{"id":17585,"title":"Immolation I, II, III, IV","dimensions":"4 x (220 x 75 cm)","date_begin":"2016-01-01","material":"cigarette brunt drawings on silk paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":20,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":4,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Courtesy of the artist","cached_tag_list":"barok","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":30,"permalink":"immolation-i-ii-iii-iv","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/041/181/medium_500/Immolation_II.jpg?1527514732","cached_actor_names":"David Gheron Tretiakoff","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":"Drawing","nl":"Tekening","fr":"Dessin"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/040/219/large/Immolation_I.jpg?1527514668","poster_credits":"Courtesy of the artist","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe four-part \u003cem\u003eImmolation\u003c/em\u003e shows four Arab revolutionaries who publicly sacrifice themselves through self-immolation and in so doing herald the beginning of the Arab Spring. The lugubrious drawings were created by means of cigarette burns, a direct reference to torture and burning stakes, even if what is depicted here can be considered as the most ultimate act of resistance in the form of self-destruction.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThe portraits were meticulously executed on fragile sheets of paper in large format. They present a horribly detailed image. The burning male figures, surrounded by flames, seem to be consumed by an incessant torture; the burn holes through the paper show a trajectory of scars. Tuymans points to the cynical consequence of the procedure used: \u0026lsquo;drawing these images with the glowing end of a cigarette on the very fragile structure of the rice paper creates an almost poetic beauty\u0026rsquo;. Here, Tretiakoff presents the disconnection between political religiosity and resistance. The depicted martyrs are Mohamad Bouazizi from Tunisia, Ahmad Hachem as-Sayyed from Egypt, Ahmad al-Matarneh from Jordan and Hamza Al-Khatib from Syria.\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nText: Hans Willemse\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nTranslations: Michael Meert\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eHet vierluik \u003cem\u003eImmolation\u003c/em\u003e toont vier Arabische revolutionairen die zich publiek offeren door zelfverbranding en daarmee het begin inluiden van de Arabische Lente: Mohamad Bouazizi uit Tunesi\u0026euml;, Ahmad Hachem als-Sayyed uit Egypte, Ahmad al-Matarneh uit Jordani\u0026euml; en Hamza Al-Khatib uit Syri\u0026euml;. De lugubere tekeningen zijn ontstaan door brandgaten van rokende sigaretten, een rechtstreekse verwijzing naar foltering en brandstapels, al gaat het hier om de meest ultieme verzetsdaad in de vorm van zelfvernietiging.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eDe portretten werden minutieus aangebracht op kwetsbare vellen papier op groot formaat. De aanblik is akelig gedetailleerd. De ontbrande mansfiguren, omgeven door vlammen, lijken ter plekke verteerd te worden door een onophoudelijk foltering; de brandgaten doorheen het papier tonen een trac\u0026eacute; van littekens. Tuymans wijst op het cynische gevolg van het gehanteerde proced\u0026eacute;: \u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;Door deze beelden te tekenen met het gloeiende uiteinde van een sigaret op de zeer fragiele structuur van het rijstpapier ontstaat er een bijna po\u0026euml;tische schoonheid\u0026rdquo;.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\r\n\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nTekst: Hans Willemse\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eLe quadriptyque \u003cem\u003eImmolation\u003c/em\u003e montre quatre r\u0026eacute;volutionnaires arabes qui se sont\u0026nbsp;sacrifi\u0026eacute;s en public en s\u0026rsquo;immolant par le feu, des gestes de d\u0026eacute;sespoir qui ont amorc\u0026eacute; le Printemps arabe. Les dessins lugubres ont \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; r\u0026eacute;alis\u0026eacute;s \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;aide de trous faits par des cigarettes fumantes, une r\u0026eacute;f\u0026eacute;rence directe aux tortures et aux b\u0026ucirc;chers bien qu\u0026rsquo;il s\u0026rsquo;agisse en l\u0026rsquo;occurrence d\u0026rsquo;actes de r\u0026eacute;sistance ultime sous forme d\u0026rsquo;autodestruction.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eLes portraits ont \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; minutieusement r\u0026eacute;alis\u0026eacute;s sur de fragiles feuilles de papier en grand format. La vue est affreusement d\u0026eacute;taill\u0026eacute;e. Les visages enflamm\u0026eacute;s des hommes, entour\u0026eacute;s de flammes, semblent se consumer sur place sous une torture incessante\u0026nbsp;; les trous de br\u0026ucirc;lure \u0026agrave; travers le papier dessinent un trac\u0026eacute; de cicatrices. Tuymans attire l\u0026rsquo;attention sur la cons\u0026eacute;quence cynique du proc\u0026eacute;d\u0026eacute; utilis\u0026eacute;\u0026nbsp;: \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;r\u0026eacute;aliser ces dessins avec l\u0026rsquo;extr\u0026eacute;mit\u0026eacute; d\u0026rsquo;une cigarette allum\u0026eacute;e sur la structure fragile du papier de riz produit une beaut\u0026eacute; presque po\u0026eacute;tique\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;. Tretiakoff pr\u0026eacute;sente ici le d\u0026eacute;chirement de la religiosit\u0026eacute; politique et de la r\u0026eacute;sistance. Les martyrs qu\u0026rsquo;il montre sont Mohamed Bouazizi de Tunisie, Ahmad Hachem As-Sayyed d\u0026rsquo;\u0026Eacute;gypte, Ahmad al-Matarneh de Jordanie et Hamza Al-Khatib de Syrie.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eTexte: Hans Willemse\u003cbr /\u003e\r\nTraductions: Isabelle Grynberg\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":2263,"name":"David Gheron Tretiakoff","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}