{"id":21312,"title":"Boek met proefdrukken en kleurstudies voor café De Schipper","dimensions":"67 x 51 cm","date_begin":"1973-01-01","material":"Cardboard, paper, silkscreen","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":131,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Private collection","cached_tag_list":"George Smits","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":18,"permalink":"boek-met-proefdrukken-en-kleurstudies-voor-cafe-de-schipper","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/045/591/medium_500/Amberes_photo_M_HKA_cc_2019_cc__18.jpg?1559816411","cached_actor_names":"George Smits","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":"Poetry","nl":"Poëzie","fr":"Poësie"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/045/591/large/Amberes_photo_M_HKA_cc_2019_cc__18.jpg?1559816411","poster_credits":"Private collection, image: (c) M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor George Smits, the creation of prosaic artforms for a broader public, served \u0026lsquo;a greater purpose\u0026rsquo; than the bourgeois artworld. The extreme integrity with which he pursued this goal is the connecting thread that runs through his diverse body of work. He was a fixture of Antwerp\u0026rsquo;s underground art scene, affiliated with the Ercola group, and preferred to describe himself as a beatnik.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1973, Smits created several graphic wallpaper and mirror designs intended for the nautical themed cafe \u003cem\u003eDe\u003c/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSchipper\u003c/em\u003e in the centre of Antwerp, whose interior architecture was created by Luc Deleu. Smits designs are vivid and hallucinogenic, reflecting his alternative approach to life and work.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1970, Smits designed posters and created a permanent light show with light installations and liquid projections for Thalamus, a caf\u0026eacute; famed for its nightlife in Brussels that he frequented and occasionally worked in. Thalamus was also a favourite haunt of artist-poet Sophie Podolski, whose work Roberto Bola\u0026ntilde;o greatly admired.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eVoor George Smits diende het cre\u0026euml;ren van proza\u0026iuml;sche kunstvormen voor een breder publiek een \u0026#39;hoger doel\u0026#39; dan de bourgeois kunstwereld. De extreme integriteit waarmee hij dit doel nastreefde vormt de rode draad doorheen zijn diverse oeuvre. Hij was een vaste waarde in de Antwerpse \u003cem\u003eunderground\u003c/em\u003e kunstsc\u0026egrave;ne, verbonden met de Ercola-groep, en gaf er de voorkeur aan zichzelf als een beatnik te omschrijven.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1973 maakte Smits een aantal grafische behang- en spiegelontwerpen voor het caf\u0026eacute; De Schipper in het centrum van Antwerpen, waarvan het interieurarchitectuur in zeevaartstijl werd gecre\u0026euml;erd door Luc Deleu. De ontwerpen van Smits zijn levendig en hallucinatoir en weerspiegelen zijn alternatieve benadering van leven en werk.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1970 ontwierp Smits posters en cre\u0026euml;erde een permanente lichtshow met lichtinstallaties en vloeistofprojecties voor Thalamus, een bekend caf\u0026eacute; in het Brusselse nachtleven waar hij regelmatig kwam en soms werkte. Thalamus was ook een favoriet trefpunt van kunstenaar-dichter Sophie Podolski, wiens werk Roberto Bola\u0026ntilde;o zeer bewonderde.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003ePour George Smits, la cr\u0026eacute;ation de formes d\u0026rsquo;art prosa\u0026iuml;ques pour un large public sert un objectif plus vaste que celui du seul monde de l\u0026rsquo;art bourgeois. L\u0026rsquo;int\u0026eacute;grit\u0026eacute; extr\u0026ecirc;me avec laquelle il a poursuivi ce but est le fil conducteur qui parcourt l\u0026rsquo;ensemble du corpus diversifi\u0026eacute; de son \u0026oelig;uvre. Pilier de la sc\u0026egrave;ne underground anversoise, affili\u0026eacute; au groupe Ercola, il pr\u0026eacute;f\u0026eacute;rait se d\u0026eacute;crire comme un beatnik.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eEn 1973, Smits cr\u0026eacute;e plusieurs motifs graphiques de papier peint et de miroir pour le th\u0026egrave;me nautique du caf\u0026eacute; De Schipper (le marin) au centre-ville d\u0026rsquo;Anvers, dont l\u0026rsquo;int\u0026eacute;rieur \u0026eacute;tait sign\u0026eacute; de Luc Deleu. Les projets color\u0026eacute;s et hallucinatoires de Smits refl\u0026egrave;tent son approche alternative de la vie et du travail.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eEn 1970, Smits a con\u0026ccedil;u des affiches, cr\u0026eacute;\u0026eacute; une installation lumineuse permanente et des projections liquides pour le Thalamus, un caf\u0026eacute; bruxellois c\u0026eacute;l\u0026egrave;bre aupr\u0026egrave;s des noctambules qu\u0026rsquo;il fr\u0026eacute;quentait et o\u0026ugrave; il travaillait de temps \u0026agrave; autre. Le Thalamus \u0026eacute;tait aussi le lieu de pr\u0026eacute;dilection de l\u0026rsquo;artiste et po\u0026eacute;tesse Sophie Podolski, dont Roberto Bola\u0026ntilde;o admirait profond\u0026eacute;ment l\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvre.\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":2773,"name":"George Smits","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}