{"id":4437,"title":"Zonder Titel (Portret van Frank Müller) [Untitled (Portrait of Frank Müller)]","dimensions":"210 x 167 x 4 cm","date_begin":"1985-01-01","material":"photograph","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":77,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"photograph","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"BK5912_M106","stream_count_app":30,"permalink":"zonder-titel-portret-van-frank-muller-untitled-portrait-of-frank-muller","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":"Collage","nl":"Collage","fr":"Collage"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/010/792/large/Ruff__0001_Thomas__Zonder_titel_%28Portret_Franky_M%C3%BCller%29__1985.jpg?1342184366","poster_credits":"(c)image:  M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eUntitled (Portrait of Frank M\u0026uuml;ller)\u003c/em\u003e, the subject looks straight at us. The large format reveals all imperfections \u0026ndash; big pores and pimples are extra-visible. Thomas Ruff photographs with the greatest precision, each detail is made evident, and yet these portraits remain anonymous and strange. The photographs reveal no other clue than the portrait itself. Ruff\u0026rsquo;s portraits are critical imitations of conventional portrait photography. According to the artist, photography does not succeed in recording the subject\u0026rsquo;s character or personality. The portrait photos only show us a superficial level. Ruff describes himself as an observer. He does not look for the psychological representation of an individual\u0026rsquo;s complex structure. Photography directed towards true individual portrayal, for this artist, is an unrealizable ambition.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eZonder Titel (Portret Frank M\u0026uuml;ller)\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;kijkt de geportretteerde ons recht aan. Het grote formaat maakt onvolmaaktheden als de grove pori\u0026euml;n en de puistjes extra zichtbaar. Thomas Ruff fotografeert met de grootste precisie, elk detail is zichtbaar, maar toch blijft de geportretteerde anoniem en vreemd. De foto\u0026rsquo;s geven geen enkel ander aanknopingspunt dan het portret zelf. Ruffs portretten zijn kritische imitaties van de conventionele portretfotografie. Volgens de kunstenaar slaagt de fotografie er niet in om het karakter en de persoonlijkheid van de geportretteerde vast te leggen. De portretfoto\u0026rsquo;s tonen enkel een oppervlakkige laag. Ruff beschouwt zichzelf als waarnemer. Hij gaat niet op zoek naar de psychologische voorstelling van de complexe structuur van een individu. De op individuele portrettering gerichte fotografie is een ambitie die volgens de kunstenaar niet te verwezenlijken is.\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":127,"name":"Thomas Ruff","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}