{"id":3551,"title":"Scout Master","dimensions":"104.1 x 101.6 cm ","date_begin":"1996-01-01","material":"acrylic, paper, wood ","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":9,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Courtesy Jack Shainman, NY\t","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":33,"permalink":"scout-master--2","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":"Painting","nl":"Schilderij","fr":"Peinture"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/018/136/large/Kerry_James_Marshall_%2814%29.jpg?1372838894","poster_credits":null,"translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"The portraits *Scout Boy* (1995), *Scout Girl* (1996) and *Scout Master* (1996) present an uneasy link between innocence and experience. On the one hand they display confidence in the success of the black middle-class possessing a certain degree of affluence before having occasion for leisure pursuits like the Scouts that had been traditionally seen as activities for youth of the white middle-class. The works offer commentary on how some black people only consider having “made it” by participating in pastimes savored by white people. Moreover, the comic-strip-esque stars of light-burst behind their heads are reminiscent of those seen in portrayals of superheroes – a wry comment on the level of aspiration perhaps. \r\n\r\n\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"De portretten *Scout Boy* (1995), *Scout Girl* (1996) en *Scout Master* (1996) bieden een ongemakkelijke verbinding. Enerzijds tonen ze vertrouwen in het succes van de zwarte middenklasse. Voor je aan vrijetijdsbesteding kan doen moet je immers al een zekere rijkdom bezitten. Scouting wordt traditioneel gezien als een vrijetijdsactiviteit voor blanke jongeren uit de middenklasse. Marshall toont ons hier hoe de zwarte middenklasse deze traditionele activiteiten van de blanke middenklasse kopieert en zich zo succesvol voelt. De cartooneske lichtsterren achter de portretten suggereren bovendien dat de figuren superhelden zijn. Anderzijds lijken ze niet te genieten van dit licht. Ze lachen niet, hun ogen zijn waakzaam. De zwarte scouts lijken deel uit te maken van een vreemde herdenking."},{"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"}}]}