{"id":21355,"title":"Rack","dimensions":"300 x 150 x 280 cm","date_begin":"2019-01-01","material":"Iron, rope, small pork intestine, house pain","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Courtesy of the artist","cached_tag_list":"Mathieu Verhaeghe","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":12,"permalink":"rack","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/045/526/medium_500/Amberes_photoM_HKA_cc_2019_cc_01_25.jpg?1559826846","cached_actor_names":"Mathieu Verhaeghe","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":"Installation","nl":"Installatie","fr":"Installation"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/045/526/large/Amberes_photoM_HKA_cc_2019_cc_01_25.jpg?1559826846","poster_credits":"Courtesy of the artist, image: (c) M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith a background in philosophy, Mathieu Verhaeghe\u0026rsquo;s practice sits at the tension between art, existential weight and humour. His ongoing \u003cem\u003eRack\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSausage Series \u003c/em\u003eof paintings utilise pork intestines typically used to make sausages, together with various types of paint, including acrylic, oil or discarded house paint. Partly inspired by Iberian sausage-making techniques, the works are at once an investigation of painting, yet also deadpan phallic objects, with additional associations of death or slaughter. In Bola\u0026ntilde;o\u0026rsquo;s \u003cem\u003eAntwerp\u003c/em\u003e, the first and most direct reference to the city itself is in chapter 49, titled Antwerp. It reads: \u0026ldquo;\u003cem\u003eIn Antwerp, a man was killed when his car was run over by a truck full of pigs. Lots of pigs died too when the truck overturned, others had to be put out of their misery by the side of the road and others took off as fast as they could \u0026hellip;\u003c/em\u003e\u0026rdquo;. Such incidents and encounters are the fine line between life and death, but provide a sense of human drama and transience.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe praktijk van Mathieu Verhaeghe, die een achtergrond heeft in filosofie, situeert zich in het spanningsveld tussen kunst, existentieel gewicht en humor. In zijn voortdurende serie schilderijen getiteld \u003cem\u003eRack and Sausage Series\u003c/em\u003e, maakt hij gebruik van varkensdarmen die doorgaans worden gebruikt om worsten te maken, en van verschillende soorten verf, waaronder acryl, olieverf of afgedankte huisverf. De werken, gedeeltelijk ge\u0026iuml;nspireerd op Iberische technieken voor het maken van worst, zijn zowel objecten waarmee de schilderkunst wordt onderzocht, als droogkomische fallische voorwerpen die associaties met dood of slachten oproepen. In Bola\u0026ntilde;o\u0026#39;s \u003cem\u003eAntwerp\u003c/em\u003e, staat de eerste en meest directe verwijzing naar de stad zelf in hoofdstuk 49, getiteld Antwerp. Er staat: \u0026quot;\u003cem\u003eIn Antwerpen werd een man gedood toen zijn auto werd overreden door een vrachtwagen vol varkens. Ook vele varkens stierven toen de vrachtwagen omkeerde, anderen moesten langs de kant van de weg uit hun lijden worden verlost en anderen gingen er zo snel mogelijk vandoor... \u0026quot;.\u003c/em\u003e Dergelijke incidenten en ontmoetingen vormen de dunne lijn tussen leven en dood, maar drukken ook een gevoel van menselijk drama en vergankelijkheid uit.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eAvec une formation en philosophie, la pratique artistique de Mathieu Verhaeghe se situe dans le champ de tension entre l\u0026rsquo;art, le poids existentiel de la vie et l\u0026rsquo;humour. Pour sa s\u0026eacute;rie continue des tableaux \u003cem\u003eRack\u003c/em\u003e et \u003cem\u003eSausage Series\u003c/em\u003e, il utilise des intestins de porc, comme ceux qu\u0026rsquo;on emploie pour faire des saucisses, et diff\u0026eacute;rents types de peinture\u0026nbsp;: de l\u0026rsquo;acrylique, de la peinture \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;huile, ou m\u0026ecirc;me des restants de peinture pour b\u0026acirc;timents. En partie inspir\u0026eacute;es d\u0026rsquo;une technique ib\u0026eacute;rique de fabrication de saucisses, les \u0026oelig;uvres sont \u0026agrave; la fois des enqu\u0026ecirc;tes sur la peinture, des objets phalliques d\u0026rsquo;un humour pince-sans-rire et des associations qui renvoient \u0026agrave; la mort et \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;abattage. Dans le roman \u003cem\u003eAnvers\u003c/em\u003e de Bola\u0026ntilde;o, la premi\u0026egrave;re r\u0026eacute;f\u0026eacute;rence \u0026agrave; la ville et la plus directe aussi se trouve dans le chapitre\u0026nbsp;49, intitul\u0026eacute; \u003cem\u003eAnvers\u003c/em\u003e. On peut y lire\u0026nbsp;: \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;\u0026Agrave; Anvers, un homme a \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; tu\u0026eacute; lorsque sa voiture a \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; percut\u0026eacute;e par un camion rempli de cochons. De nombreux cochons sont morts lorsque le camion s\u0026rsquo;est renvers\u0026eacute;, d\u0026rsquo;autres ont d\u0026ucirc; \u0026ecirc;tre d\u0026eacute;livr\u0026eacute;s de leur souffrance sur le bas-c\u0026ocirc;t\u0026eacute; de la route et d\u0026rsquo;autres encore se sont fait la belle aussi vite qu\u0026rsquo;ils le pouvaient\u0026hellip;\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; De tels incidents et rencontres constituent cette ligne t\u0026eacute;nue entre la vie et la mort, mais procurent du drame humain et un sens de l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;ph\u0026eacute;m\u0026egrave;re.\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":3595,"name":"Mathieu Verhaeghe","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}