{"id":462,"title":"Blind Joy","dimensions":"125 x 70 cm","date_begin":"1996-01-01","material":"aquarel on paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":20,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":5,"stream_count":1,"collection":"M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK006911-001","stream_count_app":93,"permalink":"blind-joy","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/035/767/medium_500/Dumas_BlindJoy_CC.jpg?1559834371","cached_actor_names":"Marlene Dumas","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Drawing","nl":"Tekening","fr":"Dessin"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/035/767/large/Dumas_BlindJoy_CC.jpg?1559834371","poster_credits":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collection Flemish Community, image: © M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003e\u0026#39;\u003cem\u003eI use all the cheap tricks of attracting attention: eyes looking at you, sexual parts exposed or deliberately covered. The primitive pull of recognition. The image as prostitute. You are forced to say yes or no\u003c/em\u003e.\u0026#39;\u0026nbsp;- Marlene Dumas\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eInterestingly, it is the female nude, one of the canonical forms of Western art history, that occupies a central place in Marlene Dumas\u0026rsquo; watercolours. At first glance, the watercolours from the \u003cem\u003eMD\u0026ndash;Pin Up Series\u003c/em\u003e: \u003cem\u003eBlind Joy\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIndian Summer\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMis-Cast\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSailor\u0026rsquo;s Dream\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSlight Delight\u003c/em\u003e seem devoid of the embittered, lugubrious undertone that is characteristic of much of Dumas\u0026rsquo; work in oil; they appear as symbols of a certain pleasure that may prove more empowering than we are willing to admit as we enter the minefield of post-feminist gender politics. However, the paintings are based on Polaroids Dumas made during a visit to a notorious Amsterdam strip club named Casa Rosso, as well as on photographs cut out of pornographic magazines.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;I use all the cheap tricks of attracting attention: eyes looking at you, sexual parts exposed or deliberately covered. The primitive pull of recognition. The image as prostitute. You are forced to say yes or no.\u0026#39;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e- Marlene Dumas\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eHet vrouwelijk naakt, \u0026eacute;\u0026eacute;n van de meest eerbiedwaardige, canonieke thema\u0026rsquo;s uit die schilderkunstige traditie, staat ook hier centraal. De vijf aquarellen uit de \u003cem\u003eMD\u0026ndash;Pin Up Series\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;in de M HKA-verzameling, \u003cem\u003eBlind Joy\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIndian Summer\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMis-Cast\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSailor\u0026rsquo;s Dream\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;en\u003cem\u003e Slight Delight\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;(allen uit 1996) lijken op het eerste zicht de bittere bijklank te ontberen die veel van haar olieverfschilderijen ten dele karakteriseren, en staan, ogenschijnlijk althans, meer in het teken van plezier en genot. De beelden zijn gebaseerd op polaroids die Dumas maakte in de stripclub Casa Rosso in Amsterdam, en op foto\u0026rsquo;s uit diverse pornografische magazines.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eLe nu f\u0026eacute;minin, l\u0026rsquo;un des th\u0026egrave;mes canoniques de l\u0026rsquo;histoire de l\u0026rsquo;art occidental, occupe une place centrale dans l\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvre de Marlene Dumas. Ces aquarelles s\u0026rsquo;inspirent de polaro\u0026iuml;ds que Dumas a pris lors d\u0026rsquo;une visite dans un fameux club de strip-tease amstellodamois, Casa Rosso, et de photos d\u0026eacute;coup\u0026eacute;es dans des magazines pornographiques. D\u0026eacute;voilant une certaine vuln\u0026eacute;rabilit\u0026eacute; qui peut aller de pair avec le travail du sexe, Dumas adopte les \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;trucs bon march\u0026eacute;\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; qu\u0026rsquo;on utilise pour attirer l\u0026rsquo;attention masculine \u0026ndash; des yeux qui vous regardent, des parties g\u0026eacute;nitales expos\u0026eacute;es ou couvertes avec coquetterie et fausse pudeur.\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":261,"name":"Marlene Dumas","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}