{"id":184,"title":"Embedded Cities","dimensions":"11 x 11 x 4 cm","date_begin":"1958-01-01","material":"plexi","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":24,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"S0377","stream_count_app":34,"permalink":"embedded-cities","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Paul Van Hoeydonck","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":"","short_description_tr":"","mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Sculpture","nl":"Sculptuur","fr":"Sculpture"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/001/508/large/Hoeydonck,%20Paul,%20Van,%20%20Embedded%20Cities,%201958%20photo%20clinckx_3.jpg?1308141347","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile inspiration drawn from childhood dreams would be determinative for both artists – imaginary voyages and the fantasy of reaching the moon and exploring other planets – Van Hoeydonck does not build flying objects as does Panamarenko. His best works do not even have to move.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmbedded Cities\u003c/i\u003e\u0026nbsp;from 1958 is a transparent block where the color-planes seem to float. The work itself in no way moves, but it does elicit movement on the part of the viewer. It is simply irresistible not to circle around the sculpture and take it in from different angles, see different things. The art work remains unchanged, but its appearance does alter according the varying incidence of light and the perspective we approach it from. It exudes a mysterious atmosphere, it seems near-intangible. Van Hoeydonck strives to render the cosmos visual in a language that chimes with the human imagination, and he constantly also makes appeal to the imagination of those who view his works.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis preference for geometrical order and austerity lead him to evolve towards abstraction. But in Van Hoeydonck’s work – which he himself describes as a challenge to a deliberately narrative artist – this abstraction has a clear aim. The representation gives way to pure images, images of the imagination. In other words, Van Hoeydonck consciously lets things remain open for viewers to themselves fill-in. This concept is eminently present in \u003ci\u003eEmbedded Cities\u003c/i\u003e. We are all set the challenge to explore and expose this embedded city.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eHoewel de inspiratie bij beide kunstenaars opwelt uit kinderdromen, imaginaire reizen en de fantasie om de maan te bereiken en andere planeten te onderzoeken, bouwt Van Hoeydonck geen vliegende objecten zoals Panamarenko. Zijn beste werken hebben niet eens behoefte aan beweging.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmbedded Cities\u003c/i\u003e\u0026nbsp;uit 1958 is een doorzichtige blok waarin kleurvlakken lijken te zweven. Het werk zelf beweegt geenszins, maar lokt beweging van de toeschouwer uit. Het is bijna onmogelijk om niet voortdurend rond het beeld heen te cirkelen en zo telkens een ander beeld te zien. Het kunstwerk zelf blijft onveranderlijk, maar verandert van uitzicht naargelang de lichtinval en de hoek van waaruit men kijkt. Hierdoor ademt het werk een mysterieuze sfeer uit, het lijkt haast ongrijpbaar. Van Hoeydonck is er op uit de kosmos te visualiseren in een taal aangepast aan de menselijke verbeelding. Tevens doet hij ook sterk beroep op de verbeelding van de toeschouwer.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZijn voorliefde voor geometrische ordening en versobering doen Van Hoeydonck evolueren in de richting van abstractie. Maar in het werk van Van Hoeydonck, die zichzelf als uitdaging een bewust verhalend kunstenaar noemt, heeft deze abstractie een duidelijk doel. De afbeelding maakt plaats voor zuivere beelden, de zuivere beelden voor verbeelding. Met andere woorden laat Van Hoeydonck bewust dingen open die door de toeschouwer kunnen worden ingevuld. Dit element is duidelijk aanwezig in \u003ci\u003eEmbedded Cities\u003c/i\u003e. De toeschouwer wordt uitgedaagd om op onderzoek te gaan en deze ingegraven stad bloot te leggen.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile inspiration drawn from childhood dreams would be determinative for both artists – imaginary voyages and the fantasy of reaching the moon and exploring other planets – Van Hoeydonck does not build flying objects as does Panamarenko. His best works do not even have to move.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmbedded Cities\u003c/i\u003e\u0026nbsp;from 1958 is a transparent block where the color-planes seem to float. The work itself in no way moves, but it does elicit movement on the part of the viewer. It is simply irresistible not to circle around the sculpture and take it in from different angles, see different things. The art work remains unchanged, but its appearance does alter according the varying incidence of light and the perspective we approach it from. It exudes a mysterious atmosphere, it seems near-intangible. Van Hoeydonck strives to render the cosmos visual in a language that chimes with the human imagination, and he constantly also makes appeal to the imagination of those who view his works.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis preference for geometrical order and austerity lead him to evolve towards abstraction. But in Van Hoeydonck’s work – which he himself describes as a challenge to a deliberately narrative artist – this abstraction has a clear aim. The representation gives way to pure images, images of the imagination. In other words, Van Hoeydonck consciously lets things remain open for viewers to themselves fill-in. This concept is eminently present in \u003ci\u003eEmbedded Cities\u003c/i\u003e. We are all set the challenge to explore and expose this embedded city.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":131,"name":"Paul Van Hoeydonck","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}