{"id":9571,"title":"Herinneringen aan mijn kinderjaren","dimensions":"120 x 160 cm","date_begin":"1980-01-01","material":"acrylic on canvas","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 / Donated by Adriaan Raemdonck, 2014","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"S0491_52","stream_count_app":42,"permalink":"herinneringen-aan-mijn-kinderjaren","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/020/647/medium_500/Cox_Jan_Jeugdherinneringen_sd_photo_M_HKA.jpg?1392212844","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/000/020/647/large/Cox_Jan_Jeugdherinneringen_sd_photo_M_HKA.jpg?1392212844","poster_credits":"(c)image:M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eCox\u0026#39;s later work is characterised by exhaustive reflections on life and work, expressed in paintings and in his written journal notes, as well.\u0026nbsp; These are pieces where aspects of his inner life, emotional state and commitment are mutually interwoven.\u0026nbsp;And given his biography, this is not difficult to understand, for a the time Cox suffered from an exhausting manic-depressive breakdown, marked by extreme emotional surges seesawing between periods of hyperactive excitability and deep mental depression.\u0026nbsp;In 1979, Cox endeavors to set down his memories of his father on paper, and this results in the manuscript \u003cem\u003eNagedachtenis aan Hendricus Maria Cox \u003c/em\u003e(In Commemoration of Hendricus Maria Cox).\u0026nbsp;It comes over as an intimate and tranquil dialogue between father and son.\u0026nbsp;Following on from the example of this melancholic look back, in his final years of life Cox returns to memories from childhood, translating these in a number of paintings.\u0026nbsp;In \u003cem\u003eHerinneringen aan mijn kinderjaren\u003c/em\u003e (Memories of my Childhood), these early recollections reverberate alongside later vivid impressions of the Arizona deserts.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eHet latere werk van Cox wordt gekarakteriseerd door uitputtende reflecties over leven en werk die zowel in schilderijen als in neergeschreven dagboeknotities hun weerslag vinden. Werkstukken waarin aspecten van het innerlijke, emotionaliteit en engagement verweven zijn. Niet onverklaarbaar; in deze periode lijdt Cox aan uitputtende manisch-depressieve inzinkingen, gekenmerkt door hevige emotionele opstoten, elkaar afwisselende periodes van opwinding gepaard met hyperactiviteit en zware geestelijke depressies. In 1979 tracht Cox de herinneringen aan zijn vader op papier te zetten, wat resulteert in het manuscript \u003cem\u003eNagedachtenis aan Hendricus Maria Cox\u003c/em\u003e. Het wordt een innige en stille dialoog tussen vader en zoon. In navolging van deze melancholische terugblik is het niet verwonderlijk dat Cox in zijn laatste levensjaren teruggrijpt naar de herinneringen uit zijn kindertijd en deze in een aantal schilderijen verwerkt. In \u003cem\u003eHerinneringen aan mijn kinderjaren\u003c/em\u003e zinderen deze en de indrukken die Cox opdeed in de woestijn nabij Arizona nog sterk na.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eL\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvre tardive de Jan Cox se caract\u0026eacute;rise par des r\u0026eacute;flexions \u0026eacute;puisantes sur la vie et le travail qui se r\u0026eacute;percutent aussi bien dans ses tableaux que dans les notes de son journal intime. Des \u0026oelig;uvres dans lesquelles s\u0026rsquo;entrem\u0026ecirc;lent des aspects d\u0026rsquo;int\u0026eacute;riorit\u0026eacute;, d\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;motivit\u0026eacute; et d\u0026rsquo;engagement. Ce qui s\u0026rsquo;explique sans doute par le fait qu\u0026rsquo;\u0026agrave; cette \u0026eacute;poque Cox souffre d\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;pisodes maniaco-d\u0026eacute;pressifs \u0026eacute;puisants, marqu\u0026eacute;s par de fortes crises \u0026eacute;motionnelles lors desquelles s\u0026rsquo;alternent des p\u0026eacute;riodes d\u0026rsquo;agitation et d\u0026rsquo;hyperactivit\u0026eacute; et de profondes d\u0026eacute;pressions. En 1979, Cox tente de consigner les souvenirs de son p\u0026egrave;re, ce qui aboutit au manuscrit \u003cem\u003eNagedachtenis aan Hendricus Maria Cox\u003c/em\u003e [M\u0026eacute;moires d\u0026rsquo;Hendricus Maria Cox], un dialogue intime et silencieux entre p\u0026egrave;re et fils. \u0026Agrave; l\u0026rsquo;instar de cette r\u0026eacute;trospection m\u0026eacute;lancolique, il n\u0026rsquo;est pas \u0026eacute;tonnant que dans les derni\u0026egrave;res ann\u0026eacute;es de sa vie Cox revisite ses souvenirs d\u0026rsquo;enfance et les int\u0026egrave;gre \u0026agrave; certains tableaux. Dans \u003cem\u003eHerinneringen aan mijn kinderjaren\u003c/em\u003e, ces souvenirs ainsi que des impressions ressenties dans le d\u0026eacute;sert pr\u0026egrave;s de l\u0026rsquo;Arizona subsistent avec intensit\u0026eacute;.\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"}}]}