{"id":4306,"title":"Kamer (III) [Chamber (III)]","dimensions":"390 x 170 x 250 cm","date_begin":"1985-01-01","material":"wood, mirror, neon lamp","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":6,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"Sculpture","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK005214","stream_count_app":48,"permalink":"kamer-iii-chamber-iii","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Jan Vercruysse","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":true,"category":{"en":"Installation","nl":"Installatie","fr":"Installation"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/011/725/large/Vercruysse__Jan__Kamer_III__1985Heirman_Graphics.jpg?1343635565","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe rooms of Jan Vercruysse occupy a place within the tradition of the \u0026ldquo;art room\u0026rdquo;, the theme in western history of art for reflecting upon art. They are works of art that imply art. These boxlike constructions, these places of worship are approached with specific expectations. Strict, monumental and seemingly sumptuous with their mahogany covering, it is as if they have been stolen from a sacristy, an impression which is further enchanced by the semidark interior where stairs lead to a mirror surface that only reflects a void. Isolated from the surrounding space and devoid of all specific timeliness, they are a staged collection of signs that have a specific timeliness, this room is merely a place, one that cannot be entered, neither physically nor mentally. As carriers of the absent image the rooms are negative spaces of representation, diametrically opposed to the \u0026ldquo;art room\u0026rdquo; and the exhibition hall. In that sense they indicate the non place of art.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe kamers van Jan Vercruysse nemen hun plaats in binnen de traditie van de \u0026lsquo;kunstkamer\u0026rsquo;, in de westerse kunstgeschiedenis het thema bij uitstek om te reflecteren over kunst. Het zijn kunstwerken die kunst impliceren. Met een zeker verwachtingspatroon benadert men deze doosachtige constructies, deze cultusplaatsen. Streng, monumentaal en rijkelijk aandoend door de mahoniehouten bekleding lijken ze ontvreemd uit een sacristie, een indruk die nog versterkt wordt door het halfduister interieur waarin een trap leidt naar een spiegelvlak dat enkel een leegte weerkaatst. Afgesneden van de omliggende ruimte en ontdaan van elke specifieke tijdelijkheid is deze kamer enkel een plaats, maar dan wel een plaats die men niet kan betreden, noch fysisch, noch mentaal. Als houders van de afwezigheid van het beeld zijn de kamers negatieve representatieruimten die lijnrecht tegenover de \u0026lsquo;kunstkamer\u0026rsquo; en de tentoonstellingsruimte staan. In die zin duiden ze de niet-plaats van de kunst aan.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eLes pi\u0026egrave;ces de Jan Vercruysse prennent place dans la tradition du \u0026laquo; cabinet d\u0026rsquo;objets d\u0026rsquo;art \u0026raquo;, un th\u0026egrave;me par excellence dans l\u0026rsquo;histoire de l\u0026rsquo;art d\u0026rsquo;occident pour nous conduire \u0026agrave; une r\u0026eacute;flexion sur l\u0026rsquo;art. Ce sont des \u0026oelig;uvres d\u0026rsquo;art qui impliquent l\u0026rsquo;art. C\u0026rsquo;est dans un certain style d\u0026rsquo;attente ou de curiosit\u0026eacute; que l\u0026rsquo;on approche ces constructions en forme de bo\u0026icirc;tes, ces endroits du culte. S\u0026eacute;v\u0026egrave;res, monumentales, faisant riche par leur rev\u0026ecirc;tement d\u0026rsquo;acajou elles semblent en effet avoir \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; d\u0026eacute;rob\u0026eacute;es dans quelque sacristie, et cette impression est renforc\u0026eacute;e par la p\u0026eacute;nombre d\u0026rsquo;un int\u0026eacute;rieur o\u0026ugrave; un escalier conduit \u0026agrave; un surface miroitante qui ne refl\u0026egrave;te que le vide. Coup\u0026eacute;es de l\u0026rsquo;espace adjacent, d\u0026eacute;pourvues de toute temporalit\u0026eacute; sp\u0026eacute;cifique, elles sont uniquement lieu, mais alors un lieu qu\u0026rsquo;il n\u0026rsquo;est pas question de foule, ni physiquement, ni mentalement. D\u0026eacute;tentrices de l\u0026rsquo;absence de toute image, les chambres ou cabinets sont des espaces de repr\u0026eacute;sentation n\u0026eacute;gatifs qui s\u0026rsquo;opposent rigoureusement au \u0026laquo; cabinet de l\u0026rsquo;amateur \u0026raquo; et \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;espace de l\u0026rsquo;exposition.\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":[{"id":134,"name":"Jan Vercruysse","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}