{"id":3547,"title":"Lost Boys AKA Black Johnny","dimensions":"61 x 61 cm","date_begin":"1995-01-01","material":"acrylic, collage, canvas ","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":46,"category_id":77,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, NY, and Koplin Del Rio, CA","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"http://archive.balticmill.com/index.php?access=\u0026itemid=34567\u0026fromtermid=38090\u0026position=3\u0026numresults=4\u0026start=\u0026tab=","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":23,"permalink":"lost-boys-aka-black-johnny","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":"Collage","nl":"Collage","fr":"Collage"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/006/636/large/Black%20Johnny.jpg?1328701518","poster_credits":"(c)image: Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, NY, and Koplin Del Rio, CA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"*Lost Boy: AKA Black Johnny* (1995) is from Marshall’s *Lost Boys* series of portraits, each constructed like religious icons. Each painting presents the head and shoulders of an adolescent figure in ordinary dress, ringed by a halo or aura as a sign of their innocence. The title refers to the children's tale *Peter Pan* by J.M. Barrie, in which the *Lost Boys* are a group of children lost in “Never-Never Land” where they don't grow up. \r\n\r\nFor a lot of children who grow up in the inner-city, the question is not whether they want to grow up, but if they are given the chance to do so. In the late 1980s and early '90s, many inner-city children in America died in gang wars or indiscriminately got picked up by the police just for the colour of their skin. Marshall brings this tragedy to the fore in these works. These very stylised images refer to individuals as to young men and women usually classed by the police as \"symbolic aggressors\" on the basis of racial profiling techniques. The paintings commemorate the loss of innocence and lives lost through incarceration."},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"*Lost Boy: AKA Black Johnny* (1995) maakt deel uit van Marshalls reeks *The Lost Boys*, een serie van negen individuele portretten geconstrueerd als religieuze iconen. Elk schilderij presenteert het hoofd en de schouders van een adolescente figuur in onopvallende kleding omringd door een halo of aura, als symbool van hun onschuld. De titel verwijst naar het kindersprookje *Peter Pan* van J.M. Barrie waarin de Lost Boys een groep kinderen zijn, verloren in een 'Never Never Land' waar ze niet opgroeien. \r\n\r\nVoor veel kinderen die opgroeien in de binnensteden is de vraag echter niet of ze willen opgroeien, maar wel of ze de kans krijgen. In de late jaren 1980 en vroege jaren 1990 werden in Amerikaanse steden veel kinderen gedood tijdens bendeoorlogen en werden onschuldige kinderen opgepakt door de politie vanwege hun huidskleur. Marshall brengt deze tragedie hier op de voorgrond. Deze zeer gestileerde beelden verwijzen naar jonge mannen en vrouwen die door de politie gewoonlijk geclassificeerd worden als ‘symbolische agressors’ op basis van raciale profileringstechnieken. De schilderijen herdenken het verlies van onschuld, en levens verloren door opsluiting. "},{"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":1222,"name":"Kerry James Marshall","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}