{"id":549,"title":"Gilgamesh","dimensions":"355 x 63 cm, 300 x 140 cm","date_begin":"1993-01-01","material":"wood, iron, PVC, axe, metal","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":24,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":4,"stream_count":0,"collection":"De Vleeshal Collection, Middelburg (The Netherlands)","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026#39;Jimmie Durham - Pierres rejet\u0026eacute;es ...\u0026#39; , Mus\u0026eacute;e d\u0026#39;Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris / ARC, Paris, p. 62-63 also calles \u0026#39;Gilgamesh and me\u0026#39;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","date_end":null,"reference":"VH0248","stream_count_app":78,"permalink":"gilgamesh","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Jimmie Durham","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":"Sculpture","nl":"Sculptuur","fr":"Sculpture"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/001/188/large/Durham,%20Jimmie,%20Gilgamesh,%202003,%20photo%20clinckx_1.jpg?1304680913","poster_credits":"© M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eJimmie Durham made *Gilgamesh* for Antwerp 93 \u0026ndash; European Capital of Culture. On that occasion, several artists were asked to produce a work with \u0026#39;the city\u0026#39; as subject. Durham\u0026#39;s starting point was the ancient epic of Gilgamesh, the mighty king of the Sumerian city-state of Uruk. He retells a part of the story in the [text](http://ensembles.mhka.be/items/3158) which he wrote to present alongside the sculpture. \u2028For Durham, Gilgamesh is a symbol of city, culture and civilization - the sculpture summarizes various aspects of this story. The materials, wood and plastic, stand for nature and culture. The impressive door symbolizes the opening to the city, but both lock and door handle are on the wrong side. In his work, the artist shows an opening, a possibility for symbiosis between nature and culture, but also the vulnerable balance between the two.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eJimmie Durham maakte *Gilgamesh* voor Antwerpen 93 \u0026ndash; culturele hoofdstad van Europa. In dat kader werd aan verschillende kunstenaars gevraagd om een werk te maken met als onderwerp \u0026lsquo;de stad\u0026rsquo;. Durham vertrok van het oeroude heldenepos over Gilgamesh, de machtige koning van de Soemerische stadstaat Uruk. Hij hervertelt een gedeelte van het verhaal in de [tekst](http://ensembles.mhka.be/items/3158) die hij bij het beeld schreef. Gilgamesh staat bij hem symbool voor stad, cultuur en beschaving. Het beeld Gilgamesh vat verschillende aspecten uit dit verhaal samen. De materialen, hout en plastic, staan voor natuur en cultuur. De imposante deur symboliseert de opening naar de stad, maar het slot en de deurklink staan op de verkeerde kant. Durham toont in zijn werk de opening, de mogelijkheid tot symbiose tussen natuur en cultuur, maar ook het kwetsbare evenwicht tussen beide.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eJimmie Durham a r\u0026eacute;alis\u0026eacute; l\u0026#39;\u0026oelig;uvre *Gilgamesh* pour Anvers\u0026nbsp;93 \u0026ndash; Capitale culturelle de l\u0026#39;Europe. Dans ce cadre, la ville a invit\u0026eacute; diff\u0026eacute;rents artistes \u0026agrave; r\u0026eacute;aliser une \u0026oelig;uvre autour du sujet de \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;la ville\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;. Durham est parti de la tr\u0026egrave;s ancienne \u0026eacute;pop\u0026eacute;e de Gilgamesh, le puissant roi sum\u0026eacute;rien de la cit\u0026eacute;-\u0026Eacute;tat d\u0026#39;Uruk. Dans le [texte](http://ensembles.mhka.be/items/3158) que Durham a \u0026eacute;crit pour accompagner la sculpture, il revisite une partie de l\u0026#39;histoire. Pour Durham, Gilgamesh symbolise la ville, la culture, la civilisation. La sculpture r\u0026eacute;sume plusieurs aspects de cette histoire. Les mat\u0026eacute;riaux, le bois et le plastique repr\u0026eacute;sentent la nature et la culture. La porte imposante renvoie \u0026agrave; l\u0026#39;ouverture de la ville, mais la serrure et la poign\u0026eacute;e de porte sont plac\u0026eacute;es du mauvais c\u0026ocirc;t\u0026eacute;. Dans son \u0026oelig;uvre, Durham montre l\u0026#39;ouverture, la possibilit\u0026eacute; de symbiose entre la nature et la culture, mais aussi l\u0026#39;\u0026eacute;quilibre fragile entre les deux.\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":209,"name":"Jimmie Durham","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}