{"id":9516,"title":"Studie voor de Maenaden, Boston","dimensions":"785 x 573 mm","date_begin":"1960-01-01","material":"charcoal on paper","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":12,"category_id":20,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"S0491_22","stream_count_app":35,"permalink":"studie-voor-de-maenaden-boston","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":true,"category":{"en":"Drawing","nl":"Tekening","fr":"Dessin"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/020/640/large/Cox_Jan_ZT_1960_photo_M_HKA31.jpg?1392209654","poster_credits":"(c)image:M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe myth of Orpheus plays a crucial role in Cox\u0026#39;s oeuvre.\u0026nbsp; From 1953 up to the end of his painting life, it was to remain a constant source of inspiration.\u0026nbsp; In 1958-1959 he would devote an entire cycle of works to it.\u0026nbsp; He concludes this particular series of paintings on the Orphean theme in 1960 with a number of works around the Maenads, and of which this drawing is a preparatory sketch.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Maenads\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e, Cox writes, \u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;are women who come together in an orgiastic celebration that ends in hysteria and destruction.\u0026nbsp; Animals are ripped apart, and Orpheus - who accidentally finds himself in this enchanted wood - is befallen by the same fate.\u0026nbsp; His limbs are strewn and his head and lyre flow away down river.\u0026nbsp; The poet who could live no more is destroyed by elemental forces.\u0026quot; \u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;Study for the Maenads, Boston\u0026#39;(1960)\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e,\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003ealso titled \u003cem\u003eThe Hands,\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003ethe drama of\u003cem\u003e \u003c/em\u003eOrpheus and Eurydice is not represented in detail, but rather via the loose, sketchy and linear drawing that obliges the viewer to all the more associate with the sorrow and the pain.\u0026nbsp; With this clear, constrained composition, the artist brings a personal and humane intensity of feeling to the surface.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDe mythe van Orpheus speelt een zeer belangrijke rol in het oeuvre van Jan Cox. Vanaf 1953 tot zijn laatste levensjaar blijft de thematiek hem inspireren. In 1958-1959 wijdt hij er een hele cyclus aan. Deze reeks schilderijen die de mythe en figuur van Orpheus tot onderwerp hebben, sluit hij in 1960 af met een aantal werken rond de Maenaden, waarvan deze tekening een schets is voor de studie van het werk.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;De maenaden\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e, schrijft Cox, \u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;zijn vrouwen die zich verenigen in een orgiastisch feest dat in hysterie en vernieling eindigt. Beesten worden uiteengereten en zo ook Orpheus, die zij als bij toeval in de bossen vinden. Zijn ledematen worden verstrooid en zijn hoofd en zijn lier drijven af op de rivier. De dichter die niet meer kon leven, wordt door de oerkrachten vernield.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;Studie voor de Maenaden, Boston (1960)\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003eook getiteld \u003cem\u003eThe Hands\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e[Handen] wordt het drama van Orpheus en Euridyce niet in detail verbeeldt maar via de losse, schetsmatige en linaire tekening wordt de toeschouwer verplicht verder\u0026nbsp;te associ\u0026euml;ren met het verdriet en de pijn. De kunstenaar brengt via deze heldere maar begrensde compositie een persoonlijke en humane gevoelsintensiteit aan de oppervlakte.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"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":1795,"name":"Jan Cox","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}