{"id":15648,"title":"Element","dimensions":"2 x (44 x 31.5 x 1 cm)","date_begin":"1982-01-01","material":"iron, copper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":58,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U, Dortmund, Germany","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 50 + 10 + 4 a.p., signed, numbered and titled\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Edizioni Factotum-Art, Verona\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":19,"permalink":"element","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","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":"Installation","nl":"Installatie","fr":"Installation"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/037/479/large/Joseph_Beuys_%E2%80%93_Groeten_van_de_Euraziaat__photo_M_HKA_18_31.jpg?1507817004","poster_credits":"(c)SABAM België, 2017 - Courtesy Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U, photo: M HKA, 2017","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis pair of notched, rectangular, identical in size and shape metal plates (one copper, one iron) embodies the concept of \u0026lsquo;the element\u0026rsquo;. Beuys used this to describe the merger of opposing qualities within a larger, more balanced whole. The two parts can combine to form a third. The new element conjoins the qualities of each of the individual plates. Copper holding more female characteristics, such as intuition, flexibility and creativity, and iron being associated with male features such as inflexible and rational forms of experience. Through his work Beuys attempted to unite the strengths of both genders in a balanced and superior conjunction of opposites, a holistic unity.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003chr /\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEdition: 50 + 10 + 4 a.p., signed, numbered and titled\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eEdizioni Factotum-Art, Verona\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eDeze beschadigde, rechthoekige, metalen platen (een koperen en een ijzeren), gelijk in maat en vorm belichamen het begrip \u0026lsquo;element\u0026rsquo;. Beuys gebruikte dit begrip om de fusie van tegenstrijdige kwaliteiten binnen een groter, evenwichtiger geheel te beschrijven. De twee delen vormen samen een derde geheel. Het nieuwe element versmelt de kwaliteiten van elke afzonderlijke plaat. Koper bevat vooral vrouwelijke eigenschappen, zoals intu\u0026iuml;tie, flexibiliteit en creativiteit. Aan ijzer worden vooral mannelijke eigenschappen toegekend zoals onbuigzaamheid en rationele vormen van ervaring. In zijn werk probeerde Beuys de sterkten van beide geslachten te verenigen in een evenwichtige en superieure combinatie van tegenstellingen, een holistische eenheid.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003chr /\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEdition: 50 + 10 + 4 a.p., signed, numbered and titled\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eEdizioni Factotum-Art, Verona\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eCette paire de plaques de m\u0026eacute;tal dentel\u0026eacute;es, rectangulaires, de taille et de forme identiques (l\u0026#39;une en cuivre, l\u0026#39;autre en fer) incarne le concept de \u0026#39;l\u0026#39;\u0026eacute;l\u0026eacute;ment\u0026#39;. Beuys l\u0026#39;a utilis\u0026eacute;e pour d\u0026eacute;crire la fusion de qualit\u0026eacute;s oppos\u0026eacute;es au sein d\u0026#39;un ensemble plus vaste, plus \u0026eacute;quilibr\u0026eacute;. Les deux \u0026eacute;l\u0026eacute;ments peuvent se combiner pour en former un troisi\u0026egrave;me. Le nouvel \u0026eacute;l\u0026eacute;ment allie les qualit\u0026eacute;s de chacune des plaques individuelles. Ainsi, le cuivre a des caract\u0026eacute;ristiques plus f\u0026eacute;minines comme l\u0026#39;intuition, la flexibilit\u0026eacute; et la cr\u0026eacute;ativit\u0026eacute; et le fer est associ\u0026eacute; \u0026agrave; des fonctions masculines comme des formes inflexibles et rationnelles d\u0026#39;exp\u0026eacute;rience. A travers cette oeuvre, Beuys a tent\u0026eacute; d\u0026#39;unir les forces des deux sexes dans une conjonction \u0026eacute;quilibr\u0026eacute;e et sup\u0026eacute;rieure d\u0026#39;oppos\u0026eacute;s, une unit\u0026eacute; holistique.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003chr /\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEdition: 50 + 10 + 4 a.p., signed, numbered and titled\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eEdizioni Factotum-Art, Verona\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eDiese eingeschnittenen, rechteckigen Metallplatten (eine aus Kupfer und eine aus Eisen) in identischer Gr\u0026ouml;\u0026szlig;e verk\u0026ouml;rpern den Begriff \u0026bdquo;Element\u0026ldquo;. Beuys verwendete diesen Begriff, um die Verschmelzung von zwei entgegengesetzten Eigenschaften in einem gr\u0026ouml;\u0026szlig;eren Ganzen zu beschreiben. Die zwei Teile bilden zusammen ein drittes Element. Das neue Element verkn\u0026uuml;pft die Eigenschaften von jeder einzelnen Platte. Kupfer enth\u0026auml;lt vor allem weibliche Eigenschaften wie Intuition, Flexibilit\u0026auml;t und Kreativit\u0026auml;t. Eisen hingegen steht vor allem f\u0026uuml;r m\u0026auml;nnliche Eigenschaften wie starres und rationales Denken. In seinem Werk versuchte Beuys die St\u0026auml;rken von beiden Geschlechtern in einer ausgewogenen, \u0026uuml;berragenden Kombination von Gegens\u0026auml;tzen, einer holistischen Einheit zu vereinen.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003chr /\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eEdition: 50 + 10 + 4 a.p., signed, numbered and titled\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eEdizioni Factotum-Art, Verona\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"es","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"el","short_description":"","description":""}],"actors":[{"id":150,"name":"Joseph Beuys","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}