{"id":4307,"title":"La Feinte [The Sham]","dimensions":"220 x 180 x 130 cm","date_begin":"1982-01-01","material":"wood, iron, marbles","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":23,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":3,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK006855","stream_count_app":43,"permalink":"la-feinte-the-sham","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Jan Vercruysse","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Photography","nl":"Fotografie","fr":"Photographie"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/032/898/large/Vercruysse__Jan__La_feinte__1982.jpg?1471874526","poster_credits":"image: (c) M HKA, Collectie M HKA, Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Feinte\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;is part of a long series of portrait photographs commonly referred to as \u003cem\u003ePortraits of the Artist\u003c/em\u003e, which Vercruysse made between 1977 and 1984. These carefully staged photographs are printed reproductions with a circulation of only one: in this way, Vercruysse challenges the reproducibility of the image in photography. In many of the portraits of this series, including \u003cem\u003eLa Feinte\u003c/em\u003e, Vercruysse himself is the model. His measured pose and the well-considered composition refer to the conventions of traditional portraiture. Nonetheless, this is not a traditional self-portrait: the image is fractured, as if it were the reflection of a broken mirror. Moreover, the frame surrounding the portrait suggests that we are looking at a photo of a photo. This work is a sophisticated structure, in which the artist merely seems a background actor. This might be a portrait of \u0026#39;the artist\u0026#39;, but is it a portrait of Jan Vercruysse? With \u003cem\u003eLa Feinte\u003c/em\u003e, Vercruysse explores the boundary between still life and portraiture, as well as the role of the artist in his work.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Feinte\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;maakt deel uit van een lange fotografische portrettenreeks, die Vercruysse tussen 1977 en 1984 maakte. Deze zorgvuldig ge\u0026euml;nsceneerde portretten zijn gedrukte reproducties met een enkelvoudige oplage: op deze manier tart Vercruysse met de reproduceerbaarheid van het beeld binnen de fotografie. Op veel van de portretten in de reeks, waaronder \u003cem\u003eLa Feinte\u003c/em\u003e, poseert Vercruysse zelf. Met zijn afgemeten pose en de doordachte compositie refereert hij aan conventies van de traditionele portretkunst. Toch is dit geen traditioneel zelfportret: de afbeelding is verknipt, als de reflectie van een gebroken spiegel. De omlijsting doet bovendien vermoeden dat we een foto van een foto zien. Het werk is een uitgekiende constructie, waarin de kunstenaar enkel een figurant lijkt te zijn. Dit mag dan een foto zijn van \u0026#39;de kunstenaar\u0026#39;, maar is het ook een foto van Jan Vercruysse? Met \u003cem\u003eLa Feinte\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;verkent Vercruysse de grenzen tussen stilleven en portret, alsmede de rol van de kunstenaar in diens werk.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Feinte\u003c/em\u003e fait partie d\u0026rsquo;une longue s\u0026eacute;rie de portraits photographiques que Jan Vercruysse a r\u0026eacute;alis\u0026eacute;s entre\u0026nbsp;1977 et\u0026nbsp;1984. Ces portraits minutieusement mis en sc\u0026egrave;ne sont des reproductions \u0026eacute;dit\u0026eacute;es en tirage unique\u0026nbsp;: Vercruysse d\u0026eacute;fie de la sorte la reproductibilit\u0026eacute; de l\u0026rsquo;image au sein de la photographie. Vercruysse en personne pose sur bon nombre de portraits dans la s\u0026eacute;rie, dont \u003cem\u003eLa Feinte\u003c/em\u003e. Avec sa pose bien mesur\u0026eacute;e et sa composition r\u0026eacute;fl\u0026eacute;chie, Vercruysse fait r\u0026eacute;f\u0026eacute;rence aux conventions de l\u0026rsquo;art du portrait traditionnel. Il ne s\u0026rsquo;agit pourtant pas d\u0026rsquo;un autoportrait classique\u0026nbsp;: l\u0026rsquo;image est fragment\u0026eacute;e, comme la r\u0026eacute;flexion d\u0026rsquo;un miroir bris\u0026eacute;. L\u0026rsquo;encadrement donne par ailleurs l\u0026rsquo;impression qu\u0026rsquo;il s\u0026rsquo;agit de la photographie d\u0026rsquo;une photographie. L\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvre est une construction bien \u0026eacute;tudi\u0026eacute;e, dans laquelle l\u0026rsquo;artiste ne semble \u0026ecirc;tre qu\u0026rsquo;un figurant. Il va sans dire que c\u0026rsquo;est une photographie de \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;l\u0026rsquo;artiste\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;, mais est-ce \u0026eacute;galement une photographie de Jan Vercruysse\u0026nbsp;? Avec \u003cem\u003eLa Feinte, Vercruysse explore les fronti\u0026egrave;res entre la nature morte et le portrait ainsi que le r\u0026ocirc;le de l\u0026rsquo;artiste dans son \u0026oelig;uvre.\u003c/em\u003e\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":134,"name":"Jan Vercruysse","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}