{"id":2130,"title":"Do you Say I'm Lying?","dimensions":"62 x 66 x 17 cm","date_begin":"1995-01-01","material":"wood, canvas, paint, steel, sea shell, metal coin","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":24,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":4,"stream_count":2,"collection":"Collection Ellipse Foundation, Lisbon","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"also called: \"the text\"\r\nCurrently in the possession of Stichting Ellipse Foundation, Alcabideche, Lissabon","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":75,"permalink":"do-you-say-i-m-lying","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/000/003/100/large/016-M.jpg?1316163693","poster_credits":"image: (c) Maria Thereza Alves","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"This work was made for an [exhibition](http://ensembles.mhka.be/events/52) at Galeria Modulo, in Lisbon, where Durham used for each object a quote from the book *The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis*, by José Saramago. Read Durham's story about it [here](http://ensembles.mhka.be/events/52).\r\n\r\nThe text on the artwork was written - on Saramago's request - in Portuguese, and reads:\r\n\"*Acha que minto, Não, que idéia, nós não mentimos, quando é preciso limitamo-nos a usar as palavras que mentem.*\" [Do you say I am lying?  Certainly not, we have never lied to each other; when precision limits us, we use words to lie for us]"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"Dit werk werd gemaakt voor een [tentoonstelling](http://ensembles.mhka.be/events/52) in Galeria Módulo in Lissabon. Voor elk object gebruikte Durham een citaat uit het boek van José Saramago *Het jaar van de dood van Ricardo Reis*. Lees [hier](http://ensembles.mhka.be/events/52) wat Durham daarover vertelt. \r\n\r\nOp vraag van Saramago werd de tekst op het kunstwerk in Portugees geschreven. Er staat:\r\n\"*Acha que minto, Não, que idéia, nós não mentimos, quando é preciso limitamo-nos a usar as palavras que mentem.*\" [Beweer je dat ik lieg? Zeker niet, wij hebben nooit tegen elkaar gelogen; wanneer precisie ons beperkt, gebruiken we woorden om voor ons te liegen.]"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"Cette œuvre a été réalisée pour une [exposition](http://ensembles.mhka.be/events/52) à la Galeria Módulo, à Lisbonne, où Durham a accompagné chaque objet d'une citation du livre *L'année de la mort de Ricardo Reis* de José Saramago. Vous pouvez lire [ici](http://ensembles.mhka.be/events/52) ce que Durham raconte à ce sujet.\r\n\r\nSur l'œuvre d'art, le texte figure en portugais – à la demande de Saramago – et dit : \r\n« *Acha que minto, Não, que idéia, nós não mentimos, quando é preciso limitamo-nos a usar as palavras que mentem.* » [Tu crois que je mens ? Non, quelle idée, nous ne nous sommes jamais menti, quand la précision nous limite, nous utilisons les mots pour mentir pour nous.]"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":209,"name":"Jimmie Durham","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}