{"id":7925,"title":"Hebdomeros (with Monsieur Dudron's Adventure and other Metaphysical Writings)","dimensions":"20.2 x 15.1 cm, 258 p, language: English, publisher: Exact Change, Cambridge, MA, ISBN: 978-1-878972-06-4","date_begin":"1992-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003eIntroduction : John Ashbery.\u003c/p\u003e","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2025/628","stream_count_app":15,"permalink":"hebdomeros-with-monsieur-dudron-s-adventure-and-other-metaphysical-writings","description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":null,"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":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/017/846/large/Untitled002.jpg?1371027112","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1929 as \u003cem\u003eHebdomeros the Metaphysician\u003c/em\u003e the novel is a dream-like book of situations and landscapes reminiscent of de Chirico\u0026rsquo;s paintings. In his introduction, John Ashbery calls the book \u0026quot;the finest work of Surrealist fiction,\u0026quot; noting that de Chirico \u0026quot;invented for the occasion a new style and a new kind of novel . . . his long run-on sentences, stitched together with semi-colons, allow a cinematic freedom of narration . . . his language, like his painting, is invisible; a transparent but dense medium containing objects that are more real than reality.\u0026quot; \u003cem\u003eHebdomeros \u003c/em\u003e is accompanied by an appendix of previously untranslated or uncollected writings, including \u003cem\u003eM. Dudron\u0026#39;s Adventure\u003c/em\u003e, a second, fragmentary novel.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1917 in the Ferrara military hospital, de Chirico met a compatriot, also a painter, Carlo Carr\u0026agrave; (1881-1966), and together they founded Metaphysical painting. De Chirico\u0026#39;s Metaphysical paintings were hugely influential on Surrealist artists, who recognized in them the eloquent expression of the unconscious and nonsensical to which they themselves aspired. In 1918 de Chirico and Carr\u0026agrave; contributed to the periodical Valori Plastici which gave a literary aspect to Metaphysical painting.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/33875222/Hebdomeros-by-Giorgio-de-Chirico\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiteraire synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeze droomachtige roman, die bij de eerste uitgave in 1929 nog \u003cem\u003eHebdomeros the Metaphysician\u003c/em\u003e heette, bevat situaties en landschappen die herinneren aan de schilderijen van De Chirico. In zijn inleiding noemt John Ashbery het boek \u0026quot;de meest verfijnde Surrealistische fictie\u0026quot;, en stelt hij dat De Chirico \u0026ldquo;speciaal voor de gelegenheid een nieuwe stijl en een nieuwe roman uitvond\u0026hellip; Zijn lange doorlopende zinnen, aan elkaar genaaid met puntkomma\u0026rsquo;s, laten een filmische vrijheid van vertellen toe\u0026hellip; zijn taal is net als zijn schilderijen onzichtbaar; een transparant maar compact medium dat voorwerpen bevat die echter dan echt zijn.\u0026rdquo; \u003cem\u003eHebdomeros \u003c/em\u003egaat vergezeld door een appendix van nooit vertaalde of uitgegeven teksten, waaronder \u003cem\u003eM. Dudron\u0026#39;s Adventure\u003c/em\u003e, een tweede, fragmentarische roman.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVerhouding van de roman tot de kunstenaarspraktijk \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1917 ontmoette De Chirico een gelijkgestemde ziel en eveneens schilder in militaire hospitaal van Ferrara: Carlo Carr\u0026agrave; (1881-1966). Samen riepen zij de Metafysische schilderkunst in het leven. De Metafysische schilderijen van De Chirico hadden een immense invloed op de surrealisten, die in hem de welbespraakte expressie van het onbewuste en het absurde zagen, waarnaar zij zelf streefden. In 1918 maakten De Chirico en Carr\u0026agrave; bijdragen voor het tijdschrift Valori Plastici, dat een literair aspect gaf aan de Metafysische schilderkunst.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/33875222/Hebdomeros-by-Giorgio-de-Chirico\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"},{"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":2039,"name":"Giorgio de Chirico","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}