{"id":21007,"title":"Skull 1","dimensions":"","date_begin":"1999-01-01","material":"loam, wood, sackcloth","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":24,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":9,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Courtesy of the Artist ","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":59,"permalink":"skull","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/043/688/medium_500/20190123140646147_0001.jpg?1550054943","cached_actor_names":"Els Dietvorst","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":"Sculpture","nl":"Sculptuur","fr":"Sculpture"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/043/688/large/20190123140646147_0001.jpg?1550054943","poster_credits":"(c)Els Dietvorst Archief, scan: M HKA, 2019","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;the skull\u0026quot; the empty head of the world\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003edead structure, bone and loam\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eeyeless eye sockets, Neanderthal wiped out by man\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ethis same man fighting for existence in a country, already too small for existence\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ethe survival of the fittest, the fittest sculpture\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ethe one that no longer seems to fit\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e- Orla Barry\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSculpture is beside drawing, writing and video an important medium in my artpractice. I started the Skull-series out of disbelieve and anger on the black pages of human history. The Skull-sculptures became a metaphor for useless violence and a symbol for human respect, gathering and transcendance.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first sculpture (SKULL1-1999) was a huge skull, made of wood and loam, build in my studio in Brasschaat (Antwerp) which was on that time in the middle of a military base.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe form of every skull is based on the skull of a Neanderthaler. The Neanderthaler is often pictured in history as a brute but was peacefull and shared peacefull rituals. They vanished when modern humans arrived in Europe. The teeth in all of the Skull-series are human beings refering to \u0026#39;us\u0026#39; the people. Mostly I use natural materials as wood, loam and clay to give the sculptures a fragile skin.The Skull-sculptures also serve as a refuge, you can hide, shelter, meet in it. I see the Skull series as a strong symbol that links us and that belongs to us all, humans. I see it also as a fragile and at the same time strong metaphor against violence.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eEls Dietvorst\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"\u003cp\u003eDietvorst boetseert, met maatschappelijke situaties, maar ook met vergankelijk materiaal als hout en leem. Zo ontstond - in reactie op de oorlogssituaties in ex-Joegoslavi\u0026euml;, Darfur, Irak - de reeks SKULLS. De eerste is een gigantische versie die ze - quasi symbolisch - maakte in haar loods in het hart van het militair domein van Maria Ter Heide. In die schedel kan je binnenstappen en door de tanden kijken, die de vorm van figuurtjes hebben.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n","description":""},{"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":[{"id":1504,"name":"Els Dietvorst","category":{"en":"About","nl":"Over","fr":"Sur"}}]}