In the last few years, I started experimenting with different materials than I was using until then, such as steel and oxidized metal. It started when, while moving house, I came across a box ofContinue reading
Failplays
The works in this series are characterized by a change in the perception of the creative process. I have broken away from the traditional approaches so that I can keep reinventing the wheel, failing forwardContinue reading
Apparatus
My latest series of works is strongly influenced by the death of my friend and fellow sculptor Cappy Jack at the beginning of 2020. In one of our last correspondences he informed me that he wanted to leave me his tools and materials. In the days after his death and through working with his materials, I became more and more aware of the special narrative that was created by the objects he collected in his life, many brought from the US, his home country. In the beginning it was difficult to work with the material because these objects are full of memories and stories. But once I managed it was valuable because I learned more about him and got to know him better. Thus the tools became more than a tools, but a way to be connected with him and to experience his connection with the world.
In this series I investigate the experience of humanity. Many people struggle to get to grips with today’s changing world. There is insecurity, anger, ignorance and fear. But there is also room for change, hope, new insights and, above all, a reappraisal of everything that gives our humanity value.
Panta Rhei
Everything flows and that movement is the starting point of this series. The works evoke the suggestion of movement. Shapes that the eye follows through a cycle of poses. Works that have been created byContinue reading
Work outside series
Intervention, 2019. Buxus wood, steel. (Shown at the garden of VU MC) ZT, 2017. Steel, magnets, leather. L 38cm, B 20cm, D 15cm. Side view Continue reading
Commissioned Works
Over the years there have been several works commissioned for individuals and exhibitions. Here below, a selection of these works. Expositie “Liefde” 2014, WG Kunst, Amsterdam Expositie “Geel” 2012, Wg Kunst, Amsterdam “De Stad” 2011, CBKContinue reading
Reprogress
The works in the “Reprogress” series are about civilization, and specifically about the city. These works show the cycle of the rise and fall of civilization. Or the fall and rise of civilization, as theContinue reading
Shiv
Humans are capable of making tools and coming up with creative solutions under all kinds of extreme circumstances. In history this skill has proved to be indispensable for survival. Shiv is a term for anContinue reading
Saikuru
Man strives for immortality, if not in politics, arts or science, then in the continuation of the own line and the hope they do not just disappear. The human mind allows in but few casesContinue reading
