{"id":35056,"title":"Octopus Vacuum","dimensions":"492.3 x 717.6 cm","date_begin":"2008-01-01","material":"acrylic on canvas","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":181,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Praz-Delavallade, Paris (France)","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"","stream_count_app":10,"permalink":"octopus-vacuum","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/091/338/medium_500/Jim_Shaw__Octopus_Vacuum__2008_acrylic_on_canvas__courtesy_of_artistand_Galerie_Praz_Delavallade__Paris__Berlin.jpg?1699863866","cached_actor_names":"Jim Shaw","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","category":{"en":"Painting","nl":"Schilderij","fr":""},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/091/338/large/Jim_Shaw__Octopus_Vacuum__2008_acrylic_on_canvas__courtesy_of_artistand_Galerie_Praz_Delavallade__Paris__Berlin.jpg?1699863866","poster_credits":"(c)Jim Shaw, 2008 - Courtesy of the Artist and Gallerie Praz Delavallade, Paris \u0026 Berlin","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eSince 2004, Jim Shaw has been using second-hand backdrop cloths from the amateur theatre as a support for monumental paintings. They often show idealised images of suburban streets or parks. The iconography of \u003cem\u003eOctopus Vacuum\u003c/em\u003e refers to the fictional religion that Shaw has developed since the 1990s: Oism. Inspired by bizarre 19th century religious movements in the United States, the latter is an artistic attempt to create a religion with its own history, symbolism, rituals and traditions. Central is the belief in the omnipotence of a female deity, symbolised by the letter \u0026#39;O\u0026#39;. The title\u0026#39;s octopus, a symbol for the mystery of the unknown, is here a floating vacuum cleaner with eight hoses that appears to suck in a group of dressed-up 19th-century ladies. Around it float moustaches and other forms of facial hair, which in the late 19th century were crucial to the representation of the masculinity and power of American industrialists.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eSinds 2004 gebruikt Jim Shaw tweedehands decordoeken uit het amateurtheater als drager voor monumentale schilderijen. Vaak tonen ze ge\u0026iuml;dealiseerde afbeeldingen van straten of parken in de buitenwijken van Amerikaanse steden. De iconografie van het werk \u003cem\u003eOctopus Vacuum\u003c/em\u003e verwijst naar de fictieve religie die Shaw vanaf de jaren 1990 uitwerkt: het Oisme. Ge\u0026iuml;nspireerd door bizarre religieuze bewegingen in de 19de eeuw in de Verenigde Staten, is het een artistieke poging om een godsdienst te cre\u0026euml;ren, met een eigen geschiedenis, symboliek, rituelen en tradities. Centraal staat het geloof in de almacht van een vrouwelijke godheid, gesymboliseerd door de letter \u0026#39;O\u0026#39;. De octopus, een symbool voor het mysterie van het onbekende, is hier een zwevende stofzuiger met acht slangen die een groep opgeklede 19de-eeuwse jonkvrouwen lijkt op te zuigen. Daarrond zweven snorren en vormen van andere gezichtsbeharing, die cruciaal waren voor de representatie van mannelijkheid en macht van Amerikaanse industri\u0026euml;len aan het einde van de 19de eeuw.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eDepuis 2004, Jim Shaw utilise des toiles ayant servi de d\u0026eacute;cor \u0026agrave; des compagnies de th\u0026eacute;\u0026acirc;tre amateur comme support pour des tableaux monumentaux qui repr\u0026eacute;sentent souvent des images id\u0026eacute;alis\u0026eacute;es de rues ou de parcs dans des banlieues de villes \u0026eacute;tats-uniennes. L\u0026rsquo;iconographie de l\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvre \u003cem\u003eOctopus Vacuum\u003c/em\u003e fait r\u0026eacute;f\u0026eacute;rence \u0026agrave; la religion fictive que Shaw a \u0026eacute;labor\u0026eacute;e \u0026agrave; partir des ann\u0026eacute;es\u0026nbsp;1990\u0026nbsp;: l\u0026rsquo;O-isme. Inspir\u0026eacute;e de mouvements religieux bizarres apparus au XIXe\u0026nbsp;si\u0026egrave;cle aux \u0026Eacute;tats-Unis, l\u0026rsquo;O-isme constitue une tentative artistique de fonder une religion, avec son histoire, sa symbolique, ses rituels et ses traditions. L\u0026rsquo;O-isme s\u0026rsquo;articule autour de la foi en la toute-puissance d\u0026rsquo;une divinit\u0026eacute; f\u0026eacute;minine, symbolis\u0026eacute;e par la lettre O. La pieuvre, symbole du myst\u0026egrave;re de l\u0026rsquo;inconnu, est en l\u0026rsquo;occurrence un aspirateur \u0026agrave; huit tuyaux flottants qui paraissent aspirer un groupe de jeunes femmes v\u0026ecirc;tues comme au XIXe\u0026nbsp;si\u0026egrave;cle. Au-dessus d\u0026rsquo;elles volette une nu\u0026eacute;e de moustaches et autres formes de pilosit\u0026eacute; faciale, qui jouaient un r\u0026ocirc;le essentiel \u0026agrave; la fin du XIXe\u0026nbsp;si\u0026egrave;cle dans la repr\u0026eacute;sentation de la masculinit\u0026eacute; et du pouvoir des industriels \u0026eacute;tats-uniens.\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":5037,"name":"Jim Shaw","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}