{"id":26605,"title":"Untitled (thoughts/sayings)","dimensions":"7.6 x 12.7 cm","date_begin":null,"material":"pencil on paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":20,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":0,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Courtesy of Gladstone Gallery, New York/Brussels","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":6,"permalink":"untitled-thoughts-sayings-a888b35e-30ff-482f-a352-e382999e9eaf","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Jack Smith","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":null,"poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eJack Smith (1932-1989) was an American filmmaker, actor and underground cinema pioneer. Widely acclaimed as the founder of American performance art, he also made photographs, though these works are rare and remain largely unknown.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eHis practice coincides with the 50 year overview M HKA conceived. Smith was a forerunner of various art movements that would be developed in the second half of 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c/sup\u003e century. Without him, a phenomenon like \u003cem\u003ecamp\u003c/em\u003e or the experimental theatre genre would be unthinkable, and he can also be seen as an influence on the pop art and punk movements. In addition to his contribution to performance art and experimental film, Smith had a big influence on someone like Andy Warhol, who \u0026#39;borrowed\u0026#39; and commercialised the \u0026#39;Superstars\u0026#39; and \u0026#39;Factory\u0026#39; ideas from Jack Smith. The point bra that we associate with Jean Paul Gaultier and Madonna is also the fruit of Jack Smith\u0026#39;s imagination. Artists such as Robert Wilson, Cindy Sherman, John Waters and Mike Kelley acknowledge Jack Smith\u0026#39;s influence on their work.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eSmith was an artist far ahead of his time, whose ideas were capitalised on by other artists. He was well aware of this, and the frustration about it eventually led to a total rejection of the art world. He called its representatives, gallerists, critics, and collectors \u003cem\u003elobsters\u003c/em\u003e \u0026ndash; a metaphor for all the figures who destroy art and the world.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eJack Smith will remain forever linked to his film \u003cem\u003eFlaming Creatures\u003c/em\u003e that, when it came out in 1963, was instantly banned in the United States because of its \u0026#39;obscene\u0026#39; content. The film featured here, \u003cem\u003eThe Yellow Sequence \u0026ndash;\u003c/em\u003e considered a coda to 1963\u0026#39;s \u003cem\u003eNormal Love\u003c/em\u003e, the sequel to \u003cem\u003eFlaming Creatures\u003c/em\u003e \u0026ndash; is rarely shown. All the Jack Smith ingredients are present in \u003cem\u003eThe Yellow Sequence\u003c/em\u003e, such as his typical use of colour and music that support the plotless structure of the film and the grotesque characters \u0026ndash; often transvestites \u0026ndash; that evoke an alienating and surrealistic world in brilliant image compositions.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eJack Smith died on September 25, 1989 from the consequences of AIDS.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eJack Smith (\u0026deg;1932 - \u0026dagger;1989) was een Amerikaanse filmmaker, acteur en pionier op het gebied van underground cinema. Hij wordt algemeen geprezen als de grondlegger van de Amerikaanse performancekunst en wordt alom erkend als een meesterfotograaf, hoewel zijn fotografische werken zeldzaam zijn en grotendeels onbekend blijven.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eZijn praktijk valt samen met de 50 jaar die we hier overzien. Hij stond aan de wieg van verschillende stromingen in de kunst die zich in de 20ste eeuw zullen ontwikkelen. Zonder hem zouden \u0026ldquo;Camp\u0026rdquo;, Punk en Pop-Postmodernisme ondenkbaar zijn, evenals experimenteel theater. Naast zijn bijdrage aan performance kunst en de experimentele film had hij een grote invloed op bv. iemand als Andy Warhol die het idee van de \u0026ldquo;Superstars\u0026rdquo; en \u0026ldquo;The Factory\u0026rdquo; bij Jack Smith \u0026ldquo;leende\u0026rdquo; en commercialiseerde. Ook de punt-BH die we associ\u0026euml;ren met Jean Paul Gaultier en Madonna is ontsproten aan de fantasie van Jack Smith. Kunstenaars als Robert Wilson, Cindy Sherman, John Waters en Mike Kelley erkennen de invloed van Jack Smith op hun werk.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eHij was een kunstenaar die ver vooruit was op zijn tijd, en wiens idee\u0026euml;n door andere kunstenaars werden verzilverd; hij was zich daar zeer van bewust en de frustratie hierover leidde uiteindelijk tot een onwrikbare verwerping van de kunstwereld. De vertegenwoordigers ervan, galeristen, critici, collectioneurs, noemde hij \u003cem\u003elobsters\u003c/em\u003e, als een metafoor voor alle figuren die de kunst en de wereld kapot maken.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eJack Smith blijft voor altijd verbonden met \u003cem\u003eFlaming Creatures \u003c/em\u003e(1962-1963), een film die op slag verboden werd in de Verenigde Staten, omwille van de \u0026ldquo;obscene\u0026rdquo; inhoud. De film die hier te zien is, \u003cem\u003eThe Yellow Sequence\u003c/em\u003e, wordt beschouwd als een addendum bij \u003cem\u003eNormal Love \u003c/em\u003euit 1963, de opvolger van \u003cem\u003eFlaming Creatures\u003c/em\u003e, en is zelden te zien. In \u003cem\u003eThe Yellow Sequence\u003c/em\u003e zijn alle Jack Smith-ingredi\u0026euml;nten aanwezig. Zijn typische kleurgebruik en muziek die de plotloze structuur van de film ondersteunen, de groteske personages \u0026minus; niet zelden travestieten \u0026minus; die een bevreemdende en surrealistische wereld oproepen in schitterende beeldcomposities.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eJack Smith overleed op 25 September 1989 aan de gevolgen van AIDS.\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":[]}