{"id":6104,"title":"Lichtwerk [Lightwork]","dimensions":"122 x 122 cm","date_begin":"1960-01-01","material":"plexi","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":24,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Private Collection","cached_tag_list":"assemblage","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":10,"permalink":"lichtwerk-lightwork","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":"Sculpture","nl":"Sculptuur","fr":"Sculpture"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/012/893/large/Paul_Van_Hoeydonck__Lightwork__1960__plexi_assemblage.jpg?1350045625","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eVan Hoeydonck works within the same perspective as Fontana, Yves Klein, the members of Zero and Nul, and other artists who through their art wish to closely ally themselves with the new era where the distinction between science fiction and everyday reality is becoming ever vaguer. Starting in 1958, Van Hoeydonck makes monochrome white-on-white paintings that under artificial light evoke cosmic depth \u0026ndash; something fitting for the cover of an astrophysics textbook! He seeks to attain a comparable effect with white-on-white reliefs, until he discovers the potential of ground plexiglas. Just like the great pioneer Georges Vantongerloo (who he looks up in Paris), Van Hoeydonck sees plexiglas as a less \u0026lsquo;material\u0026rsquo; medium. Using light\u0026rsquo;s refraction must evoke the intangibility of space in a truer and more \u0026lsquo;absolute\u0026rsquo; way than any color or non-color on no matter what support.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eVan Hoeydonck werkt in hetzelfde perspectief als Fontana, Yves Klein, de leden van Zero en Nul, en andere kunstenaars die met hun kunst nauw willen aansluiten bij de nieuwe tijd waarin het onderscheid tussen science fiction en dagelijkse werkelijkheid lijkt te vervagen. Van Hoeydonck maakt vanaf 1958 monochrome wit-op-wit schilderijen die onder kunstlicht kosmische diepte oproepen, die het omslag van een handboek astrofysica zouden kunnen illustreren. Een gelijkaardig effect poogt hij met wit-op-wit reli\u0026euml;fs te bereiken, tot hij de mogelijkheden van geslepen plexiglas ontdekt. Zoals de grote pionier Georges Vantongerloo die hij opzoekt in Parijs ontdekt Van Hoeydonck plexiglas als minder \u0026lsquo;stoffelijk\u0026rsquo; medium. Lichtbrekingen moeten de ongrijpbare ruimte getrouwer, \u0026lsquo;absoluter\u0026rsquo; evoceren dan welke kleur of niet-kleur op welke drager ook.\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":131,"name":"Paul Van Hoeydonck","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}