{"id":12822,"title":"Sturtevant: Author of the Quixote","dimensions":"17.5 x 11.5 cm, 48 p, language: English, publisher: Walther Koenig, ISBN: 9783865604729","date_begin":"2008-01-01","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 2027/54","stream_count_app":5,"permalink":"sturtevant-author-of-the-quixote","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/000/027/731/large/don_quixote_sturtevant.jpg?1426958532","poster_credits":"Walther Koenig","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!--[if gte mso 9]\u003e\u003cxml\u003e\r\n \u003co:DocumentProperties\u003e\r\n  \u003co:Version\u003e15.00\u003c/o:Version\u003e\r\n \u003c/o:DocumentProperties\u003e\r\n \u003co:OfficeDocumentSettings\u003e\r\n  \u003co:TargetScreenSize\u003e800x600\u003c/o:TargetScreenSize\u003e\r\n \u003c/o:OfficeDocumentSettings\u003e\r\n\u003c/xml\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her artist novel, Elaine Sturtevant draws upon Jorge Luis Borges\u0026rsquo;s short story \u003cem\u003ePierre Menard, Author of the Quixote\u003c/em\u003e, in which Borges combines fiction and reality in such a way that these become indistinguishable.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe protagonist of the Argentine writer\u0026rsquo;s tale is the French author Menard, who aims not to copy, but to recreate the \u003cem\u003eDon Quixote\u003c/em\u003e of Cervantes, line for line. The result is a work identical to that created by Cervantes 400 years earlier, for Menard\u0026rsquo;s version is the only perfect way to reinvent Quixote. It is a reflection on questions of originality and authorship \u0026ndash; the ideal reference for the conceptual approach taken in Sturtevant\u0026rsquo;s artistic work.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice \u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSturtevant is known for copying the works of famous artists \u0026ndash; including Warhol, Johns, Stella, and Rauschenberg \u0026ndash; while at the same time employing original techniques. Her aim, as she herself notes, is to evade the compulsion to be original that burdens all artists.\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":2669,"name":"Elaine Sturtevant","category":{"en":"Author","nl":"Auteur","fr":"Auteur"}}]}