{"id":14592,"title":"Icelandic Art","dimensions":"6 x (40 x 55 cm)","date_begin":"1997-01-01","material":"ink-jet print, canvas","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":23,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":6,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp - Estate of Thorvaldur Thorsteinsson, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":"2016-01-01","reference":"","stream_count_app":28,"permalink":"icelandic-art","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","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":true,"category":{"en":"Photography","nl":"Fotografie","fr":"Photographie"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/033/158/large/2016_INBOX_Thorvaldur_Thorsteinsson_photo_M_UHKA_cc_7_10.jpg?1475841100","poster_credits":"image: (c) M HKA, Collection M HKA, Estate of Thorvaldur Thorsteinsson, Antwerp","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026quot;\u003c/em\u003eWhen Icelandic politicians and officials are interviewed on the TV news, it is astonishing how often they happen to be standing in front of traditional Icelandic paintings. By doing so, consciously or unconsciously they are placing themselves in a cultural context and exploiting the aesthetic and sometimes intellectual image that such works of art conceivably convey. In cooperation with the State Television news desk, Thorsteinsson chose 12 frames from 12 interviews, had them printed on canvas and exhibited them as if they were conventional paintings. Through this work Thorsteinsson is not only reflecting on the obvious hypocrisy of politicians who identify themselves with Icelandic art at the same time as they see little reason to contribute to its growth off-camera. The exhibition also prompted questions about how much television coverage is given to Icelandic art, considering that it is hardly visible there, except in such interviews.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nIts name also invited questions about the starting-point of \u0026quot;Icelandic art\u0026quot; in the works. Does it appear as an ideological work conceived and realized by Thorsteinsson? Does it appear in the form of a portrait in the realist vein? Or does it first and foremost appear in the background of the works, where the traditional Icelandic painting proves to be the most substantial material for the spectator\u0026#39;s artistic experience? The exhibition was dedicated to the State Television news desk and its important contribution to Icelandic art\u003cem\u003e.\u0026quot;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn: \u003cem\u003eThorvaldur Thorsteinsson - Art Works\u003c/em\u003e, Reykjavik, 1998\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Het is opvallend hoe vaak IJslandse politici en ambtenaren toevallig voor traditionele IJslandse kunst staan terwijl ze worden ge\u0026iuml;nterviewd voor het televisienieuws. Hierdoor plaatsen ze zich, bewust of onbewust, in een culturele context en benutten ze het esthetische en soms intellectuele beeld dat zulke kunstwerken kunnen overbrengen. In overleg met de nieuwsdienst van de staatstelevisie, koos Thorsteinsson 12 beelden uit 12 interviews en liet deze op doek drukken om ze vervolgens tentoon te stellen als traditionele schilderijen. Thorteinsson beschouwt met dit werk de duidelijke hypocrisie van politici die zich vereenzelvigen met IJslandse kunst en tegelijkertijd niet bijdragen aan de groei van de kunst eens ze van het scherm zijn verdwenen. De tentoonstelling riep ook vragen op over hoeveel zendtijd er wordt besteed aan IJslandse kunst, gezien het nauwelijks zichtbaar is op televisie, behalve tijdens zulke interviews.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nDe titel laat ook ruimte voor vragen omtrent het uitgangspunt van \u0026ldquo;IJslandse kunst\u0026rdquo; in de werken. Is het een ideologisch werk dat bedacht en gerealiseerd werd door Thorsteinsson? Is het een portret in de realistische stijl? Of maakt het deel uit van de achtergrond van de werken en is dat de plek waar de traditionele IJslandse kunst het meeste indruk maakt op de kunstbeleving van de kijker? De tentoonstelling werd opgedragen aan de nieuwsdienst van de staatstelevisie en hun belangrijke bijdrage aan de IJslandse kunst.\u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn: \u003cem\u003eThorvaldur Thorsteinsson - Art Works\u003c/em\u003e, Reykjavik, 1998\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;Quand le journal t\u0026eacute;l\u0026eacute;vis\u0026eacute; islandais interviewe des politiciens et des officiels nationaux, il est \u0026eacute;tonnant de constater \u0026agrave; quel point ceux-ci sont souvent film\u0026eacute;s debout, devant des tableaux islandais traditionnels. Ce faisant, ces personnalit\u0026eacute;s se placent, consciemment ou inconsciemment, dans un contexte culturel et exploitent l\u0026rsquo;esth\u0026eacute;tique, et parfois l\u0026rsquo;image intellectuelle, qu\u0026rsquo;une telle \u0026oelig;uvre d\u0026rsquo;art v\u0026eacute;hicule en th\u0026eacute;orie. En collaboration avec le service des informations de la t\u0026eacute;l\u0026eacute;vision d\u0026rsquo;\u0026Eacute;tat, Thorsteinsson a s\u0026eacute;lectionn\u0026eacute; douze images de douze interviews, les a fait imprimer sur toile et les a expos\u0026eacute;es comme s\u0026rsquo;il s\u0026rsquo;agissait de tableaux conventionnels. \u0026Agrave; travers cette \u0026oelig;uvre, Thorsteinsson ne se penche pas seulement sur l\u0026rsquo;hypocrisie \u0026eacute;vidente de politiciens qui s\u0026rsquo;identifient publiquement \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;art islandais alors qu\u0026rsquo;ils ne voient aucune raison de contribuer \u0026agrave; son essor une fois les cam\u0026eacute;ras \u0026eacute;teintes, mais il soul\u0026egrave;ve aussi des questions concernant la couverture m\u0026eacute;diatique que la t\u0026eacute;l\u0026eacute;vision offre \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;art islandais, sachant qu\u0026rsquo;il est \u0026agrave; peine visible en Islande, si ce n\u0026rsquo;est lors de telles interviews.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nLe nom de l\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvre appelle aussi \u0026agrave; s\u0026rsquo;interroger sur le point de d\u0026eacute;part de l\u0026rsquo;\u0026ldquo;art islandais\u0026rdquo;. Appara\u0026icirc;t-il comme une \u0026oelig;uvre id\u0026eacute;ologique con\u0026ccedil;ue et r\u0026eacute;alis\u0026eacute;e par Thorsteinsson\u0026nbsp;? Ou comme un portrait r\u0026eacute;aliste\u0026nbsp;? Ou avant tout comme la toile de fond des \u0026oelig;uvres, dans lesquelles l\u0026rsquo;art islandais traditionnel s\u0026rsquo;av\u0026egrave;re le mat\u0026eacute;riau le plus substantiel pour l\u0026rsquo;exp\u0026eacute;rience artistique des spectateurs\u0026nbsp;? Cette exposition \u0026eacute;tait d\u0026eacute;di\u0026eacute;e au nouveau service des informations de la t\u0026eacute;l\u0026eacute;vision publique et \u0026agrave; son importante contribution \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;art islandais.\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eDans\u0026nbsp;: \u003cem\u003eThorvaldur Thorsteinsson \u0026ndash; Art Works\u003c/em\u003e, Reykjavik, 1998\u0026nbsp;\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":[]}