{"id":4389,"title":"This Is Me Too...","dimensions":"variable dimensions","date_begin":"1996-01-01","material":"drawing, collage, picture, oil paint, cardboard, picture, textile, video, monitor, plastic, stuffed animal","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":7,"stream_count":0,"collection":"De Vleeshal Collection, Middelburg (The Netherlands)","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003einstallation with 74 drawings, 28 collages, 23 pictures, 5 acrylic/oil on cardboard, 16 carpets, 20 plastic figures in showcase, 3 video\u0026#39;s\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","date_end":null,"reference":"VH0175","stream_count_app":44,"permalink":"this-is-me-too","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/011/789/medium_500/Solakov__0002_Nedko__This_is_me_too...__1996_photo_A4A_vzw.jpg?1343651034","cached_actor_names":"Nedko Solakov","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Installation","nl":"Installatie","fr":"Installation"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/011/789/large/Solakov__0002_Nedko__This_is_me_too...__1996_photo_A4A_vzw.jpg?1343651034","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe richly textured narrative installation \u003cem\u003eThis is me too...\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;from 1996 consists of an ensemble of 73 drawings, 28 collages, 23 photographs, 5 paintings, a variety of textile materials and a collection of stuffed animals, was first shown in the museum of natural history in Rotterdam as part of the city\u0026rsquo;s organization of the first ever Manifesta exhibition. As is suggested in the title, and as is so often the case in Solakov\u0026rsquo;s immersive installations, the work is infused with autobiographical overtones \u0026ndash; a contemporary take on the tradition of portraiture which inevitably becomes a reflection upon the role of the artist in contemporary society: a radical play of often absurdist identifications in which the artist assumes the strangest of guises and roles, from the floor underneath the visitor\u0026rsquo;s feet to a rainbow or a fossil or a stuffed deer. In one particularly memorable high-point of Solakov\u0026rsquo;s narrative folly we even see the artist (known for his rather robust physique) appear dressed up as a snowflake donning a tutu\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe rijkelijk gelaagde narratieve installatie \u003cem\u003eThis is me too\u0026hellip;\u003c/em\u003e, een ensemble van 73 tekeningen, 28 collages, 23 foto\u0026rsquo;s, 5 schilderijen, verschillende textielmaterialen, 3 video\u0026rsquo;s en een grote verzameling opgezette dieren werd oorspronkelijk bedacht voor Manifesta 1 in Rotterdam (het was ter plekke in een natuurhistorisch museum ondergebracht). Zoals de titel doet vermoeden, en zoals wel vaker het geval is in Solakovs immersieve installaties, beweegt ook dit werk zich in de buurt van de traditie van het zelfportret en de autobiografie \u0026ndash; waardoor het dan meteen ook een reflectie over het hedendaagse kunstenaarschap wordt: een ver doorgedreven spel van vaak absurdistische identificaties waarin de kunstenaar (onder meer middels kleine, handgeschreven teksten) de meest uiteenlopende vormen en gestalten aanneemt, van de vloer onder de voeten van de bezoeker en een regenboog tot een fossiel of opgezet dier. In een memorabel hoogtepunt zien we op een videoscherm tenslotte de forsgebouwde Solakov zelf opdraven in een balletjurk, verkleed als sneeuwvlokje...\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"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":757,"name":"Nedko Solakov","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}