Sjoerd Buisman
Sjoerd Buisman (born March 23, 1948 in Gorinchem , Netherlands ) is a Dutch sculptor and conceptual artist . His work is based on plant shapes.
life and work
Buisman was trained at the Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam from 1965 to 1967 and at Ateliers '63 in Haarlem .
From 1974 to 1984 Buisman worked as a lecturer both at the Academy in Rotterdam (1974–1981) and at the Akademie voor Kunst en Vormgeving St. Joost (1978–1981) and in Arnhem (1982–1984).
Nature as a source of inspiration
Buisman's work follows phenomena of nature. At the beginning of his creative period he was primarily oriented towards forms of nature such as potatoes, plants and flowers. His study of botanical deformations with their charms he photographed and drew to lay down these processes, and he created works of Land Art . The living material literally grew together into its works of art.
In the 1970s he created Plastic Births in Nature , a series of multimedia works with photo series and texts on plant growth.
Buisman created his Phyllotaxis sculptures in the 1980s . Phyllotaxis is the study of leaf stand, whereby the leaves on round stems are viewed as they are arranged. Buisman used the spiral-shaped leaf stalks of the palm and bleached celery . His sculptures are made of wood , bronze , steel and concrete . In 1999 he created Phyllotaxis Irrsee , the Mondsee Land Art , on the Irrsee in Upper Austria .
In 2003 Buisman received the A. Roland Holst-Penning Prize for his complete works.
Works (selection)
- 1985 Phyllotaxis , Reinaldapark in Haarlem
- 1987 Phyllotaxis , sculpture park at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo
- 1988 Vijf bronzen naalden ("Phyllotaxis") (five bronze needles) at the Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht in Utrecht
- 1989 Phyllotaxis I , Bachlaan / Componistenstraat in Gorinchem
- 1990 Untitled, Randhoeve in Houten
- Phyllotaxis II , Bachlaan / Componistenstraat in Gorinchem
- Phyllotaxis , Van Heuven Goedhartlaan at the Sociale Verzekeringsbank in Amstelveen
- 1991 Phyllotaxis , Gouda in the Gouda Sculpture Path
- 1996 Phyllotaxis in the city park in Groningen
- 1997 Phyllotaxis at the Ambtsmanstuin in Tiel
- 1999 Phyllotaxis , Irrsee
- 2000 Souvenirs from the Oude Land , Almere Haven
- 2003 Phyllotaxis on the Spui in The Hague as part of the P. Struycken sculpture gallery
- 2007 Ouroborus Arborum , Amsterdam
- 2008 Wageningse boom , Wageningen
- ???? Phyllotaxis , Lekkerkerk
- ???? Title unknown, at the Overvecht station in Utrecht
Photo gallery
Sculpture park at the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Haarlem
Gouda cheese
The hague
Utrecht
Overvecht Station, Utrecht
Ambtmanstuin, Tiel
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ kunstbus.nl : Sjoerd Buisman, in Dutch, accessed on July 3, 2011
- ↑ moorsmagazine.com : Sjoerd Buisman's natuurmanipulaties , in Dutch, accessed July 3, 2011
- ↑ mondsee-Land-art.at ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2010 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. Mondsee Land Art, accessed July 3, 2011
- ↑ depaviljoens.nl : Sjoerd Buisman, Souvenirs van het Oude Land , in Dutch, accessed on July 3, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buisman, Sjoerd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch sculptor and concept artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gorinchem , Netherlands |