{"id":5102,"title":"Everything I say is not true","dimensions":"151 x 112 x 240 cm","date_begin":"1986-01-01","material":"wood, concrete","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":24,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"construction","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK5574_M56","stream_count_app":17,"permalink":"everything-i-say-is-not-true","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":true,"category":{"en":"Sculpture","nl":"Sculptuur","fr":"Sculpture"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/009/515/large/Puckey__0001_Tom__Everything_I_say_is_not_true__1986.jpg?1337867943","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"*Everything I say is not true*. Utter lie or absolute truth? The title of this work by Thom Puckey is in itself a well-known paradox. \r\n\r\nThe installation consists of two odd wooden structures, towers, frameworks identical in appearance. They form geometrical stands, each of which encloses a concrete disc. The side panels have been placed so that the gaze immediately falls on the slabs. These cement forms act as a sort of blank or inoperative mirror. They challenge the validity of mirrors as reflections of reality. The claim to veracity is called into doubt.\r\n\r\nMirrors, surrogate mirrors and lenses make frequent appearances in Puckey’s oeuvre. They do not project, but deconstruct projections of reality. In Everything I say is not true the two wooden stands are identical, hence they function as images and reflected images, but the cement mirrors do not work, the real mirror is missing.\r\n\r\nIn his work, Puckey shows that the things that exist are not always what they seem. The reality of existence can only be depicted through unrealities, tricks and theatre.\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"*Everything I say is not true*, ‘alles wat ik zeg is niet waar’. Pure leugen of absolute waarheid? De titel van dit werk van Thom Puckey vormt een bekende paradox op zichzelf. \r\n\r\nDe installatie bestaat uit twee vreemde houten structuren, torens, raamwerken met een identieke verschijningsvorm. Ze vormen een geometrische stellage die elk een betonnen schijf omsluiten. De zijpanelen zijn zo gezet dat de blik meteen op de schijven valt. De cementvormen functioneren als een soort blinde of niet-werkende spiegels. Ze vechten de geldigheid van spiegels als weerspiegeling van de werkelijkheid aan. De claim op waarheid wordt in twijfel getrokken. \r\n\r\nIn Puckey’s oeuvre komt het gebruik van spiegels, surrogaatspiegels en lenzen meermaals voor. Ze projecteren niet, maar deconstrueren projecties van de werkelijkheid. In Everything I say is not true zijn de twee houten stellages identiek, zo functioneren ze als beeld en spiegelbeeld, maar de cementen spiegels werken niet, de echte spiegel ontbreekt. \r\n\r\nIn zijn oeuvre toont Puckey dat de dingen die zijn, niet zijn zoals ze lijken. De werkelijkheid van het bestaan kan enkel weergegeven worden door onwerkelijkheden, kunstgrepen, theater. "},{"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":770,"name":"Thom Puckey","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}