{"id":2802,"title":"Political poem: (W)AFFE","dimensions":"70 x 84 cm","date_begin":"1971-01-01","material":"photo emulsion, canvas","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":23,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Private Collection, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":26,"permalink":"political-poem-w-affe","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","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":"Photography","nl":"Fotografie","fr":"Photographie"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/005/585/large/Paul%20de%20Vree,%20Political%20Poem-%20%28w%29affe,%201971photo%20M%20HKA.jpg?1326443670","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eDe Vree is sometimes very direct in his poesia visiva, refraining from adding a single alienating element to a photograph cut from a newspaper. \u003cem\u003ePolitical poem: W(AFFE)\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;is his attempt to unmask the combined power practices of state and police apparatuses. Since a viewer could overlook the newspaper photograph without paying attention to it, De Vree adds an ironic comment to the picture. Conversely, the words are made topical by the pithy, demagogic snapshot drawn from the mass media. Taken together, the photograph and text produce a shock in the viewer who had earlier simply overlooked the picture in the newspaper. In\u003cem\u003e W(AFFE)\u003c/em\u003e, an armed soldier is seen pursuing a young man. The brutality of this action is underlined by De Vree\u0026rsquo;s ironic comment: on the soldier\u0026rsquo;s chest he has written \u0026lsquo;W(AFFE)\u0026rsquo; (weapon/ape).\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eIn zijn \u0026#39;poesia visiva\u0026#39; is De Vree soms zeer direct en voegt hij aan een foto uit de krant geen enkel vervreemdend element toe. In een werk als \u003cem\u003ePoetical poem: W(AFFE)\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;poogt De Vree de gecombineerde machtspraktijken van staat- en politieapparaten te ontmaskeren. Daar de kijker aan de journalistieke foto nog achteloos kan voorbijlopen, voegt De Vree een ironische commentaar aan de foto toe. Omgekeerd krijgen de woorden een actualiteitswaarde door de kernachtige, demagogische beelden uit de massamedia. Foto en tekst samen bewerkstelligen een schok bij de kijker die eerder zonder meer dezelfde foto in de krant is voorbijgegaan. In \u003cem\u003eW(AFFE)\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;achtervolgt een gewapende soldaat een jonge man. De brutaliteit van dit gegeven wordt door De Vree\u0026rsquo;s ironisch commentaar aangegeven: op de borst van de soldaat schreef hij \u0026lsquo;W(AFFE)\u0026rsquo;, wapen \u0026ndash; aap.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eDe Vree est parfois tr\u0026egrave;s directe dans sa \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;Poesia Visiva\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;, et il n\u0026rsquo;ajoute aucun \u0026eacute;l\u0026eacute;ment ali\u0026eacute;nant \u0026agrave; une photo du journal. \u003cem\u003ePoetical poem: W(AFFE)\u003c/em\u003e est une tentative d\u0026rsquo;exposer les pratiques de pouvoir combin\u0026eacute;es des appareils de l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;tat et de la police. Comme le spectateur peut encore d\u0026eacute;passer la photo journalistique, De Vree ajoute un commentaire ironique \u0026agrave; la photo. Les mots ont une valeur d\u0026rsquo;actualit\u0026eacute; gr\u0026acirc;ce aux images lapidaires et d\u0026eacute;magogiques des m\u0026eacute;dias. La combinaison de la photo et du texte choque le spectateur, qui a d\u0026eacute;j\u0026agrave; d\u0026eacute;pass\u0026eacute; la m\u0026ecirc;me photo. \u003cem\u003eW(AFFE)\u003c/em\u003e montre un soldat arm\u0026eacute; qui poursuit un jeune homme. La brutalit\u0026eacute; de ce fait est indiqu\u0026eacute;e par le commentaire ironique de De Vree\u0026nbsp;: sur la poitrine du soldat, il a \u0026eacute;crit \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;W(AFFE)\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;, arme-singe.\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":[{"id":40,"name":"Paul De Vree","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}