{"id":91,"name":"Toon Tersas","email":"","language_id":1,"permalink":"toon-tersas","deleted":false,"legal_status_id":47,"url_1":"","twitter":null,"category_id":47,"date_of_birth":"1924-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00","place_of_birth":"","country_of_birth":"","place_of_residence":"","country_of_residence":"","cached_privileges_list":"User","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"can_log_in":false,"firstname":"Antoon","lastname":"Keersmaekers","annotation":"","url_2":"","url_3":"","cached_name":"Toon Tersas","date_of_death":"1995-01-01T00:00:00.000+01:00","cached_name_asc":"Toon Tersas","stream_count_app":68,"gender":"other","platform_admin":null,"description_ca":null,"short_description_ca":null,"description_it":null,"short_description_it":null,"hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/005/956/large/image_tt.jpg?1326993125","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","media_count":2,"items_count":7,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eToon Tersas\u003c/strong\u003e (1924\u0026ndash;1995, Belgium) is the artist name of the \u0026lsquo;self-taught\u0026rsquo; and \u0026lsquo;non-professional\u0026rsquo; Antoon Keersmakers, who supports a large family by working as a clerk for an electricity company and is now described as \u0026lsquo;grossly underestimated\u0026rsquo; during his lifetime. M HKA acquires a substantial amount of his works posthumously. Tersas\u0026rsquo;s calligraphic re-drawn newsprint pages from the 1960s and \u0026rsquo;70s, often in languages other than Dutch, offer a sharp, sensitive analysis of how the public is manipulated by political power and its frequent use of violence. \u0026#39;Portraits from the Cold War\u0026#39; are a good illustration of his subversive visual method.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eToon Tersas\u003c/strong\u003e is de artiestennaam van de \u0026lsquo;autodidactische\u0026rsquo; en niet-professionele kunstenaar Antoon Keersmakers, die als bediende voor een elektriciteitsmaatschappij werkt om een grote familie te onderhouden. Hij wordt tegenwoordig beschouwd als \u0026lsquo;zwaar onderschat\u0026rsquo; tijdens zijn leven. In 1986 stopt hij met het maken van kunst en vernietigt hij vele werken.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWat het werk van Tersas vandaag zo relevant en aantrekkelijk maakt, is niet zozeer zijn techniek (hoewel zijn met de vrije hand deconstructief \u0026lsquo;kopi\u0026euml;ren\u0026rsquo; van krantenpapier, reclame en andere gevonden documenten opmerkelijk is), maar wel zijn gehele methode, vorm en toon: die van de betrokken, maar vaak cynische dagboekschrijver.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eTersas\u0026rsquo; kalligrafisch opnieuw getekende krantenpagina\u0026rsquo;s uit de jaren 60 en 70, die vaak in andere talen dan het Nederlands zijn geschreven, bieden een scherpe, gevoelige analyse van hoe de politieke macht het publiek manipuleert en veelvuldig gebruik maakt van geweld.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eToon Tersas\u003c/strong\u003e (1924\u0026ndash;1995, Belgique) est le pseudonyme de l\u0026rsquo;artiste amateur et autodidacte Antoon Keersmakers qui entretenait sa famille nombreuse en \u0026eacute;tant employ\u0026eacute; d\u0026rsquo;une compagnie d\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;lectricit\u0026eacute;. Aujourd\u0026rsquo;hui, on consid\u0026egrave;re que son talent fut s\u0026eacute;v\u0026egrave;rement sous-estim\u0026eacute; de son vivant. Le M HKA a acquis \u0026agrave; titre posthume un nombre substantiel d\u0026rsquo;oeuvres de cet artiste dont les reproductions calligraphiques de pages de journaux internationaux des ann\u0026eacute;es 60 et 70 offrent une analyse pointue et sensible de la mani\u0026egrave;re dont le public est manipul\u0026eacute; par le pouvoir politique et dont celui-ci fait fr\u0026eacute;quemment usage de la violence. Sa s\u0026eacute;rie \u0026#39;Portraits de la Guerre froide\u0026#39; constitue une bonne illustration de sa m\u0026eacute;thode visuelle subversive.\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":""}],"locations":[{"country":"","place":"Weert","category":{"en":"Born in","nl":"Geboren in","fr":"Né à"}},{"country":"","place":"Dessel","category":{"en":"Died in","nl":"Overleden in","fr":"Décédé en"}}]}