{"id":552,"title":"Cortez","dimensions":"225 x 145 x 52 cm","date_begin":"1991-01-01","material":"Metal, wood, PVC, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":24,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":1,"collection":"Collection SMAK, Ghent","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"Image Rights Dirk Pawels.\r\nCurrently in the possession of S.M.A.K. Gent (contact with Odeline van Thieghem).\r\nInsurance value: 37.500 euros. Owner has agreed to having the work photographed but only for non commercial use. A courier of the S.M.A.K. should lead the installation process of the work. Should be listed as belonging to Collectie S.M.A.K., Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent. Work is crated: 107 x 172 x 117 cm.","date_end":"1991-01-01","reference":"","stream_count_app":41,"permalink":"cortez","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":false,"category":{"en":"Sculpture","nl":"Sculptuur","fr":"Sculpture"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/003/900/large/Cortez.jpg?1320316071","poster_credits":"(c)image: Dirk Pauwels","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"The Spanish conquerer Cortez (Hernán Cortés), portrayed here by Durham as a metallic soldier made of objects and machine parts, pipes and a mask, was the lover of [*La Malinche*](http://ensembles.mhka.be/items/551) and one of the first settlers in the American continent. According to the artist, “[Tzvetan Todorov](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzvetan_Todorov) tried to explain that Cortez became a modern man by the curious intention of discovering (and therefore conquering) America, unlike Columbus who intended only to prove that his previous knowledge was correct (and therefore force the New World to be old)” [full text [here](http://ensembles.mhka.be/items/3168)]"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"De Spaanse veroveraar Cortez (Hernán Cortés), hier door Durham geportretteerd als een metalen soldaat, gemaakt van objecten en machineonderdelen, buizen en een masker, was de geliefde van [*La Malinche*](http://ensembles.mhka.be/items/551) en een van de eerste kolonisten op het Amerikaanse continent. Volgens de kunstenaar  'probeerde [Tzvetan Todorov](http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzvetan_Todorov) uit te leggen dat Cortez een moderne man werd door zijn nieuwsgierige intentie om Amerika het ontdekken (en dus te veroveren), in tegenstelling tot Columbus, die alleen wou bewijzen dat zijn voorgaande kennis juist was (en de Nieuwe Wereld dus wou dwingen om oud te zijn).' [volledige tekst [hier](http://ensembles.mhka.be/items/3168)]"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"Durham brosse ici un portrait du conquistador espagnol Cortez (Hernán Cortés) en soldat métallique, composé d'objets divers, d'éléments de machines, de tuyaux et d'un masque. Cortez était l'amant de [*La Malinche*](http://ensembles.mhka.be/items/551) et l'un de premiers colons du continent américain. Selon Durham, l'intellectuel [Tzvetan Todorov](http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzvetan_Todorov) a tenté d'expliquer que Cortés est devenu un homme moderne par l'intention curieuse de découvrir (et par conséquent de conquérir) l'Amérique, contrairement à Christophe Colomb qui cherchait uniquement à prouver l'exactitude de sa connaissance précédente (et a par conséquent forcé le Nouveau Monde à être ancien) ». [texte intégral [ici](http://ensembles.mhka.be/items/3168)]"},{"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"}}]}