{"id":9574,"title":"Untitled","dimensions":"100 x 40 x 20 cm","date_begin":"1978-01-01","material":"ostrich plume and marble","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":12,"category_id":79,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Collection M HKA, Antwerp","cached_tag_list":"Sculpture","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"S0491_45","stream_count_app":48,"permalink":"untitled--168","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":"Mixed Media","nl":"Mixed Media","fr":"Mixed Media"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/020/650/large/Cox_Jan_ZT_sd_photo_M_HKA48.jpg?1392213655","poster_credits":"(c)image: M HKA","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a humanist, Jan Cox was committed to a dualistic worldview.\u0026nbsp; The notion of the dichotomy - man/woman, matter/intelligence, steadfastness/inconstancy - and the impenetrable reality that sits alongside dream and hope, receives its visual manifestation in works such as \u003cem\u003eUntitled\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;or\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/021/980/large/cox4_.jpg?1396685173\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarmer en pluim\u0026nbsp;(Marble and Feather\u003c/em\u003e)\u003c/a\u003e.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eOnly too aware of his own weaknesses, in 1952 Cox writes the following about his wife:\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003e\u0026quot;... there is Yvonne, a positive and joyous soul who is unconcerned with having the approval of others.\u0026nbsp; She does what she wants to do.\u0026nbsp; She has mettle; I appear timorous.\u0026nbsp; It astonishes me to see how she can be so unreasonably certain about some values.\u0026nbsp; Sometimes this irks me, but that\u0026#39;s what I love about her...\u0026quot;\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e.\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn later works, as well, Cox seeks to create a visual translation of \u0026#39;the contrast\u0026#39;, and in the series The Calvary and more particularly in \u003cem\u003eThe Descent from the Cross\u003c/em\u003e - with a nod to Giotto - he endeavors to reconcile the spiritual with the physical and the worldly.\u0026nbsp; The palette is reduced; it\u0026#39;s all in the power and the energy.\u0026nbsp; Impasto, with interiority made manifest on canvas.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eAls humanist was Jan Cox overtuigd van een dualistische wereldbeeld. Het besef van de tweedeling; man/vrouw, materie/intelligentie, standvastigheid/wisselvalligheid en de ondoordringbare werkelijkheid naast de droom of hoop krijgt in \u003cem\u003eUntitled\u003c/em\u003e en later in\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/021/980/large/cox4_.jpg?1396685173\"\u003eMarmer en Pluim\u003c/a\u003e \u003c/em\u003e(1979)\u0026nbsp;een visuele weerspiegeling.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eBewust van zijn zwaktes schreef hij in 1952 over zijn vrouw;\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003e\u0026quot;... er is Yvonne, een positieve gelukkige ziel, die niet om andermans goedkeuring geeft, en doet wat ze wil doen. Zij heeft een moed waarnaast ik een lafaard lijk. Het verbaast me te zien hoe onredelijk zeker ze over sommige waarden kan zijn. Soms maakt me dit kregel, maar meestal hou ik hierom van haar...\u0026quot;\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eOok in latere werken tracht Jan Cox \u0026#39;het contrast\u0026#39; plastisch te vertalen en probeert hij in de reeks van \u003cem\u003ede Martelgang\u003c/em\u003e en meer bepaald in \u003cem\u003ede Kruisafneming\u003c/em\u003e, in navolging van Giotto, het spirituele te verzoenen met fysieke en wereldse. Elke kleur ontbreekt. enkel de kracht en energie; een pasteuze innerlijkheid krijgt gestalte op het doek.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eEn tant qu\u0026rsquo;humaniste, Jan Cox avait une vision du monde r\u0026eacute;solument dualiste. La conscience de la dichotomie homme/femme, mati\u0026egrave;re/intelligence, constance/inconstance et la r\u0026eacute;alit\u0026eacute; insondable \u0026agrave; c\u0026ocirc;t\u0026eacute; du r\u0026ecirc;ve ou de l\u0026rsquo;espoir prennent la tournure d\u0026rsquo;un reflet visuel dans \u003cem\u003eUntitled\u003c/em\u003e et par la suite dans \u003cem\u003eMarmer en Pluim \u003c/em\u003e[Marbre et plume] (1979).\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eConscient de ses faiblesses, il \u0026eacute;crit en 1952 \u0026agrave; propos de sa femme\u0026nbsp;: \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;(\u0026hellip;) il y a Yvonne, une \u0026acirc;me positive et heureuse, qui n\u0026rsquo;attache aucune importance \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;approbation d\u0026rsquo;autrui et n\u0026rsquo;en fait qu\u0026rsquo;\u0026agrave; sa t\u0026ecirc;te. Elle est dot\u0026eacute;e d\u0026rsquo;un courage \u0026agrave; c\u0026ocirc;t\u0026eacute; duquel je passe pour un l\u0026acirc;che. Cela me surprend de voir \u0026agrave; quel point elle peut se montrer d\u0026eacute;raisonnablement s\u0026ucirc;re de certaines valeurs. Parfois, cela me rend irascible, mais le plus souvent c\u0026rsquo;est pour cette raison que je l\u0026rsquo;aime (\u0026hellip;)\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eDans ses \u0026oelig;uvres tardives, Jan Cox cherche \u0026agrave; traduire \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;le contraste\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; plastique et tente, dans le sillage de Giotto, de r\u0026eacute;concilier le spirituel, le physique et le temporel dans la s\u0026eacute;rie \u003cem\u003eDe Martelgang\u003c/em\u003e [Le Calvaire] et en particulier dans \u003cem\u003eDe Kruisafneming\u003c/em\u003e [\u003cem\u003eL\u003c/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ea descente de croix\u003c/em\u003e]. Toute couleur fait d\u0026eacute;faut, rien que de la force et de l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;nergie\u0026nbsp;; une int\u0026eacute;riorit\u0026eacute; p\u0026acirc;teuse prend corps sur la toile.\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"}}]}