsp; Remaining occupied with deep questions of life, Swennen then presses our noses to the everyday, simple things of life.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eWat we zien op de tekeningen van Walter Swennen, lijken we gemakkelijk te herkennen. Wanneer we echter proberen de werken te interpreteren, komen we vast te zitten. De makkelijk te benoemen beelden blijken toch niet zo herkenbaar te zijn. Ze roepen meer vragen op dan ze antwoorden bieden. Net hierin schuilt de kracht van Swennens kunst. Niet de tekening is het eindstadium, wel het proces dat zich tijdens het kijken bij de toeschouwer voltrekt.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eAchter de herkenbare elementen gaat een diepe leegte schuil. Daar zwijgt de kunstenaar en moet de toeschouwer zelf denken, voelen, fantaseren en filosoferen.\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Wezenlijk is de schoonheid van de sprong in de leegte.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003eFocussen we op de herkenbare dingen, dan wordt onze aandacht afgeleid naar de diepere, onbevattelijke stiltes. Houden we ons bezig met diepe levensvragen, dan drukt Swennen ons weer met de neus op de gewone, simpele dingen in het leven.\u0026nbsp;\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"}}]}