{"id":14003,"title":"Mesmeric Revelation","dimensions":"200 x 190 cm","date_begin":"1987-01-01","material":"oil, lacquer, canvas","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":181,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"M HKA / Vlaamse Gemeenschap","cached_tag_list":"Walter Swennen Mesmeric Revelation","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":"1988-01-01","reference":"BK005604","stream_count_app":24,"permalink":"mesmeric-revelation","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":false,"category":{"en":"Painting","nl":"Schilderij","fr":""},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/032/322/large/Walter_Swennen__Mesmeric_Revelation1988-1989.jpg?1465830658","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe line between image and text is never far away in Walter Swennen\u0026rsquo;s work. Painting provides a way of analysing the relationships between symbol and allegory, the \u0026lsquo;readable\u0026rsquo; and the \u0026lsquo;visible\u0026rsquo; image, meaning and loss of significance.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eBut the thing that really interests Swennen is the effect his work has on us. He offers his viewers some tools, but no ready-made explanations. By confronting us with simple things from our daily lives, Swennen hopes to awaken our imagination.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMesmeric Revelation\u003c/em\u003e can also refer to the title of a short story, written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1844. German physician and astrologer Franz Friedrich Anton Mesmer theorised animal magnetism or mesmerism. His theory suggests that a natural transference of energy exists between all animated and inanimate objects. The further development of Mesmer\u0026rsquo;s ideas led to the first observations of hypnotism in 1842.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eBij Walter Swennen is de grens tussen beeld en tekst nooit ver weg. Schilderen is een manier om de relaties tussen symbool en allegorie, het \u0026#39;leesbare\u0026#39; en het \u0026#39;zichtbare\u0026#39; beeld, betekenis en betekenisverlies te analyseren.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eMaar wat Swennen echt interesseert, is het proces dat zijn werk bij ons in beweging zet. Hij biedt zijn kijkers een aantal instrumenten, maar geen pasklare verklaring. Door ons te confronteren met simpele dingen uit het dagelijkse leven hoopt Swennen onze verbeeldingskracht op te wekken.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMesmeric Revelation\u003c/em\u003e is ook de titel van een kortverhaal van Edgar Allan Poe uit 1844. Het dierlijk magnetisme of mesmerisme werd door de Duitse arts en astroloog Franz Friedrich Anton Mesmer ontwikkeld. Deze theorie veronderstelt dat er een natuurlijke overdracht van energie bestaat tussen alle levende en levenloze objecten. De ontwikkeling van Mesmers idee\u0026euml;n leidde in 1842 tot de hypnose.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eChez Walter Swennen, la fronti\u0026egrave;re entre l\u0026rsquo;image et le texte n\u0026rsquo;est jamais tr\u0026egrave;s nette. Peindre est un moyen d\u0026rsquo;analyser les rapports entre le symbole et l\u0026rsquo;all\u0026eacute;gorie, entre le \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;lisible\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; et le \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;visible\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;, entre le sens et la perte de sens.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eMais ce qui int\u0026eacute;resse r\u0026eacute;ellement Swennen est le processus que sa pratique met en \u0026oelig;uvre. Il offre aux spectateurs quelques outils, mais jamais d\u0026rsquo;explication toute faite. En nous invitant \u0026agrave; faire face aux choses simples de la vie quotidienne, Swennen esp\u0026egrave;re \u0026eacute;veiller notre potentiel d\u0026rsquo;imagination.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMesmeric Revelation\u003c/em\u003e est aussi le titre d\u0026rsquo;une nouvelle d\u0026rsquo;Edgar Allan Poe, de 1844. Le magn\u0026eacute;tisme animal, ou mesm\u0026eacute;risme, est une th\u0026eacute;orie \u0026eacute;labor\u0026eacute;e par le m\u0026eacute;decin et astrologue allemand Franz Friedrich Anton Mesmer, qui suppose qu\u0026rsquo;une transmission naturelle d\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;nergie se d\u0026eacute;roule entre tous les objets, anim\u0026eacute;s et inanim\u0026eacute;s. Le d\u0026eacute;veloppement des id\u0026eacute;es de Mesmer a men\u0026eacute; \u0026agrave; la technique de l\u0026rsquo;hypnose en 1842.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003c/div\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":267,"name":"Walter Swennen","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}