{"id":29778,"title":"A W","dimensions":"2 x (120 x 88 x 6.5 cm)","date_begin":"1999-01-01","material":"diptych, oil paint on canvas, framed under glass, brass letters mounted on the glass","art_status_id":13,"legal_status_id":47,"category_id":181,"platform_id":1,"deleted":false,"asset_count":1,"stream_count":0,"collection":"Courtesy Annie Gentils Gallery","cached_tag_list":"","publishing_process_id":1,"annotation":"","date_end":"2004-01-01","reference":"","stream_count_app":22,"permalink":"a-w","description_ca":"","short_description_ca":"","description_it":"","short_description_it":"","cached_primary_asset_url":"http://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/071/113/medium_500/2021_04_30_MHKA_-225-bewerkt-3-53.jpg?1620205212","cached_actor_names":"Andrew Webb","hide_from_json":false,"prev_platform_id":null,"description_uk":null,"short_description_uk":null,"description_tr":null,"short_description_tr":null,"mhka_works":false,"category":{"en":"Painting","nl":"Schilderij","fr":""},"poster_image":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/071/113/large/2021_04_30_MHKA_-225-bewerkt-3-53.jpg?1620205212","poster_credits":"image: (c) We Document Art, Courtesy Annie Gentils Gallery","translations":[{"locale":"en","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026quot;The \u0026lsquo;cosmic\u0026rsquo; dimension reappears in Andrew\u0026rsquo;s work in different disguises, in the use of the letters A and W [\u0026hellip;]. This work consists of a pair of black oil paintings, each glazed so that we see our own reflection, each with the letter A or W in brass screwed into the glass, and a rectangular frame composed of wooden pieces jointed to create a \u0026lsquo;circular\u0026rsquo; movement. A and W are, to be sure, the artist\u0026rsquo;s own initials, sometimes signed as \u0026lsquo;Dr A Wing\u0026rsquo; (a pun on \u0026lsquo;drawing\u0026rsquo; and \u0026lsquo;angel\u0026rsquo;s wing\u0026rsquo;); but they are also the alpha and the omega so often inscribed in the image of an open book, referring to the divine as both beginning and end \u0026ndash; eternity \u0026ndash; and alluded to in the design of \u003cem\u003eA W\u0026rsquo;\u003c/em\u003es frame.\u0026quot;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e(Jean Fisher, \u0026lsquo;Poetic Machinations\u0026rsquo;, in: \u003cem\u003eA Small Box of Air Trapped and Drawn - Ria Pacqu\u0026eacute;e and Andrew Webb\u003c/em\u003e, Campo Santo, 1999)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026#39;De \u0026#39;kosmische\u0026#39; dimensie keert in Andrews werk in verschillende vermommingen terug, in het gebruik van de letters A en W [\u0026hellip;]. Dit werk bestaat uit twee zwarte olieverfschilderijen, beide achter glas, zodat we onze eigen reflectie zien, en waarbij de letter A of W telkens in messing in het glas werd geschroefd. De rechthoekige lijsten bestaan uit houten stukken die zijn samengevoegd om een \u0026#39;circulaire\u0026#39; beweging aan te geven. A en W zijn natuurlijk de eigen initialen van de kunstenaar, die soms signeert als \u0026#39;Dr A Wing\u0026#39;, een woordspeling op \u0026#39;drawing\u0026#39;, tekening, en \u0026#39;angel\u0026#39;s wing\u0026#39;, engelenvleugel. Maar het zijn ook de alfa en de omega die zo vaak in het beeld van een open boek zijn gegraveerd, verwijzend naar het goddelijke als zowel begin als eind \u0026ndash; eeuwigheid \u0026ndash; en waarop wordt gezinspeeld in het ontwerp van de lijst van \u003cem\u003eA W\u003c/em\u003e.\u0026#39;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e(Jean Fisher, \u0026#39;Poetic Machinations\u0026#39;, in: \u003cem\u003eA Small Box of Air Trapped and Drawn - Ria Pacqu\u0026eacute;e and Andrew Webb\u003c/em\u003e, Campo Santo, 1999)\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003eLa dimension \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;cosmique\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; r\u0026eacute;appara\u0026icirc;t dans l\u0026rsquo;\u0026oelig;uvre d\u0026rsquo;Andrew sous diff\u0026eacute;rents d\u0026eacute;guisements, dans l\u0026rsquo;utilisation des lettres A et W [\u0026hellip;]. Cette \u0026oelig;uvre consiste en deux peintures \u0026agrave; l\u0026rsquo;huile noires, chacune sous verre, de sorte qu\u0026rsquo;on y voit son propre reflet, chacune avec la lettre A ou W en laiton viss\u0026eacute;e dans le verre et dont les cadres rectangulaires sont compos\u0026eacute;s de pi\u0026egrave;ces de bois articul\u0026eacute;es en vue de suivre un mouvement \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;circulaire\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo;. A et W sont bien s\u0026ucirc;r les initiales de l\u0026rsquo;artiste, qui signe parfois \u0026laquo;\u0026nbsp;Dr A Wing\u0026nbsp;\u0026raquo; (un jeu de mots avec le terme anglais de \u003cem\u003edrawing\u003c/em\u003e \u0026ndash; dessin \u0026ndash; et \u003cem\u003eangel\u0026rsquo;s wing\u003c/em\u003e \u0026ndash; aile d\u0026rsquo;ange)\u0026nbsp;; mais ce sont aussi l\u0026rsquo;alpha et l\u0026rsquo;om\u0026eacute;ga si souvent inscrits dans l\u0026rsquo;image d\u0026rsquo;un livre ouvert, faisant r\u0026eacute;f\u0026eacute;rence au divin comme \u0026eacute;tant \u0026agrave; la fois le commencement et la fin \u0026ndash; l\u0026rsquo;\u0026eacute;ternit\u0026eacute; \u0026ndash;, auxquels le design du cadre d\u0026rsquo;\u003cem\u003eA W\u003c/em\u003e fait allusion.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e(Jean Fisher, \u0026lsquo;Poetic Machinations\u0026rsquo;, in: \u003cem\u003eA Small Box of Air Trapped and Drawn - Ria Pacqu\u0026eacute;e and Andrew Webb\u003c/em\u003e, Campo Santo, 1999)\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":283,"name":"Andrew Webb","category":{"en":"Creator","nl":"Vervaardiger","fr":"Créateur"}}]}