{"id":35075,"title":"Dream Object (Irregularly Shaped Canvas: Blake’s version on “Laocoon” with vacuum cleaner; pained Brian Randolph; Superman; Jimmy Olson and composite superman version of “Laocoon”)","dimensions":"177.8 × 88.9 × 7.6 cm","date_begin":"2010-01-01","material":"ink \u0026 pencil on digital ink jet print","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":20,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":2,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Gagosian, Los Angeles","cached_tag_list":"jim shaw","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":null,"reference":"JSHAW 2010.0027","stream_count_app":20,"permalink":"dream-object-irregularly-shaped-canvas-blake-s-version-on-laocoon-with-vacuum-cleaner-pained-brian-randolph-superman-jimmy-olson-and-composite-superman-version-of-laocoon","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/092/086/medium_500/2024_Jim_Shaw_TEN_F004.jpg?1707343389","cached_actor_names":"Jim Shaw","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":"","short_description_uk":"","category":{"en":"Drawing","nl":"Tekening","fr":"Dessin"},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/092/086/large/2024_Jim_Shaw_TEN_F004.jpg?1707343389","poster_credits":"(c)Jim Shaw, 2010 - Courtesy of the Artist and Gagosian, Los Angeles - photo: M HKA, 2024","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eAs a series within the \u003cem\u003e\u0026#39;Dream Objects\u0026#39;\u003c/em\u003e series, the\u003cem\u003e \u0026#39;Irregularly Shaped Canvases\u0026#39; \u003c/em\u003erefer, on the one hand, to the tradition of painting on irregularly shaped canvases by artists such as Frank Stella, Kenneth Noland, Ellsworth Kelly or Barnett Newman. On the other hand, they refer to an object on the cover of the album \u003cem\u003ePresence\u003c/em\u003e by British rock group Led Zeppelin. This work is based on an etching by William Blake of the Laoco\u0026ouml;n Group, one of the most celebrated ancient Greek sculptures. Shaw is fascinated by the work of British poet, painter and printmaker Blake (1757-1827), who is considered a major artist of English romanticism. William Blake\u0026#39;s work explores major themes such as spirituality, imagination and the nature of existence. Although in Sophocles, Laoco\u0026ouml;n appears as the priest of Apollo who warns the Trojans about the Trojan Horse, Blake reinterprets the group of statues as Jehovah with his two sons Adam and Satan. Shaw in turn appropriates the work with an interpretation in the style of Wayne Boring, Superman\u0026#39;s main cartoonist in the 1950s \u0026ndash; the period in which Shaw began reading comics.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003chr /\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;The series came from a dream where a former dealer came into my studio to give orders about pieces I was working on.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eAls reeks binnen de reeks\u003cem\u003e \u0026ldquo;Dream Objects\u0026rdquo; \u003c/em\u003everwijzen de\u003cem\u003e \u0026ldquo;Irregularly Shaped Canvases\u0026rdquo; \u003c/em\u003eenerzijds naar de traditie van schilderen op doeken met onregelmatige vorm van kunstenaars als Frank Stella, Kenneth Noland, Ellsworth Kelly of Barnett Newman; en anderzijds naar een object op de cover van het album \u003cem\u003ePresence\u003c/em\u003e van de Britse rockgroep Led Zeppelin. Dit werk is gebaseerd op een ets van William Blake van de Laoco\u0026ouml;ngroep, een van de beroemdste beelden uit de Oudgriekse beeldhouwkunst. Shaw is gefascineerd door het werk van de Britse dichter, schilder en graficus Blake (1757-1827), die wordt beschouwd als een van de belangrijkste kunstenaars van de Engelse Romantiek. Zijn werk verkent grote thema\u0026#39;s als spiritualiteit, verbeelding en de aard van het bestaan. Hoewel Laoco\u0026ouml;n bij Sophocles voorkomt als de priester van Apollo die de Trojanen waarschuwt voor het Paard van Troje, herinterpreteert Blake de beeldengroep als Jehova met zijn twee zonen Adam en Satan. Shaw eigent zich het werk op zijn beurt toe met een interpretatie in de stijl van Wayne Boring, de belangrijkste tekenaar van Superman in de jaren 1950, de periode waarin Shaw comics begon te lezen.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003chr /\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026ldquo;The series came from a dream where a former dealer came into my studio to give orders about pieces I was working on.\u0026rdquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eEn tant que s\u0026eacute;rie dans la s\u0026eacute;rie \u003cem\u003eDream Objects\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIrregularly Shaped Canvases\u003c/em\u003e fait d\u0026rsquo;une part r\u0026eacute;f\u0026eacute;rence \u0026agrave; la tradition de la peinture sur des toiles aux formes irr\u0026eacute;guli\u0026egrave;res qu\u0026rsquo;ont pratiqu\u0026eacute;e des artistes tels que Frank Stella, Kenneth Noland, Ellsworth Kelly ou Barnett Newman et, d\u0026rsquo;autre part, \u0026agrave; un objet figurant sur la pochette de l\u0026rsquo;album \u003cem\u003ePresence\u003c/em\u003e du groupe de rock britannique Led Zeppelin. Cette \u0026oelig;uvre s\u0026rsquo;inspire d\u0026rsquo;une gravure de William Blake repr\u0026eacute;sentant le Groupe de Laocoon, l\u0026rsquo;une des plus c\u0026eacute;l\u0026egrave;bres sculptures grecques antiques. L\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvre du po\u0026egrave;te, peintre et graphiste Blake (1757-1827), consid\u0026eacute;r\u0026eacute; comme l\u0026rsquo;un des artistes majeurs du romantisme anglais, explore les grands th\u0026egrave;mes de la spiritualit\u0026eacute;, de l\u0026rsquo;imagination et de la nature de l\u0026rsquo;existence, et fascine Jim Shaw. Bien que dans Sophocle, Laocoon figure comme le pr\u0026ecirc;tre d\u0026rsquo;Apollon qui met en garde les Troyens contre le cheval de Troie, Blake r\u0026eacute;interpr\u0026egrave;te le groupe sculptural comme J\u0026eacute;hovah et ses deux fils, Adam et Satan. \u0026Agrave; son tour, Shaw s\u0026rsquo;approprie l\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvre en l\u0026rsquo;interpr\u0026eacute;tant dans le style de Wayne Boring, le principal illustrateur de Superman dans les ann\u0026eacute;es\u0026nbsp;1950 et au d\u0026eacute;but des ann\u0026eacute;es\u0026nbsp;1960, p\u0026eacute;riode lors de laquelle Shaw a commenc\u0026eacute; \u0026agrave; lire des comics, des bandes dessin\u0026eacute;es \u0026eacute;tats-uniennes.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003chr /\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;La s\u0026eacute;rie provient d\u0026rsquo;un r\u0026ecirc;ve dans lequel un ancien marchand est entr\u0026eacute; dans mon atelier pour me donner des ordres sur les \u0026oelig;uvres auxquelles je travaillais.\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\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"}}]}