Fortuyn / O'Brien
Fortuyn / O'Brien was a Dutch-British artist duo .
Life dates
The duo existed from 1983 to 1988. They were the following people:
- Irene Droogleever-Fortuyn or Irene Fortuyn (born March 20, 1959 in Geldrop , Province of North Brabant , Netherlands ), a Dutch sculptor and installation artist as well
- Robert O'Brien ( December 7, 1951 in Bromyard, Herefordshire , England ; † April 16, 1988 in Amsterdam , Netherlands), British sculptor and painter.
Life and exhibitions
In 1986 the artist duo took part in the exhibition Sonsbeek '86 in Arnhem and in 1988 in the Biennale di Venezia . After O'Brien's death in 1988, Irene Fortuyn continued to work under the duo's previous name. In 1991 she had a solo exhibition Marble Public at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. In 1992 she took part in documenta IX in Kassel . Later that year, the exhibition Have a Nice Day followed in the entrance hall of the Center for Contemporary Art in Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw , Poland .
Irene Fortuyn has only used her own name since 2005. She lives and works today in Amsterdam and is a lecturer at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague .
Works
- The Twenty-Four Men in White (4 parts) in the sculpture park in the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo , 1988.
- Oude dorp, nieuwe stad at the corner of Marseillepad and Lyonpad in Zoetermeer , South Holland province , 1988.
- with Irene Droogleve: Down in the Woods Today , 1988. 1996 in Josef Stübbenpark in Duinberge, acquired in 1998.
- Tidal objects , De Heemgaard in Apeldoorn , 1989.
- The Owl and the Pussycat Went to See , sculpture park of the Museum of Modern Art Arnhem in Arnhem , 1986.
- Bronzen Bankje , Wijkpark Camminghaburen in Leeuwarden , Friesland Province , 1990.
- Caave Caanem in the collection of the Dutch Foreign Ministry in The Hague, 1993.
- Passers , Town Hall (Stadhuis Spui) of The Hague., 1995
- In the Woods (Seven bronze trees) & Silence (Five gold-plated, bronze drops) in Moelendael Hospital in Baarn , Utrecht Province , 1997/1998.
- Landschapsarchitectuur in Wilhelminapark, Amsterdam- Slotervaart , 1998.
- De tuinkamer at the Amstelland Hospital, Laan van de Helende Meesters, in Amstelveen , North Holland Province , 2005.
literature
- Fortuyn / O'Brien: Have a Nice Day , Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland 1993, 300 copies, 200 of them in English and 100 in Polish, price: 69,000 zloty.
- Arno Frieds: Fortuyn / O'Brien: Works and Projects , Ludion, Amsterdam 2000, ISBN 90-76588-06-6 .
- The House in the Clouds: A project by the City of Munich . Revolver: Archive for Current Art, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-937577-02-5 .