{"id":2320,"title":"A Piece of Granite Shaped like a Camel's Head","dimensions":"36 x 23 x 15 cm","date_begin":"2006-01-01","material":"Red granite, glass","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":24,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection Prof. Mr. Egbert J. Dommering, The Netherlands","cached_tag_list":"assemblage, mixed media","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"Provenance: Courtesy Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam.\r\nCurrently in the possession of professor Egbert J. Dommering, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.\r\nInsurance value: 30.000 euros. The owner has agreed to having the objects photographed for catalogue, press, TV and educational purpose. Should be listed as belonging to the Dommering Collection. \r\n","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":29,"permalink":"a-piece-of-granite-shaped-like-a-camel-s-head","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/000/002/773/large/09.jpg?1314347410","poster_credits":"(c)image: Edo Kuipers","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"Jimmie Durham finds objects and materials and uses them to makes associations, transforming them into something else. The artist’s gesture, like [Duchamp’s signature on the urinal](http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/T/T07/T07573_10.jpg) (often mentioned by the Durham in his [texts](http://ensembles.mhka.be/ensembles/writing)), converts these found elements - here a piece of stone whose shape could resemble a camel’s head - into artworks. It is a “kind of human craziness”, describes Durham, ”the phenomenon of things reminding us of, or looking like, other things.”[full text [here](http://ensembles.mhka.be/items/3212)]"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"Jimmie Durham vindt voorwerpen en materialen en gebruikt ze om verbanden te leggen, ze in iets anders te transformeren. Het gebaar van de kunstenaar, net als [Duchamps handtekening op het urinoir](http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/T/T07/T07573_10.jpg) (vaak vermeld in Durhams [teksten](http://ensembles.mhka.be/ensembles/writing)), converteert deze gevonden elementen – hier een stuk steen waarvan de vorm misschien lijkt op de kop van een kameel – tot kunstwerken. Het is een 'soort  menselijke gekte', beschrijft Durham, 'het fenomeen van dingen die ons aan andere dingen doen denken of die lijken op andere dingen.' [Volledige tekst [hier](http://ensembles.mhka.be/items/3212)]"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"Jimmie Durham trouve des objets et des matériaux et les utilise, crée des associations et les transforme en objets différents. Le geste de l'artiste, comme [la signature de Duchamp sur l'urinoir](http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/T/T07/T07573_10.jpg) (souvent mentionné par Durham dans ses [textes](http://ensembles.mhka.be/ensembles/writing)), convertit ces éléments trouvés – dans ce cas précis une pierre dont la forme peut rappeler la tête d'un chameau – en œuvre d'art. Il s'agit d'une « sorte de folie humaine », explique Durham, « le phénomène de choses qui nous en rappellent d'autres, qui ressemblent à d'autres choses. » [texte intégral [ici](http://ensembles.mhka.be/items/3212)]"},{"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"}}]}