{"id":12856,"title":"Guardians of the Treshold ","dimensions":"113.7 x 195.5 cm","date_begin":"2001-01-01","material":"Print On Dilbond","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":76,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":10,"permalink":"guardians-of-the-treshold","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":"Print","nl":"Prent","fr":"Epreuve"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/029/976/large/H%C3%BCseyin_Bahri_Alptekin_exhibition_M_HKA20015_photoM_HKAclinckx29_28.jpg?1446835852","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlptekin\u0026rsquo;s collage \u003cem\u003eGuardians of the Threshhold\u003c/em\u003e considers orientalist depictions of the East from the early 20th Century. The images are appropriated from old packaging and print memorabilia from Germany and the Ukraine, each portraying the figure of the storyteller or the messenger. One was taken from a found postcard printed in Germany labelled: \u0026ldquo;Serien 778. \u003cem\u003eOrientalisches Volksleben. No. 4. Der M\u0026auml;rchen-Erz\u0026auml;hler \u0026ndash; The story-teller \u0026ndash; Le conteur de l\u0026eacute;gendes\u003c/em\u003e\u0026rdquo;, and the other is from a brand of cigarettes called Zhaporozhtsky (meaning \u0026ldquo;over the threshold\u0026rdquo;) from the Ukraine, which appropriates an image of a renowned painting by Ilya Repin titled \u003cem\u003eReply of Zaphorosian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire\u003c/em\u003e from 1880-91. The figure of the storyteller is common in almost every culture, and is particularly powerful in nomadic cultures where stories are a significant part of everyday reality. Alptekin was interested in how images might be re-considered with the distance of time. As the artist stated about this work: \u0026ldquo;\u0026hellip; we can read it another way, where the Cossacks could be Turks writing a letter to the European Union. We can always switch the place of origin or of \u003cem\u003ethe other\u003c/em\u003e\u0026rdquo;.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlptekins collage \u003cem\u003eGuardians of the Threshhold\u003c/em\u003e beschouwt vroeg twintigste-eeuwse ori\u0026euml;ntaalse afbeeldingen. De beelden werden toege\u0026euml;igend van oude verpakkingen en gedrukte memorabilia uit Duitsland en Oekra\u0026iuml;ne waarop telkens de figuur van de verteller of de boodschapper staat. E\u0026eacute;n afbeelding is afkomstig van een gevonden postkaart, gedrukt in Duitsland, met daarop het opschrift: \u0026#39;Serien 778. Orientalisches Volksleben. No. 4. Der M\u0026auml;rchen-Erz\u0026auml;hler - The story-teller - Le conteur de l\u0026eacute;gendes\u0026#39;, de andere van een Oekra\u0026iuml;ens sigarettenmerk dat Zhaporozhtsky (\u0026lsquo;over de drempel\u0026rsquo;) heet en waarop een bekend schilderij van Ilja Repin wordt toege\u0026euml;igend, namelijk \u003cem\u003eDe Zaporozje-Kozakken schrijven de Turkse sultan een brief\u003c/em\u003e (1880-91). De figuur van de verteller komt in bijna elke cultuur voor en is bijzonder krachtig in nomadische culturen, waar verhalen een belangrijk onderdeel uitmaken van de dagelijkse werkelijkheid. Alptekin was ge\u0026iuml;nteresseerd in de manier waarop beelden achteraf heroverwogen kunnen worden. Over dit werk zei hij: \u0026ldquo;...we kunnen het op een andere manier lezen, en dan zijn de Kozakken de Turken die een brief aan de Europese Unie schrijven. We kunnen de plaats van herkomst of van \u003cem\u003ede ander\u003c/em\u003e altijd omwisselen.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDans son collage \u003cem\u003eGuardians of the Threshhold, \u003c/em\u003eAlptekin a examin\u0026eacute; les repr\u0026eacute;sentations de l\u0026rsquo;Orient au d\u0026eacute;but du XXe\u0026nbsp;si\u0026egrave;cle. Il s\u0026rsquo;est appropri\u0026eacute; des images orientalistes d\u0026rsquo;anciens conditionnements, d\u0026rsquo;objets de collection et autres imprim\u0026eacute;s provenant d\u0026rsquo;Allemagne et d\u0026rsquo;Ukraine, sur lesquels figure chaque fois un portrait de conteur ou de messager. La premi\u0026egrave;re image est reprise d\u0026rsquo;une carte postale imprim\u0026eacute;e en Allemagne au d\u0026eacute;but du XXe\u0026nbsp;si\u0026egrave;cle, sur laquelle on peut lire\u0026nbsp;: \u003cem\u003eSerie\u0026nbsp;778\u003c/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eOrientalisches Volksleben. No.\u0026nbsp;4. Der M\u0026auml;rchen-Erzahler\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u0026ndash; \u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe story-teller\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u0026ndash; Le conteur de l\u0026eacute;gendes\u003c/em\u003e. La seconde image provient d\u0026rsquo;une marque de cigarettes ukrainienne du nom de \u003cem\u003eZhaporozhtsky\u003c/em\u003e (ce qui signifie \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;au-dessus du seuil\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;), qui s\u0026rsquo;est elle-m\u0026ecirc;me appropri\u0026eacute; l\u0026rsquo;image d\u0026rsquo;un c\u0026eacute;l\u0026egrave;bre tableau du peintre russe Ilya Repine intitul\u0026eacute; \u003cem\u003eLes Cosaques zaporogues \u0026eacute;crivant une lettre au sultan Mahmoud\u0026nbsp;IV de Turquie\u003c/em\u003e (1880-1891). Si le personnage du conteur est commun \u0026agrave; quasi toutes les cultures, il occupe une fonction particuli\u0026egrave;re dans les cultures nomades, o\u0026ugrave; la transmission d\u0026rsquo;histoires, de contes et de l\u0026eacute;gendes constitue un \u0026eacute;l\u0026eacute;ment important de la r\u0026eacute;alit\u0026eacute; quotidienne. Alptekin s\u0026rsquo;int\u0026eacute;ressait \u0026agrave; la r\u0026eacute;interpr\u0026eacute;tation d\u0026rsquo;images anciennes, une relecture avec la distance du temps. Il affirmait ainsi \u0026agrave; propos de cette \u0026oelig;uvre\u0026nbsp;: \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;\u0026hellip; on peut aussi en faire une lecture diff\u0026eacute;rente, dans laquelle les Cosaques seraient des Turcs adressant une lettre \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;Union europ\u0026eacute;enne. On peut toujours intervertir le lieu d\u0026rsquo;origine ou la place \u0026ldquo;de l\u0026rsquo;autre\u0026rdquo;.\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;\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":2670,"name":"Hüseyin Bahri  Alptekin","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}