{"id":4421,"title":"Art is the arrangement","dimensions":"","date_begin":"1979-01-01","material":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":24,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":3,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"S0329","stream_count_app":14,"permalink":"art-is-the-arrangement","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,"category":{"en":"Sculpture","nl":"Sculptuur","fr":"Sculpture"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/010/812/large/Engels_Peter_Art_is_the_arrangemenent__1979_1.jpg?1342187747","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is not easy to discern styles and trends in Pieter Engels\u0026rsquo; work. He examines various subjects, including himself, through various media. During the 70s, for example, he created several works in a completely darkened studio. In this way he hoped to discover what the spectator experiences whenever he sees a new work of art. The sense of sudden discovery and ecstasy, of directly seeing and experiencing. Artisthood is not normally favoured with anything like this. In this light, it becomes clear that seriousness and humour are common features of Pieter Engels\u0026rsquo; work. This is also true of the 1979 work *Art is the arrangement*. Objects are arranged in space. Each of them refers to the title. The concepts of *Angle*, *Rectangle* and *Triangle* are contained in the word \u0026lsquo;A-R-T\u0026rsquo; in the title. They also refer to art as a concept. Engels plays with this. He makes the spectator seek the interpretation of the work and what art can do to you. This can erupt into a discussion and broaden possible insights into the reasons for the existence of art.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eHet ontdekken van stijlen en tendensen lijkt in het werk van Pieter Engels niet altijd mogelijk. Engels tracht via verscheidene media diverse onderwerpen en daardoor ook zichzelf als kunstenaar te onderzoeken. Zo vertoefde hij tijdens de jaren \u0026lsquo;70 voor het vervaardigen van enkele werken in een volledig verduisterd atelier. Engels wou daarmee ontdekken wat de toeschouwer ervaart bij het zien van een nieuw kunstwerk. Het gevoel van plotse ontdekking en extase, van direct zien en ervaren. Dit is het kunstenaarschap normaal niet gegund. Aan de hand hiervan wordt duidelijk dat ernst en humor gangbare eigenschappen in het werk van Pieter Engels blijken te zijn. Zo ook bij de installatie *Art is the Arrangement* uit 1979. Voorwerpen zetten zich in de ruimte. Ze verwijzen elk op zich naar de titel. De concepten *Angle*, *Rectangle* en *Triangle* zitten namelijk in het woord art van het werk vervat. Ook kunst als concept raken zij aan. Engels speelt hiermee. Hij laat de bezoeker zoeken naar de interpretatie van het werk en wat kunst met je kan doen. Een discussie kan zo losbarsten en eventueel inzichten over de bestaansredenen van kunst verruimen.\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":109,"name":"Pieter Engels","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}