Drawings
Sit II
The chair that is increasingly leaving its ‘frame’ and running into the world presented itself for the first time in the form of ‘Stoelgang‘ in 2010. After that followed, among other things, Relax chair III and in this case Sit.
A chair that also stretches your legs. You will have to stand all your life!
Intertwined past
Mart Stam is the inventor of the free-floating tubular frame, ‘Freischwinger’ as it is called much nicer in German. He shared his find with his colleagues at the Bauhaus in the 1920s in Dessau (Germany). This revolutionary discovery led to an explosion of variants all over the world. Many lawsuits have been conducted about it. Marcel Breuer was one of the first to have a commercial copy on the market. I literally interwoven two drawings, one of Mart Stam’s first cantilever and Breuer’s first. A bit like it was the case with their life and work.
Relaxstoel III
The chair that is increasingly leaving its ‘frame’ and running into the world presented itself for the first time in the form of Stoelgang in 2010. After that followed, among others, Relax chair, Sitting and here Relax chair III.
A chair that also relaxes for a moment. You will have to stand all your life!
Bell chair
A clockmaker’s chair and perhaps also for a clockmaker. With your back to time you might lose it for a while, a blessing in our hectic times. The freestanding klokkenstoelen are known especially in the north of the Netherlands. These will sound at set times and this one when you spend some time on it.
Framed IV
Commission
(Not for sale)
A serious contribution to my crowdfunding at Voor de kunst, which eventually led to the book Playfull perspectives about my pencil drawings, requires an appropriate consideration. In the preliminary phase I indicated that one could also send an image of ones own (favorite) chair. I knew that! The type of chair, a very fine specimen by the way, was just the kind that I actually always ignore. If something is difficult, you divide it into pieces, each of which is manageable, et voilà.
Framing Rietveld V
The smallest in a series of Framing Rietveld. The first from 2017 is the reason for the serie. I made this one with three others, added to the one from 2017, for above the ‘bed’ of the ‘& breakfast’ in gallery De Kunstpraktijk in Veldhoven, as part of my exhibition there in the summer of 2019. Exhibited with the five of us as ‘Sleep’. A good night’s sleep guaranteed!
See also Framing Rietveld, Framing Rietveld II, III en IV.
Sleep
Zigzag chairs drawn from different angles and then framed: Framing Rietveld , Framing Rietveld II, III, IV and V. This produces five ‘z-shaped’ wall objects that, grouped together, are a phonetic representation of sleeping: ZZZZZ.
The idea arose while preparing the exhibition in a gallery annex bed and breakfast (De Kunstpraktijk) where the guest-room could also be included in the exhibition.
Mating period II
The chair increasingly leaving its ‘frame’ and running into the world first presented itself in the form of Stoelgang in 2010. After that followed, among others, Relaxchair III, Mating period and this one.
The curved backrest thus becomes the horns of a cow without hesitation. And then you stand up for your territory of course.
Framing Rietveld II
One of five from Framing Rietveld’s. The first from 2017 is the starting point for the series. I made this one with three others for above the ‘bed’ of the ‘and breakfast’ in gallery B&B-De Kunstpraktijk in Veldhoven, as part of my exhibition there in the summer of 2019. The five of them exhibited as ‘Sleep’: a good night’s rest assured!
See also Framing Rietveld, Framing Rietveld III, IV en V.
Framing Rietveld III
From the Framing Rietveld series. The first from 2017 is the starting point for the series. I made these with four others for above the ‘bed’ of the ‘and breakfast’ in gallery De Kunstpraktijk in Veldhoven, as part of my exhibition there in the summer of 2019. Five of them exhibited as ‘Sleep’: a good night’s rest assured!
See also Framing Rietveld, Framing Rietveld II, IV en V.
Framing Rietveld IV
The largest in a series of Framing Rietveld’s. The first from 2017 is the starting point for the series. This one I made this with four others for above the ‘bed’ of the ‘& breakfast’ in gallery De Kunstpraktijk in Veldhoven, as part of my exhibition there in the summer of 2019. Exhibited with five as ‘Sleep’: A good night’s sleep guaranteed!
See also Framing Rietveld, Framing Rietveld II, III en V .
Backside flip III
A kind of mirrored chair. Or is it two chairs? Two chairs with a twist, maybe gymnastics or dancing? A backside flip!
Portrait 42
The 42nd portrait of a chair by the backrest. The first nine in this series date back to 2011, after that it was ‘quiet’ in this area until nine new ones appeared in 2017. Followed by another twelve in 2018 and finally three in 2019. For example, I usually group together in a larger number or also as smaller accents between other pencil drawings. See Portrait 18 en 43.
Portrait 43
The 43th portrait of a chair by the backrest. The first nine in this series date back to 2011, after that it was ‘quiet’ in this area until nine new ones appeared in 2017. Followed by another twelve in 2018 and finally another three in 2019. They are usually shown grouped by me or also as small accents between other pencil drawings. See Portrait 42 en 44.
Portrait 44
The 44th portrait of a chair by the backrest. The first nine in this series date back to 2011, after that it was ‘quiet’ in this area until nine new ones appeared in 2017. Followed by another twelve in 2018 and finally three in 2019. I regularly expose them grouped together or also as small accents between other pencil drawings. See Portrait 7, 29 and 42.