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Item: Nieuwjaarskaart

Jan Cox

1957

Print, 23,5 x 19,5 cm (framed: 39 x 38,5 cm).
Materials: woodcut and ink on paper

Collection: M HKA, Antwerp - Donated by Adriaan Raemdonck, 2014 (Inv. no. S0491_17).

Cox’s work is characterised by carefully constructed compositions with a magical, surreal atmosphere, gestural energy, and a vivid colour palette echoing the Cobra artists, with recurring references to violence, cruelty, and vulnerability. In his final works, he increasingly confronts the horror humans inflict upon one another — an obsession rooted in his experiences in the lead-up to the Second World War. Papageno symbolises the animal side of human nature, living autonomously in harmony with the natural world — representing the sensual, instinct-driven side of humanity over reason.

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