{"id":11112,"title":"The Lustful Turk","dimensions":"3 x (200 x 270 cm)","date_begin":"2013-01-01","material":"oil, canvas","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":9,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":3,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Courtesy of T293, Naples/Rome","cached_tag_list":"installation","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":7,"permalink":"the-lustful-turk","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":false,"category":{"en":"Painting","nl":"Schilderij","fr":"Peinture"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/023/845/large/Patrizio_Di_Massimo_The_Lustful_Turk_%28Salon%29_2013.jpg?1402388579","poster_credits":"(c)image: Matthew Booth","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE LUSTFUL TURK (HABERDASHERY), 2013\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE LUSTFUL TURK (BANG BANG), 2013\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE LUSTFUL TURK (SALON), 2013\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE LUSTFUL TURK (WALLPAPER), 2014\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe various paintings, drawings and objects of the series \u003cem\u003eThe Lustful Turk\u003c/em\u003e are all based on an English erotic novel from 1828 that is a well-known example of Orientalism, Europe\u0026rsquo;s proactive \u0026lsquo;othering\u0026rsquo; of the people it was about to colonise. Three large paintings are presented here, on a wallpaper displaying four visual emblems that Di Massimo developed to depict the somewhat repetitive physical activities described in the novel. Like the wallpaper, \u003cem\u003eThe Lustful Turk (Haberdashery)\u003c/em\u003e suggests that cushions and tassels and candles and clouds might stand in for certain body parts, whereas \u003cem\u003eThe Lustful Turk (Bang Bang)\u003c/em\u003e introduces African sculptures as an additional \u0026lsquo;exotic\u0026rsquo; layer and \u003cem\u003eThe Lustful Turk (Salon) \u003c/em\u003eoffers a retrospective view of some previous paintings in this series. (AK)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE LUSTFUL TURK (HABERDASHERY), 2013\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE LUSTFUL TURK (BANG BANG), 2013\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE LUSTFUL TURK (SALON), 2013\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE LUSTFUL TURK (WALLPAPER), 2014\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDe verschillende schilderijen, tekeningen en objecten zijn allemaal gebaseerd op een erotische briefroman met dezelfde titel, anoniem gepubliceerd in Engeland in 1828 en een vrij beroemd, zo niet berucht, voorbeeld van Ori\u0026euml;ntalisme: Europa\u0026rsquo;s verraderlijk proactieve \u003cem\u003eothering\u003c/em\u003e van de mensen die het op punt stond te koloniseren. Drie grote schilderijen worden getoond in deze tentoonstelling, gepresenteerd op behangpapier. Deze vier elementen geven de visuele emblemen weer die Di Massimo geleidelijk aan heeft vervangen door meer getrouwe afbeeldingen van de ietwat repetitieve activiteiten beschreven in de roman. Net als het behang, suggereert \u003cem\u003eThe Lustful Turk (Haberdashery)\u003c/em\u003e dat kussens en kwasten en kaarsen en wolken een transparante code voor bepaalde lichaamsdelen kunnen zijn, terwijl \u003cem\u003eThe Lustful Turk (Bang Bang)\u003c/em\u003e de ori\u0026euml;ntalistische agenda verstoort door de invoering van Afrikaanse beelden en \u003cem\u003eThe Lustful Turk (Salon) \u003c/em\u003eeen genotzuchtige terugblik biedt op enkele eerdere schilderijen in deze serie. (AK)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE LUSTFUL TURK (HABERDASHERY), 2013\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE LUSTFUL TURK (BANG BANG), 2013\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE LUSTFUL TURK (SALON), 2013\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE LUSTFUL TURK (WALLPAPER), 2014\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLes divers tableaux, dessins et objets de cette s\u0026eacute;rie s\u0026rsquo;inspirent tous d\u0026rsquo;un roman \u0026eacute;rotique anglais \u0026eacute;ponyme, de 1828. Un exemple notoire d\u0026rsquo;orientalisme, ce courant europ\u0026eacute;en qui a, de mani\u0026egrave;re proactive, enferm\u0026eacute; dans ses diff\u0026eacute;rences cet \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;autre\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; qu\u0026rsquo;on s\u0026rsquo;appr\u0026ecirc;tait \u0026agrave; coloniser. Trois grandes peintures sont pr\u0026eacute;sent\u0026eacute;es dans cette exposition sur une nouvelle version du papier peint exposant quatre embl\u0026egrave;mes visuels que Di Massimo a \u0026eacute;labor\u0026eacute;s pour repr\u0026eacute;senter les activit\u0026eacute;s physiques quelque peu r\u0026eacute;p\u0026eacute;titives d\u0026eacute;crites dans ce roman. \u0026Agrave; l\u0026rsquo;instar du papier peint \u003cem\u003eThe Lustful Turk\u003c/em\u003e \u003cem\u003e(Haberdashery)\u003c/em\u003e sugg\u0026egrave;re que coussins et pompons, chandelles et nuages peuvent remplacer certaines parties du corps, l\u0026agrave; o\u0026ugrave; \u003cem\u003eThe Lustful Turk (Bang Bang) \u003c/em\u003eintroduit des sculptures africaines en tant que strate \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;exotique\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; suppl\u0026eacute;mentaire. \u003cem\u003eThe Lustful Turk (Salon) \u003c/em\u003eoffre quant \u0026agrave; lui une r\u0026eacute;trospective de certaines toiles pr\u0026eacute;c\u0026eacute;dentes de cette s\u0026eacute;rie. (AK)\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":2489,"name":"PATRIZIO DI MASSIMO","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}