{"id":14590,"title":"That Spiritual Need","dimensions":"","date_begin":"1971-01-01","material":"ink, paper, wood","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":79,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Private Collection, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":11,"permalink":"that-spiritual-nedd","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":false,"category":{"en":"Mixed Media","nl":"Mixed Media","fr":"Mixed Media"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/033/291/large/2016_Filliou__11.jpg?1476274229","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA, Courtesy Private Collection, Antwerp","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith the years Filliou became more attracted to meditation, Taoism and Buddhism. At the same time, he addresses the themes of violence and innocence, war and peace.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcerpt of the conversation between Robert Filliou (RF) and Irmeline Lebeer (IL), Flayosc, France, August 1976.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIL: \u003c/strong\u003eDo you have a definition for \u003cem\u003eThat Spiritual Need\u003c/em\u003e, maybe?\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRF:\u003c/strong\u003e It\u0026rsquo;s quite simple. These are works to be used in a bodily way. For example a thing you shake or hold in front of yourself. The goal is to have a spiritual liberation, if you need it. Therefore the title: \u003cem\u003eThat Spiritual Need.\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;I don\u0026rsquo;t know how many times Mr Azagouri, an architect from Casablanca who acquired this work, will hold this in front of him at arm\u0026rsquo;s length, as Marcelle is doing. That depends on his needs. Maybe after a while it will be enough for him, like it is for me, to leave it in a corner and to know that we can use it when we need it.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIL:\u003c/strong\u003e What does it say?\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRF:\u003c/strong\u003e I can\u0026rsquo;t really read it now: \u0026lsquo;Hold at arm\u0026rsquo;s length and concentrate on something.\u0026rsquo;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIL:\u003c/strong\u003e And the thing itself is in colour?\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRF:\u003c/strong\u003e Yes, the photo should be in colour. There\u0026rsquo;s maybe some green fabric glued on it. That I think is sticky tape. Something is written on it.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIL:\u003c/strong\u003e But could it have been any object? It\u0026rsquo;s not specially conceived\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRF:\u003c/strong\u003e No, it couldn\u0026rsquo;t have been just anything: it has the quality you give it as the user. In that sense I agree that whatever object would do the job. But the work is this particular thing, not some other one.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIL:\u003c/strong\u003e I suppose there are Zen painters who have painted forms that help\u0026hellip; You also use circles, for example.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRF: \u003c/strong\u003eIt\u0026rsquo;s the physical use of an object that responds to a spiritual need. We can imagine it\u0026rsquo;s a cane. That often represents a physical need, and in certain cases it could correspond to a spiritual need. I made only very few of these: two or three maybe. I\u0026rsquo;ve brought out the photos so that you have them, because that helps \u0026lsquo;That Spiritual Need\u0026rsquo;\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn de loop van de jaren gaat Filliou zich enerzijds meer en meer richten op meditatie, tao\u0026iuml;sme en boeddhisme en speelt hij anderzijds met de thema\u0026rsquo;s geweld en onschuld, oorlog en vrede.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eAu fil des ann\u0026eacute;es, Filliou va d\u0026rsquo;une part se consacrer davantage \u0026agrave; la m\u0026eacute;ditation, au tao\u0026iuml;sme et au bouddhisme, et d\u0026rsquo;autre part, jouer avec les th\u0026egrave;mes de la violence et de l\u0026rsquo;innocence.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":52,"name":"Robert Filliou","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}