{"id":27600,"title":"Oui","dimensions":"","date_begin":"1978-01-01","material":"","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":27,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Courtesy the artist","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":12,"permalink":"oui","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/062/379/medium_500/OUI.jpg?1601451735","cached_actor_names":"Rasheed Araeen","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":"Other","nl":"Andere","fr":"Autre"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/062/379/large/OUI.jpg?1601451735","poster_credits":"© Rasheed Araeen","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eRasheed Araeen\u0026rsquo;s work \u003cem\u003eOui\u003c/em\u003e was produced during the period the artist became conscious of systematic discrimination in the artistic scene of Great Britain. Araeen made the work in response to the planned exhibition \u003cem\u003eUn Certain Art Anglais: Selection d\u0026#39;Artistes Britanniques, 1970-1979\u003c/em\u003e organised by the British Council at the Musee d\u0026rsquo;Art Moderne in Paris. Despite claims to represent new developments in contemporary art in Britain during the 1970s, the exhibition only presented the work of white artists. Appropriating the slogan of the British Council\u0026rsquo;s exhibition, it reads: \u0026ldquo;\u003cem\u003eExiste-t\u0026rsquo;il un\u003c/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eart anglais?\u003c/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eOUI!\u003c/em\u003e\u0026rdquo; (\u003cem\u003eIs there an English Art? YES!\u003c/em\u003e), we also see within the text of \u003cem\u003eOui\u003c/em\u003e the words \u0026ldquo;\u003cem\u003eBLACKS OUT\u003c/em\u003e\u0026rdquo; repeated. The work questions the ethnocentricity of official representations of the English art scene during this period, and the unwillingness to acknowledge the contributions made by black and Asian artists to the development of modern art. In an open letter to the British Council by Araeen and fellow artist David Medalla, they state: \u0026ldquo;We now feel concerned because the British Council is adamant in persistently projecting the \u003cu\u003ewhite\u003c/u\u003e image of Britain abroad, as if there are no black people in Britain or they are not part of British reality, and as if black artists have done nothing significant in the field of art reflecting a contemporary reality\u0026rdquo;.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eOui werd gemaakt in de periode dat de kunstenaar zich bewust werd van systematische discriminatie in de artistieke scene van Groot-Brittanni\u0026euml;. Het werk ontstond naar aanleiding van de geplande tentoonstelling \u003cem\u003eUn Certain Art Anglais: Selection d\u0026#39;Artistes Britanniques, 1970-1979\u003c/em\u003e,\u0026nbsp; georganiseerd in 1979 door de British Council in het Mus\u0026eacute;e d\u0026#39;Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Hoewel ze beweerde nieuwe ontwikkelingen in de hedendaagse kunst van de jaren 1970 in Groot-Brittanni\u0026euml; te tonen, presenteerde de tentoonstelling slechts het werk van witte kunstenaars. Araeens werk gaat in op de slogan van de tentoonstelling van de British Council: \u0026lsquo;Existe-t\u0026rsquo;il un art anglais?\u0026rsquo;, en beantwoordt de vraag dus affirmerend: \u0026#39;OUI!\u0026#39;\u0026nbsp; In de tekst van Oui wordt de\u0026nbsp; slogan \u0026#39;BLACKS OUT\u0026#39; herhaald. Het werk stelt het etnocentrisme van offici\u0026euml;le representaties van de Engelse kunstsc\u0026egrave;ne van deze periode in vraag, en toont de onwil om de bijdragen van zwarte en Aziatische kunstenaars aan de ontwikkeling van moderne kunst te erkennen. In een open brief van Araeen en collega-kunstenaar David Medalla aan de British Council, stellen ze: \u0026ldquo;We zijn bezorgd omdat de British Council onvermurwbaar is in het persistent projecteren van het witte beeld van Groot-Brittanni\u0026euml; in het buitenland, alsof er geen zwarte mensen in Groot-Brittanni\u0026euml; zijn, of alsof ze geen deel uitmaken van de Britse realiteit, en alsof zwarte kunstenaars niets significants hebben gedaan op het gebied van kunst die een hedendaagse realiteit weerspiegelt.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eL\u0026#39;\u0026oelig;uvre \u003cem\u003eOui\u003c/em\u003e de Rasheed Araeen fut cr\u0026eacute;\u0026eacute;e \u0026agrave; l\u0026#39;\u0026eacute;poque o\u0026ugrave; l\u0026#39;artiste prit conscience de la discrimination syst\u0026eacute;matique sur la sc\u0026egrave;ne artistique britannique. Araeen r\u0026eacute;alisa cette l\u0026#39;\u0026oelig;uvre en r\u0026eacute;ponse \u0026agrave; l\u0026#39;exposition pr\u0026eacute;vue Un Certain Art Anglais: Selection d\u0026#39;Artistes Britanniques, 1970-1979, organis\u0026eacute;e par le British Council au Mus\u0026eacute;e d\u0026#39;Art Moderne de Paris. Bien qu\u0026#39;elle pr\u0026eacute;tende repr\u0026eacute;senter les nouveaux d\u0026eacute;veloppements de l\u0026#39;art contemporain en Grande-Bretagne dans les ann\u0026eacute;es 1970, l\u0026#39;exposition ne pr\u0026eacute;sentait que le travail d\u0026#39;artistes blancs. S\u0026#39;appropriant le slogan de l\u0026#39;exposition du British Council, son \u0026oelig;uvre porte le texte :\u003cem\u003e \u0026laquo; Existe-t\u0026#39;il un\u003c/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eart anglais?\u003c/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eOUI!\u003c/em\u003e \u0026raquo; On voit aussi dans le texte de \u003cem\u003eOui \u003c/em\u003eles mots \u0026laquo;\u003cem\u003e BLACKS OUT\u003c/em\u003e \u0026raquo; r\u0026eacute;p\u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute;s. L\u0026#39;\u0026oelig;uvre remet en cause l\u0026#39;ethnocentrisme des repr\u0026eacute;sentations officielles de la sc\u0026egrave;ne artistique anglaise \u0026agrave; cette \u0026eacute;poque, et la r\u0026eacute;ticence \u0026agrave; reconna\u0026icirc;tre les contributions des artistes noirs et asiatiques au d\u0026eacute;veloppement de l\u0026#39;art moderne. Dans une lettre ouverte adress\u0026eacute;e au British Council, Araeen et son coll\u0026egrave;gue artiste David Medalla d\u0026eacute;clarent : \u0026laquo; Nous sommes pr\u0026eacute;occup\u0026eacute;s par le fait que le British Council s\u0026#39;obstine dans sa projection persistante de l\u0026#39;image \u003cu\u003eblanche\u003c/u\u003e de la Grande-Bretagne \u0026agrave; l\u0026#39;\u0026eacute;tranger, comme s\u0026#39;il n\u0026#39;y avait pas de Noirs en Grande-Bretagne ou s\u0026#39;ils ne faisaient pas partie de la r\u0026eacute;alit\u0026eacute; britannique, et comme si les artistes noirs n\u0026#39;avaient rien fait de significatif dans le domaine de l\u0026#39;art en tant que reflet d\u0026#39;une r\u0026eacute;alit\u0026eacute; contemporaine \u0026raquo;.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[]}