{"id":4360,"title":"M (M1)","dimensions":"54 x 200 x 155 cm","date_begin":"1992-01-01","material":"wood, gypsum, blue glass, white pigment","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":24,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":5,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK006023","stream_count_app":53,"permalink":"m-m1","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/011/740/medium_500/MM1.jpg?1465915355","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":"Sculpture","nl":"Sculptuur","fr":"Sculpture"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/011/740/large/MM1.jpg?1465915355","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA, © SABAM Belgium 2018","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eWe recognise a piano as a musical instrument, but the artist only shows the illusion that we make of it ourselves. The piano is not only unplayable; it is not even a piano. It is only there in a formal sense, as a psychic \u003cem\u003egestalt\u003c/em\u003e that confounds the viewer. The reflective blue surface that lies on top of the piano, subverting its piano-ness, reflects the surroundings of the museum and every curious gaze. Luc Tuymans points to the whitewashed purity of this silent composition, which is disturbed by the brutality of the blue glass. The piano is placed freestanding on the floor, between the vertical fire drawings of Tretiakoff and the stately Caravaggio.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nText: Hans Willemse\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nTranslations: Michael Meert\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eWe herkennen een piano als muziekinstrument, maar Jan Vercruysse toont slechts de illusie die we er zelf van maken. De piano is niet alleen onbespeelbaar, ze is zelfs geen piano. Ze is er slechts voor de vorm, als een psychische \u003cem\u003egestalt \u003c/em\u003ewaar de kijker zich op blindstaart. Het spiegelende blauwe oppervlak waarmee het piano-zijn definitief wordt afgesloten, weerkaatst de museale buitenwereld en elke nieuwsgierige blik. Luc Tuymans wijst op de witgeschilderde maagdelijkheid van deze verstilde compositie, die verstoord wordt door de brutaliteit van het blauwe glas. De piano staat vrij in de ruimte op de vloer, tussen de verticale brandtekeningen van Tretiakoff en de statigheid van Caravaggio.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nTekst: Hans Willemse\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eNous reconnaissons un piano que nous consid\u0026eacute;rons comme un instrument de musique, mais l\u0026rsquo;artiste ne montre que l\u0026rsquo;illusion que nous nous en faisons. Le piano est non seulement injouable, ce n\u0026rsquo;est m\u0026ecirc;me pas un piano. Il n\u0026rsquo;est l\u0026agrave; que pour la forme, comme apparence psychique qui attire l\u0026rsquo;attention du spectateur. La surface bleue r\u0026eacute;fl\u0026eacute;chissante qui recouvre l\u0026rsquo;objet et supprime d\u0026eacute;finitivement la nature pianistique de l\u0026rsquo;objet refl\u0026egrave;te le monde mus\u0026eacute;al ext\u0026eacute;rieur et chaque regard curieux. Luc Tuymans pointe la blancheur virginale de cette composition sereine que vient troubler la brutalit\u0026eacute; du verre bleu. Le piano est pos\u0026eacute;, dans l\u0026rsquo;espace, \u0026agrave; m\u0026ecirc;me le sol, entre les dessins br\u0026ucirc;l\u0026eacute;s de Tretiakoff et la majest\u0026eacute; d\u0026rsquo;un tableau du Caravage.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nTexte: Hans Willemse\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nTraductions: Isabel Grynberg\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"}}]}