{"id":16159,"title":"Cosmas und Damian","dimensions":"4 x (44.5 x 34.7 cm) / 4 x (73 x 60.5 x 33 cm) (framed)","date_begin":null,"material":"photo, cardboard","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":105,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":4,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Viehof, Mönchengladbach","cached_tag_list":"photography","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":18,"permalink":"cosmas-und-damian","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":"Assemblage","nl":"Assemblage","fr":"Assemblage"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/037/312/large/Beuys__Cosmas_und_Damian_SSP_109_I.jpg?1507192014","poster_credits":"(c)SABAM België, 2017 - Courtesy Viehof Collection","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eOn a picture of the then brand-new World Trade Centre, a photo he bought during his first visit to the United States in 1974, Beuys wrote the words \u0026#39;Cosmos\u0026#39; and \u0026#39;Damian\u0026#39; on its towers respectively, referring to the early Christian saints Cosmas and Damian from modern-day Syria, later adopted as the patron saints of the Medici. In the 3rd century these twin brothers were active as wandering doctors. They are said to have performed the very first surgical transplant, which also had an intercultural and interreligious character: they for example, replaced the amputated leg of an Italian with that of a North African man. Beuys uses these patron saints of the medical professions, who were also so-called \u003cem\u003eanargyroi\u003c/em\u003e (meaning \u0026#39;silverless\u0026#39; or \u0026#39;incorruptible\u0026#39;) because they refused to accept money for their services, to subvert the symbol of American capitalism.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eOp een foto van het toen gloednieuwe World Trade Center die Joseph Beuys tijdens zijn eerste bezoek aan de Verenigde Staten in 1974 kocht, schreef hij op de torens de woorden \u0026ldquo;Cosmos\u0026rdquo; en \u0026ldquo;Damian\u0026rdquo;, verwijzend naar de vroegchristelijke heiligen Cosmas en Damian uit Syri\u0026euml;. Deze tweelingbroers waren in de 3\u003csup\u003ede\u003c/sup\u003e eeuw actief als rondtrekkende artsen. Zij zouden de allereerste chirurgische transplantatie hebben uitgevoerd, die \u0026ndash;door het geamputeerde been van een Italiaan te vervangen door dat van een Noord-Afrikaan\u0026ndash; bovendien een intercultureel en interreligieus karakter had. Beuys gebruikte deze patroonheiligen van de medische beroepen \u0026ndash;die bovendien door het leven gingen als anargyroi (wat zonder geld of onomkoopbaar betekent) omdat ze weigerden geld aan te nemen voor hun diensten\u0026ndash; om het symbool van het Amerikaanse kapitalisme te ondergraven.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eSur les tours d\u0026rsquo;une photo du World Trade Center, alors flambant neuf, que Joseph Beuys a achet\u0026eacute; lors de son premier s\u0026eacute;jour aux \u0026Eacute;tats-Unis en 1974, il a \u0026eacute;crit les mots \u0026laquo; Cosmos \u0026raquo; et \u0026laquo; Damian \u0026raquo;, renvoyant aux deux saints des d\u0026eacute;buts du christianisme, C\u0026ocirc;me et Damien de Syrie. Ces fr\u0026egrave;res jumeaux qui ont v\u0026eacute;cu au IIIe si\u0026egrave;cle pratiquaient la m\u0026eacute;decine de fa\u0026ccedil;on itin\u0026eacute;rante. Ils auraient \u0026eacute;t\u0026eacute; les tout premiers \u0026agrave; avoir r\u0026eacute;alis\u0026eacute; une transplantation chirurgicale ayant de surcro\u0026icirc;t une dimension interculturelle et interreligieuse puisqu\u0026rsquo;ils auraient remplac\u0026eacute; la jambe amput\u0026eacute;e d\u0026rsquo;un Italien par celle d\u0026rsquo;un Nord-Africain. Beuys a utilis\u0026eacute; ces saints patrons des professions m\u0026eacute;dicales, qui ont v\u0026eacute;cu comme des \u003cem\u003eanargyroi \u003c/em\u003e(sans argent) refusant toute r\u0026eacute;mun\u0026eacute;ration pour leurs services, en vue de transformer le symbole du capitalisme \u0026eacute;tats-unien.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"ru","short_description":"","description":""},{"locale":"de","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eAuf ein Foto des damals nagelneuen World Trade Center, das Joseph Beuys w\u0026auml;hrend seines ersten Besuches an den Vereinigten Staaten im Jahre 1974 gekauft hat, schrieb er auf die T\u0026uuml;rme die W\u0026ouml;rter Cosmos und Damian, wobei er auf die fr\u0026uuml;hchristlichen Heiligen Cosmos und Damian aus Syrien verwies. Im 3. Jahrhundert waren diese Zwillingsbruder als Wander\u0026auml;rzte t\u0026auml;tig. Sie sollten die allererste chirurgische Transplantation vorgenommen haben, die \u0026ndash; wobei das amputierte Bein eines Italieners mit dem Bein eines Nordafrikaners ersetzt wurde \u0026ndash; au\u0026szlig;erdem einen transkulturellen und interreligi\u0026ouml;sen Charakter hatte. Beuys verwendete diese Schutzheiligen der Heilberufe die dabei auch \u003cem\u003eanargyroi genannt wurden \u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e(was ohne Geld oder unbestechlich bedeutet) weil sie verweigerten Geld f\u0026uuml;r Ihre Dienstleistungen anzunehmen \u0026ndash; um das Symbol des amerikanischen Kapitalismus zu untergraben.\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"}}]}