{"id":7923,"title":"The Velvet Grind","dimensions":"21 cm x 14.9 cm, 319 p, language: English, publisher: Zürich/Dijon: JRP/Ringier/Les presses du réel, ISBN: 3-905701-02-2","date_begin":"2006-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":26,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"artist novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2025/626","stream_count_app":15,"permalink":"the-velvet-grind","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":"Book","nl":"Boek","fr":"Livre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/017/869/large/3.Velvet_Grind_cover_copy.jpg?1373547447","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA compilation of non-fiction and fiction, the book has been structured by the artist with the subtle psychological and emotional rewards of the novel in mind.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen in 1981 David Robbins first began publishing his writing he sensed that the subject matter which fascinated him--the convergence of the art and entertainment contexts, one of the main cultural stories of our time--would take many years to work through; at that time the book that eventually became \u003cem\u003eThe Velvet Grind\u003c/em\u003e began to take form in his mind. During the next two decades whenever Robbins identified or accepted a new writing project, whatever its form--interview, essay, satire--he had in mind that he was constructing a single cohesive volume. The form finally chosen, \u003cem\u003eThe Velvet Grind\u003c/em\u003e, is consciously organized as a kind of picaresque novel chronicling the author\u0026rsquo;s psychological and emotional journey through the realm of image makers.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":""},{"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":1603,"name":"David Robbins","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}