{"id":22986,"title":"NoLab","dimensions":"15,24 x 22,86 cm, English, 234 pages, publisher: Owl Canyon Press, ISBN: 978-0998507385","date_begin":"2019-01-01","material":"ink, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":141,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp ","cached_tag_list":"artist's novel","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"B 2030/316","stream_count_app":7,"permalink":"nolab","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/050/069/medium_500/NoLab.jpg?1575718277","cached_actor_names":"Richard Roth","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":"Artist Novel","nl":"Artist Novel","fr":"Artist Novel"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/050/069/large/NoLab.jpg?1575718277","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLiterary synopsis\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eArtists Ray Lawson and Victor Florian search for NoLab, a collaborative of artist provocateurs that has gone missing. Their search becomes a romp through the art and ideas of a progressive, conceptually oriented subculture of the art world. They investigate Carter Wilkinson, creator of\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eThe Institute\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;(a shadowy, futuristic cultural institution with an unusual collection). Though seemingly inept as detectives, Ray and Victor eventually succeed in finding the members of NoLab. Murder intervenes. Ray, Victor, and NoLab are harassed and threatened by various individuals attempting to dissuade NoLab from implementing its ill-advised plan. From the presumed safety of home, Ray and his newly acquired family watch the gory ramifications of NoLab\u0026rsquo;s self-destructive act unfold in the media.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelation of the novel to the artist\u0026rsquo;s practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNoLab\u003c/em\u003e is\u0026nbsp;not part of a wider project. However, \u003cem\u003eNoLab \u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;does relate to Richard Roth\u0026#39;s art practice in many ways. The narrator and Roth\u0026nbsp;are both abstract, reductive painters, both have done conceptual projects in their past, both have taught\u0026nbsp;in university art programs. Additionally, in \u003cem\u003eNoLab \u003c/em\u003eRoth\u0026nbsp;created a number of artworks that could only exist as texts\u0026mdash;couldn\u0026rsquo;t exist in real life.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.owlcanyonpress.com/product-page/nolab-by-richard-roth\"\u003eNovel\u0026#39;s website\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"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":3729,"name":"Richard Roth","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}