{"id":2196,"title":"A Piece of Concrete Wearing a Stone Mask and a Necktie","dimensions":"93 x 34 x 18 cm","date_begin":"1999-01-01","material":"Mixed media","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, Amsterdam","cached_tag_list":"mixed media","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"origin: Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam\r\nCollection Dhr. C. de Boer, The Netherlands.\r\nWall piece.\r\nInsurance value: 30.000 euros. Owner has agreed to having the work photographed for catalogue, TV, press and educational purposes. Should be listed as belonging a private collection, Amsterdam. Work is crated: 107 x 51 x 29 cm. \r\nNeeds to be in a crate of 107 x 51 x 29 cm.\r\nCurrently in the possession of Cees de Boer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":30,"permalink":"a-piece-of-concrete-wearing-a-stone-mask-and-a-necktie","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/000/003/003/large/156-m.jpg?1316180678","poster_credits":"(c)image: Gert Jan van Rooij","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"A piece of concrete, standing behind a colourful mask and wearing a flower-printed necktie, remains a piece of concrete. Jimmie Durham plays here with the incongruity of a piece of anonymous material made into a subject with personality by adding to it “human” props but always reminding us, through the use of language, of what we are really looking at."},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"Een stuk beton dat achter een kleurrijk masker staat en een das met bloemenmotief draagt, blijft een stuk beton. Jimmie Durham speelt hier met de ongerijmdheid van een stuk anoniem materiaal dat hij tot een subject met persoonlijkheid maakt door er “menselijke” rekwisieten aan toe te voegen. Maar we worden er altijd aan herinnerd, door het gebruik van taal, waar we echt naar kijken."},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"Une pièce en béton placée derrière un masque bigarré portant une cravate à motif floral demeure une pièce de béton. Jimmie Durham joue ici avec l'incongruité d'une pièce réalisée dans un matériau anonyme, transformée par l'adjonction d'accessoires « humains » en sujet avec une personnalité. Cependant, par le biais du langage, l'œuvre nous rappelle à tout moment ce que nous contemplons réellement."},{"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"}}]}