[{"id":12979,"title":"The Baphomet","dimensions":"21.8 x 13.8 cm, 173 p., language : English, publisher : Eridanos Press, Inc., Hygiene, Colorado, Edition 1988, ISBN : 0941419-17-7","date_begin":"1965-01-01","material":"Ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2027/42","stream_count_app":12,"permalink":"the-baphomet","description_ru":null,"description_de":null,"description_es":null,"description_el":null,"short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"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,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/028/350/large/Untitled108.jpg?1430210650","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--[if gte mso 9]\u003e\u003cxml\u003e\r\n \u003co:DocumentProperties\u003e\r\n  \u003co:Version\u003e15.00\u003c/o:Version\u003e\r\n \u003c/o:DocumentProperties\u003e\r\n \u003co:OfficeDocumentSettings\u003e\r\n  \u003co:TargetScreenSize\u003e800x600\u003c/o:TargetScreenSize\u003e\r\n \u003c/o:OfficeDocumentSettings\u003e\r\n\u003c/xml\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLe Baphomet\u003c/em\u003e, a singular, Walter Scott-inspired tale about the Knights Templar, is set, initially at least, at the beginning of the fourteenth century just before the dissolution of the Templar Order at the behest of the then French king, Philippe Le Bel. After the historical prologue the action is transferred to a seemingly atemporal sphere, where the disembodied souls of the former Knights Templar await the moment when the Last Judgment will be pronounced and they will be reunited once more with their earthly bodies. The setting, tone, and style are at first gothic, but with the appearance of the disembodied spirit of Saint Teresa of Avila baroque elements begin to dominate and to mix with evocations of Masonic and esoteric ritual, Gnostic heresy, and theological but also philosophical discussion. These are accompanied by the appearance of Philippe le Bel himself and the figure of Friedrich Nietzsche, the \u0026quot;Antichrist,\u0026quot; initially in the form of an anteater.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Ian James\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","description":""},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":12977,"title":"La vocation suspendue","dimensions":"19 x 12.4 cm, 150 p., language : French, publisher : Éditions Gallimard, Paris, Édition 1990 (Ouvrage reproduit par procédé photomécanique), ISBN : 2-07-072169-8","date_begin":"1950-01-01","material":"Ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2027/40","stream_count_app":8,"permalink":"la-vocation-suspendue","description_ru":null,"description_de":null,"description_es":null,"description_el":null,"short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"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,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/028/354/large/Untitled084.jpg?1430210987","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa vocation suspendue\u003c/em\u003e is Pierre Klossowski\u0026rsquo;s first novel. It is a semiautobiographical book in which the protagonist J\u0026eacute;rome abandons his Catholic vocation and returns to secular life as a writer. \u003cem\u003eLa vocation suspendue\u003c/em\u003e is a novel where a priest can also be an atheist psychoanalyst, a nun can pose as a corpse for an avant-garde artist and where, at its climax, the atheist avant-garde artist is revealed to be a powerful and influential priest.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","description":""},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]},{"id":12978,"title":"Les lois de l'hospitalité (La Révocation de l'Édit de Nantes - Roberte, ce soir - Le Souffleur)","dimensions":"18.9 x 12.4 cm, 350 p., language : French, publisher : Éditions Gallimard, Paris, Édition 2001 (Ouvrage reproduit par procédé photomécanique), ISBN : 2-07-074211-3","date_begin":"1965-01-01","material":"Ink, paper","short_description":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2027/41","stream_count_app":9,"permalink":"les-lois-de-l-hospitalite-la-revocation-de-l-edit-de-nantes-roberte-ce-soir-le-souffleur","description_ru":null,"description_de":null,"description_es":null,"description_el":null,"short_description_du":null,"short_description_fr":null,"short_description_ru":null,"short_description_de":null,"short_description_es":null,"short_description_el":null,"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,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/028/352/large/Untitled096.jpg?1430210808","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--[if gte mso 9]\u003e\u003cxml\u003e\r\n \u003co:DocumentProperties\u003e\r\n  \u003co:Version\u003e15.00\u003c/o:Version\u003e\r\n \u003c/o:DocumentProperties\u003e\r\n \u003co:OfficeDocumentSettings\u003e\r\n  \u003co:TargetScreenSize\u003e800x600\u003c/o:TargetScreenSize\u003e\r\n \u003c/o:OfficeDocumentSettings\u003e\r\n\u003c/xml\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1959, Klossowski published a novel, \u003cem\u003eLa R\u0026eacute;vocation de l\u0026rsquo;Edit de Nantes\u003c/em\u003e, and the following year \u003cem\u003eLe souffleur\u003c/em\u003e which, together with \u003cem\u003eRoberte ce soir\u003c/em\u003e (1954), would form the erotic trilogy \u003cem\u003eLes lois de\u003c/em\u003e l\u0026rsquo;hospitalit\u0026eacute; (1965). This book turns the vicious repetitions of the Sadean vision into an oddly cheerful procession of philosophical and carnal episodes. An ageing cleric, Octave, institutes an eccentric law in his household: the \u0026lsquo;rule of hospitality\u0026rsquo; invites any guest to take advantage of his wife, Roberte. Their nephew Antoine looks on, bemused by but attracted to this odd arrangement, and to the scurrilous dialogues and couplings to which it gives rise.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFearful of censorship, Klossowski\u0026rsquo;s publisher J\u0026eacute;r\u0026ocirc;me Lindon decided that the book should appear as a deluxe limited edition, illustrated by Balthus. When his drawings failed to meet Klossowski\u0026rsquo;s requirements, Balthus suggested that Pierre provide his own drawings. The result is a series of images that replicate the novel\u0026rsquo;s key carnal moments: the long-suffering, though apparently serene Roberte, her skirt unaccountably ablaze, is swiftly un-dressed by a mysterious male figure. Octave encourages the subsequent attacks on his wife, somehow convinced that these dramatic interludes will reveal to him her spiritual essence.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Brian Dillon\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","description":""},{"locale":"fr","description":""}]}]