{"id":466,"title":"Slight Delight","dimensions":"125 x 70 cm","date_begin":"1996-01-01","material":"aquarelle, paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":20,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":3,"stream_count":1,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"watercolor","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":"1996-01-01","reference":"BK006911-005","stream_count_app":89,"permalink":"slight-delight","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/045/942/medium_500/Dumas_SlightDelight_CC.jpg?1559834294","cached_actor_names":"Marlene Dumas","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":"Drawing","nl":"Tekening","fr":"Dessin"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/045/942/large/Dumas_SlightDelight_CC.jpg?1559834294","poster_credits":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collection Flemish Community, image: © M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026quot;I use all the cheap tricks of attracting attention: eyes looking at you, sexual parts exposed or deliberately covered. The primitive pull of recognition. The image as prostitute. You are forced to say yes or no.\u0026quot; \u003c/em\u003eMarlene Dumas\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eInterestingly, it is the female nude, one of the canonical forms of Western art history, that occupies a central place in these watercolors. At first glance, the five watercolors from the \u003cem\u003eMD\u0026ndash;Pin Up Series\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;in the collection of M HKA, \u003cem\u003eBlind Joy\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIndian Summer\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMis-Cast\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSailor\u0026rsquo;s Dream\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSlight Delight\u003c/em\u003e [all made in 1996] seem devoid of the embittered, lugubrious undertone that is characteristic of much of the artist\u0026rsquo;s work in oil; they appear as symbols of a certain pleasure that may prove more empowering than we are willing to admit as we enter the minefield of post-feminist gender politics. However, the paintings are based on Polaroids Dumas made during a visit to a notorious Amsterdam strip club named Casa Rosso, as well as on photographs cut out of pornographic magazines.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026quot;I use all the cheap tricks of attracting attention: eyes looking at you, sexual parts exposed or deliberately covered. The primitive pull of recognition. The image as prostitute. You are forced to say yes or no.\u0026quot; \u003c/em\u003eMarlene Dumas\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eHet vrouwelijk naakt, \u0026eacute;\u0026eacute;n van de meest eerbiedwaardige, canonieke thema\u0026rsquo;s uit die schilderkunstige traditie, staat ook hier centraal. De vijf aquarellen uit de \u003cem\u003eMD\u0026ndash;Pin Up Series\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;in de M HKA-verzameling, \u003cem\u003eBlind Joy\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIndian Summer\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMis-Cast\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSailor\u0026rsquo;s Dream\u003c/em\u003e en \u003cem\u003eSlight Delight\u003c/em\u003e (allen uit 1996) lijken op het eerste zicht de bittere bijklank te ontberen die veel van haar olieverfschilderijen ten dele karakteriseren, en staan, ogenschijnlijk althans, meer in het teken van plezier en genot. De beelden zijn gebaseerd op polaroids die Dumas maakte in de stripclub Casa Rosso in Amsterdam, en op foto\u0026rsquo;s uit diverse pornografische magazines.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;J\u0026#39;utilise toutes les astuces qui permettent d\u0026#39;attirer l\u0026#39;attention : des yeux qui vous observent, des organes sexuels expos\u0026eacute;s ou d\u0026eacute;lib\u0026eacute;r\u0026eacute;ment couverts. L\u0026#39;attrait primitif de la reconnaissance. L\u0026#39;image en tant que prostitu\u0026eacute;e. Vous \u0026ecirc;tes oblig\u0026eacute; de dire oui ou non.\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; \u003c/em\u003eMarlene Dumas\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eLe nu f\u0026eacute;minin, l\u0026#39;un des th\u0026egrave;mes les plus respectables, canoniques de la tradition picturale, occupe l\u0026agrave; encore une place centrale. Les cinq aquarelles de la \u003cem\u003eMD\u0026ndash;Pin Up Series\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;dans la collection du M HKA, \u003cem\u003eBlind Joy\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIndian Summer\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMis-Cast\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSailor\u0026rsquo;s Dream\u003c/em\u003e et \u003cem\u003eSlight Delight\u003c/em\u003e (toutes de 1996) semblent d\u0026eacute;nu\u0026eacute;es de la connotation am\u0026egrave;re qui caract\u0026eacute;rise en partie beaucoup de ses peintures \u0026agrave; l\u0026#39;huile et sont plut\u0026ocirc;t plac\u0026eacute;es sous le signe du plaisir, apparemment du moins. Les images sont bas\u0026eacute;es sur des polaro\u0026iuml;ds r\u0026eacute;alis\u0026eacute;s par Dumas au club de strip-tease Casa Rosso \u0026agrave; Amsterdam et sur des photos tir\u0026eacute;es de divers magazines pornographiques.\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":261,"name":"Marlene Dumas","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}