{"id":7410,"title":"Uruguay - Montevideo - Architect unknown","dimensions":"40 x 35.5 x 27 cm","date_begin":"1991-01-01","material":"wood, plexi","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":12,"category_id":72,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK5929_d1","stream_count_app":20,"permalink":"uruguay-montevideo-architect-unknown--4","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":"Object","nl":"Object","fr":"Objet"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/016/878/large/Geys__Jef__BK2929_DMontevideo__Uruguay__1991_photo_A4Avzw.jpg?1367487556","poster_credits":"(c)M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"On view here are four maquettes based on four larger structures made by Jef Geys. These four structures were made – as part of a series of eighteen pieces – for the Sao Paulo Art Biennial in 1991. The artist Jef Geys made them in collaboration with architect Guy Mertens. Like the titles suggests, they are structures of existing buildings in Europe and South America. Resized to human scale and rid of their interior, they are reduced to merely shapes. The artist showed the works at the Biennial and consequently sent maquettes of these to the headquarters of European and South American football organizations, to be placed in their respective trophy cabinets during the period of this art festival. There was a six-pointed star on each structure, a shape with a loaded content: one use of the six-pointed star was as an identification label for concentration-camp prisoners in WWII. Geys painted these stars in the national colors of the involved countries.  According to Geys, sports stadiums are ever more frequently used as super-prisons. For this reason he brought together architecture, football and history in his Biennial project."},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"Hier te zien zijn vier maquettes van vier grotere structuren gemaakt door Jef Geys. Deze vier structuren werden, als onderdeel van een reeks van achttien stukken, vervaardigd ter gelegenheid van de Biënnale in Sao Paolo in 1991. De kunstenaar maakte ze in samenwerking met architect Guy Mertens. Zoals de titels doen vermoeden, zijn de structuren van bestaande gebouwen in Europa en Zuid-Amerika. Vervaardigd op mensenmaat en van hun inhoud ontdaan, worden ze enkel tot vormen herleid. De kunstenaar toonde de reeks op de Biënnale en stuurde maquettes ervan naar de hoofdzetels van de Europese en Zuid-Amerikaanse voetbalbonden om er (gedurende de looptijd van dit kunstenfestival) als trofee in hun nationale toonkasten geplaatst te worden. Op elke structuur staat een zespuntige ster, een vorm met een beladen inhoud: deze ster deed onder meer dienst als een herkenningsteken dat gevangenen droegen in concentratiekampen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Geys schilderde ze in de kleuren van de betrokken landen. Volgens Geys worden sportstadia meer en meer gebouwd en gebruikt als supergevangenissen. Om die reden bracht hij tijdens de Biënnale architectuur, voetbal en geschiedenis samen. "},{"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":42,"name":"Jef Geys","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}