Peter Struycken
Peter Struycken (born January 5, 1939 in The Hague ) is a Dutch digital artist and light artist .
life and work
Peter Struycken studied from 1957 to 1962 at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague. Peter Struycken has been working with the computer as a tool to create works of art since 1969 and is therefore one of the first in the Netherlands. From 1964 to 1976 he was a founding member and head of the Monumentaal Nieuwe Stijl / Omgevingskunst course at the Art Academy in Arnhem . As a visiting lecturer, he taught at various Dutch art schools.
Drawings, paintings, sculptures, light art, and installations are part of the work of Peter Struycken. Some panoramic photos of his monumental works were taken by his brother, the actor Carel Struycken . Peter Struycken has created free and commissioned works, around a hundred of them in public spaces. In 1981 he designed a stamp with the face of Queen Beatrix , shown as dots .
His best-known work is “Zonder Titel / Untitled” (1993) with the nickname “Lichtarkade”, under the Nederlands Architectuurinstituut at the Museumpark in the center of Rotterdam, is 170 m long. The “light sculpture” changes the color palette of the lighting every 10 minutes using computer-controlled fluorescent lamps .
"Zonder Titel / Untitled" by Peter Struycken. Rotterdam, photo: F.Eveleens
"Zonder Titel / Untitled" by Peter Struycken. Rotterdam, photo: F.Eveleens
"Zonder Titel / Untitled" by Peter Struycken. Rotterdam, photo: F.Eveleens
"Zonder Titel / Untitled" by Peter Struycken. Rotterdam, photo: Marco Adams
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 2007: P. Struycken. Het digital paradijs Groninger Museum , Groningen
- 1980: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen , Rotterdam
Group exhibitions
- 1982: documenta 7 , Kassel
literature
- P. Struycken by Carel Blotkamp (Author), Daniel Dekkers (Author), Ruud Schenk (Author), Peter Struycken (Artist), nai010 publishers, 2008, ISBN 978-9-05662-6-068
Awards (selection)
- 2012: AH Heineken Prize for Art
- 2008: House Order of Orange
- 2002: Oeuvreprijzen Fund BKVB
- 1984: Order of Orange-Nassau
- 1966: Sikkensprijs for painting with J. Slothouber, W. Graatsma and A. Schwartzeprijs
Individual evidence
- ↑ Catalog: documenta 7 Kassel ; Vol. 1: (visual biographies of the artists); Vol. 2: (Current works of the artists); S. 328, Kassel 1982 ISBN 3-920453-02-6
- ↑ Peter Struycken , accessed on March 21, 2015 (Dutch).
- ↑ P. Struycken. Het digital paradijs accessed on March 21, 2015 (Dutch)
- ↑ Sculpture International Rotterdam-Zonder Title ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on March 21, 2015 (Dutch).
- ↑ Het koninklijk huis Uitreiking eremedaille in de Huisorde van Oranje, October 24, 2008 accessed on April 15, 2017 (Dutch)
- ↑ RKD Peter Struycken accessed on March 21, 2015 (Dutch)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Struycken, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Struycken, P. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch digital artist and light artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The hague |