{"id":35059,"title":"The Wig Museum","dimensions":"variable dimensions","date_begin":"2017-01-01","material":"mixed media installatioin with lighting and signage: wigs, cloth and wood wig stands; and black-and-white video with audio and monitor","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Maurice and Paul Marciano, Los Angeles","cached_tag_list":"jim shaw","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":12,"permalink":"the-wig-museum","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/091/762/medium_500/2._Installation_view_Jim_Shaw_The_Wig_Museum_The_Marciano_Art_Foundation_Los_Angeles_2017_Courtesy_the_artist_and_Maurice_and_Paul_Marciano_Art_Foundation_2.jpeg?1705047099","cached_actor_names":"Jim Shaw","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","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/000/091/762/large/2._Installation_view_Jim_Shaw_The_Wig_Museum_The_Marciano_Art_Foundation_Los_Angeles_2017_Courtesy_the_artist_and_Maurice_and_Paul_Marciano_Art_Foundation_2.jpeg?1705047099","poster_credits":"(c)Jim Shaw","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eOne of the central installations in the exhibition \u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;The Wig Museum\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e, is a museum within the museum, showing a collection of wigs. The origins of the work can be traced back to a dream\u0026nbsp; Jim Shaw had about a wig museum in the streets of the Mexican city of Tijuana which mainly functions as a tourist trap. The installation was first shown in 2017 at the then new Marciano Art Foundation in downtown Los Angeles, whose building previously served as the local Masonic hall. There, Shaw \u0026ndash; with his fascination with religion, esotericism and secret societies \u0026ndash; not only found inspiration for content, but also left behind material artefacts that became part of the work. For example, a number of found wigs which were an important part of the rituals in the temple, form the basis of the collection of \u0026#39;The Wig Museum\u0026#39;, supplemented with replicas of historical wigs and wigs that Shaw made up. Wearing wigs has been a sign of status and power in Western society for centuries. In Britain, wigs are even still worn during criminal proceedings. With \u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;The Wig Museum\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e, Shaw reflects on a dominant Eurocentric patriarchal system that is falling apart.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;There are competitions among, especially, African American hair artists. I\u0026#39;ve long had an interest in such things. We have a friend who is a high level chocolate maker, a pastry chef, and he was the coach for the US Pastry Team for several years. They finally won the Coupe du monde. In our neighbourhood, there\u0026#39;s this thing every year called the Rose Parade, where people make these floats that are decorated with flowers and seeds. They all develop these aesthetics that are very particular and very much devoted to defying gravity. The hair competitions, the dessert competitions, the flower parades, they want to make something that looks impossible to exist.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eEen van de centrale installaties in de tentoonstelling, \u003cem\u003eThe Wig Museum\u003c/em\u003e, is een museum binnen het museum die een verzameling pruiken toont. De oorsprong van het werk is terug te voeren op een droom van Jim Shaw over een pruikenmuseum in de straten van de Mexicaanse stad Tijuana, dat vooral als toeristenval functioneert. De installatie werd in 2017 voor het eerst getoond in de toen pas opgerichte Marciano Art Foundation in het centrum van Los Angeles, waarvan het gebouw voordien dienst deed als tempel van de Vrijmetselaarsloge. Daar vond Shaw \u0026ndash; met zijn fascinatie voor religie, esoterie en geheime genootschappen \u0026ndash; niet alleen inhoudelijke inspiratie, maar ook achtergelaten materi\u0026euml;le artefacten die deel werden van het werk. Zo vormen een aantal gevonden pruiken, die een belangrijk onderdeel uitmaakten van de rituelen in de tempel, de basis van de collectie van The Wig Museum, aangevuld met replica\u0026rsquo;s van historische pruiken en pruiken ontsproten aan Shaws verbeelding. Het dragen van pruiken is in de Westerse maatschappij eeuwenlang een teken geweest van status en macht. In Groot-Brittanni\u0026euml; worden zelfs nog steeds pruiken gedragen tijdens strafrechtszaken. Met \u003cem\u003eThe Wig Museum\u003c/em\u003e reflecteert Shaw op een dominant, eurocentrisch, patriarchaal systeem dat uit elkaar valt.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;There are competitions among, especially, African American hair artists. I\u0026#39;ve long had an interest in such things. We have a friend who is a high level chocolate maker, a pastry chef, and he was the coach for the US Pastry Team for several years. They finally won the Coupe du monde. In our neighbourhood, there\u0026#39;s this thing every year called the Rose Parade, where people make these floats that are decorated with flowers and seeds. They all develop these aesthetics that are very particular and very much devoted to defying gravity. The hair competitions, the dessert competitions, the flower parades, they want to make something that looks impossible to exist.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eL\u0026rsquo;une des installations centrales de l\u0026rsquo;exposition, The Wig Museum \u0026ndash; un mus\u0026eacute;e dans le mus\u0026eacute;e \u0026ndash; pr\u0026eacute;sente une collection de perruques. L\u0026rsquo;origine de l\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvre remonte \u0026agrave; un r\u0026ecirc;ve qu\u0026rsquo;a fait Jim Shaw\u0026nbsp;: dans les rues de la ville mexicaine de Tijuana, il y d\u0026eacute;couvrait un mus\u0026eacute;e de perruques qui ressemblait plut\u0026ocirc;t \u0026agrave; un pi\u0026egrave;ge \u0026agrave; touristes. La premi\u0026egrave;re pr\u0026eacute;sentation de l\u0026rsquo;installation a eu lieu en 2017, \u0026agrave; la nouvelle Marciano Art Foundation au c\u0026oelig;ur de Los Angeles, dans un b\u0026acirc;timent ayant servi de temple \u0026agrave; une loge ma\u0026ccedil;onnique. C\u0026rsquo;est l\u0026agrave; que Shaw, qui \u0026eacute;prouve de la fascination pour tout ce qui rel\u0026egrave;ve de la religion, de l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;sot\u0026eacute;risme et des soci\u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute;s secr\u0026egrave;tes, a non seulement trouv\u0026eacute; une source d\u0026rsquo;inspiration, mais \u0026eacute;galement des artefacts mat\u0026eacute;riels abandonn\u0026eacute;s qu\u0026rsquo;il a int\u0026eacute;gr\u0026eacute;s \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvre. Ainsi, quelques perruques qui tra\u0026icirc;naient et qui ont jou\u0026eacute; un r\u0026ocirc;le important dans les rituels du temple constituent la base de la collection du mus\u0026eacute;e des perruques, que viennent compl\u0026eacute;ter des r\u0026eacute;pliques de perruques historiques ou n\u0026eacute;es de l\u0026rsquo;imagination de Shaw. Des si\u0026egrave;cles durant, le port de la perruque fut un signe de statut social et de pouvoir en Occident. En Grande-Bretagne, les magistrats en portent d\u0026rsquo;ailleurs encore lors de proc\u0026egrave;s \u0026agrave; la Cour p\u0026eacute;nale. The Wig Museum constitue une r\u0026eacute;flexion sur un syst\u0026egrave;me dominant, eurocentr\u0026eacute; et patriarcal qui se d\u0026eacute;lite.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;Les artistes capillaires, en particulier afro-am\u0026eacute;ricains, se livrent des comp\u0026eacute;titions. Longtemps, je me suis int\u0026eacute;ress\u0026eacute; \u0026agrave; ce genre de choses. Nous avons un ami, un chocolatier de haut vol, chef p\u0026acirc;tissier, qui \u0026eacute;tait l\u0026rsquo;entra\u0026icirc;neur de l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;quipe \u0026eacute;tats-unienne de p\u0026acirc;tisserie pendant plusieurs ann\u0026eacute;es. Ils ont finalement remport\u0026eacute; la Coupe du monde. Dans notre quartier, il y a chaque ann\u0026eacute;e ce qu\u0026rsquo;on appelle la Rose Parade, lors de laquelle les gens d\u0026eacute;filent sur des chars qu\u0026rsquo;ils ont eux-m\u0026ecirc;mes d\u0026eacute;cor\u0026eacute;s de fleurs et de graines. Tous d\u0026eacute;veloppent cette esth\u0026eacute;tique tr\u0026egrave;s particuli\u0026egrave;re, consacr\u0026eacute;e \u0026agrave; d\u0026eacute;fier la gravit\u0026eacute;. Concours de coiffure, concours de dessert, d\u0026eacute;fil\u0026eacute;s de fleurs, les gens veulent cr\u0026eacute;er quelque chose qui para\u0026icirc;t impossible \u0026agrave; faire exister.\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\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":5037,"name":"Jim Shaw","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}