{"id":9538,"title":"The Fog In Maine, Boston","dimensions":"350 x 350 mm","date_begin":"1957-01-01","material":"oil on cardboard","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":12,"category_id":9,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"S0491_21","stream_count_app":40,"permalink":"the-fog-in-maine-boston","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":null,"cached_actor_names":"Jan Cox","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":"Painting","nl":"Schilderij","fr":"Peinture"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/020/611/large/Cox_Jan_ZT_sd_photo_M_HKA40.jpg?1392133754","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis gouache entitled \u003cem\u003eThe Fog in Maine, Boston\u003c/em\u003e (1957) is a preliminary study for the painting \u003cem\u003eThe Fog\u003c/em\u003e from 1960, but based on the earlier painting \u003ca href=\"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/021/981/large/cox3_.jpg?1396687005\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fog in Maine\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e from 1957.\u0026nbsp; The impulse for the work arose out of a late-night car ride with friends when a large moth suddenly flew against their windshield.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn the first painting from 1957, the moth is recognizably portrayed with, on the right (just as in the later works as well), a bird\u0026#39;s head with outstretched neck sticks out from above a layer of mist.\u0026nbsp; In the preparatory study for the subsequent painting, Cox transforms this moth into a visionary image, thereby imparting a more dramatic accent to the rather neutral atmosphere.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn his artistic creations, Jan Cox will continually return to certain themes and motifs, always developing them further: \u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;You can get ten new ideas, ones you hadn\u0026#39;t earlier thought about, but that emerge while you\u0026#39;re working.\u0026nbsp; The more you work, the more work keeps coming.\u0026nbsp; There\u0026#39;s no end to it...\u0026quot;\u003c/em\u003e (Jan Cox)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeze gouache getiteld \u003cem\u003eThe Fog in Maine, Boston\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;(1957) is een voorstudie van het latere schilderij \u003cem\u003eThe Fog\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;uit 1960 maar gebaseerd op het eerdere schilderij \u003ca href=\"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/021/981/large/cox3_.jpg?1396687005\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fog in Maine\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/a\u003e uit 1957. De aanleiding voor \u0026nbsp;dit werk was \u0026nbsp;een autorit met vrienden waarbij \u0026nbsp;er een grote nachtvlinder tegen de voorruit vloog.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn het eerste schilderij van 1957 wordt deze nachtvlinder duidelijk herkenbaar weergegeven, met rechts, net zoals ook in de latere werken, een vogelkop met uitgerekte hals, die boven een mistlaag uitsteekt. In de voorstudie van het latere schilderij heeft Cox deze nachtvlinder tot een visioenbeeld herleid waardoor de eerder neutrale sfeer een meer dramatisch accent heeft gekregen.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eJan Cox zal in zijn artistieke creaties steeds bepaalde thema\u0026rsquo;s en motieven hernemen en verder ontwikkelen: \u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;Je kunt tien nieuwe idee\u0026euml;n krijgen, waar je niet helemaal aan gedacht had en die een aanleiding vinden in dat waarmee je bezig bent. Hoe meer dat je werkt, je krijgt steeds meer werk. Er is geen einde aan.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e (Jan Cox)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eCette gouache intitul\u0026eacute;e \u003cem\u003eThe Fog in Maine, Boston\u003c/em\u003e (1957) est une \u0026eacute;tude pr\u0026eacute;paratoire pour le tableau ult\u0026eacute;rieur \u003cem\u003eThe Fog \u003c/em\u003ede 1960, mais elle s\u0026rsquo;inspire d\u0026rsquo;un tableau plus ancien, \u003cem\u003eThe Fog in Maine \u003c/em\u003ede 1957. L\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;l\u0026eacute;ment d\u0026eacute;clencheur de cette \u0026oelig;uvre \u0026eacute;tait un trajet en voiture avec des amis lors duquel un grand papillon de nuit a vol\u0026eacute; sur le pare-brise.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eDans le premier tableau de 1957, ce papillon de nuit est repr\u0026eacute;sent\u0026eacute; de mani\u0026egrave;re parfaitement reconnaissable, avec \u0026agrave; droite, tout comme dans les \u0026oelig;uvres ult\u0026eacute;rieures, une t\u0026ecirc;te d\u0026rsquo;oiseau au cou allong\u0026eacute; qui s\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;tend au-dessus d\u0026rsquo;une nappe de brouillard. Dans l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;tude pr\u0026eacute;liminaire du tableau qui suivra, Cox a r\u0026eacute;duit ce papillon de nuit \u0026agrave; une vision, ce qui conf\u0026egrave;re un accent plus dramatique \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;atmosph\u0026egrave;re jusque-l\u0026agrave; plut\u0026ocirc;t neutre.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eJan Cox reprend sans cesse certains th\u0026egrave;mes et motifs dans ses cr\u0026eacute;ations artistiques et continue \u0026agrave; les d\u0026eacute;velopper\u0026nbsp;: \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;On peut trouver dix nouvelles id\u0026eacute;es, auxquelles on n\u0026rsquo;aurait pas du tout pens\u0026eacute; et qui \u0026eacute;mergent de ce qui vous occupe. Plus on travaille, plus on a de travail. C\u0026rsquo;est sans fin.\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; (Jan Cox)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"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"}}]}