{"id":3999,"title":"Money is the Jail of Mankind","dimensions":"76 x 70 cm","date_begin":"1972-01-01","material":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":76,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003ereli\u0026euml;f\u003c/p\u003e","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":11,"permalink":"money-is-the-jail-of-mankind","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":"Print","nl":"Prent","fr":"Epreuve"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/007/639/large/De%20Vree,%20Paul,%20The%20Money%20is%20the%20jail%20of%20mankind,%201972.jpg?1331644549","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn his *poesia visiva*, De Vree also creates works in which he uses means other than photography and drawings. A remarkable object is the poem *Money is the Jail of Mankind*, which takes the form of a sort of Greek temple. De Vree places six pillars cut out from the financial pages of a newspaper against a photograph of a crowded stock exchange. The temple\u0026rsquo;s pediment is also made of newspaper, and the frieze contains the words \u0026lsquo;Money is the jail of mankind\u0026rsquo;. It is clear that De Vree\u0026rsquo;s target in this poem is a society composed of profiteers and consumers. By means of a mimetic portrayal of a word, he here illuminates the sacralisation of capital in the form of a temple whose pillars also suggest prison bars: man is consumed by his hunger for riches.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn de \u0026#39;poesia visiva\u0026#39; maakt De Vree ook werken waarin hij gebruik maakt van andere middelen dan de fotografie en de tekening. Een merkwaardig object is het gedicht *Money is the jail of mankind* dat de gedaante aanneemt van een soort Griekse tempel. Voor een foto van de drukte binnenin een beursgebouw, plaatst hij zes zuilen, gemaakt van de beurspagina\u0026rsquo;s van een krant. Bovenaan heeft hij eveneens uit krantenpapier het fronton van een tempel gevormd. De fries bevat de tekst \u0026lsquo;Money is the jail of mankind\u0026rsquo;. Het is duidelijk dat De Vree in dit gedicht de woeker- en consumptiemaatschappij op de korrel neemt. Aan de hand van een mimetische uitbeelding achter het woord, belicht hij hier de sacralisering van het kapitaal in de vorm van een tempel waarvan de zuilen tevens de tralies voorstellen: de mens wordt verteerd door zijn honger naar fortuin.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":""},{"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"}}]}