Pieter van Eck visual artist
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Pieter van Eck visual artist
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My pieces are usually the result of a synthesis between order and chaos, between feeling and reason.
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My pieces are usually the result of a synthesis
this purpose. I personally like construction mate-
between order and chaos, between feeling and
rial that does not evoke associations itself and
reason. They are the unpredictable outcome of
that steers your thoughts only by the way it is
expectations and reality. I have to make them as
used and by its ultimate shape.
soon as visualization when a concept becomes diďŹƒcult and ultimate shape therefore remains a
Of course there is no material that is strictly
surprise. For the realization of these objects I use
neutral, but corrugated cardboard perfectly
a technique whereby I saw plate material into
matches my criteria. It has a wonderful degree
enclosed ring shapes. With a miter that has
of naturalness; it remains a simple factory
been determined exactly in advance and an ac-
material. It has the image of a disposable
companying ring width, I saw a plate until there
material, not too valuable and wasteful; it is not
is nothing left, in such a way that the ring sha-
too much to begin with and can therefore be-
pes can then be stacked to one shape.
come everything. With this material, the ultimate pieces have in my view exactly the right
I thus turn a at surface into a three-dimensio-
degree of vulnerability, which contributes to the
nal shape. I must be able to saw the material
strength of the work.
that I process with a jigsaw. It should not be too heavy and have suďŹƒcient sturdiness so that I can stack it later. Corrugated cardboard, honeycomb cardboard and plywood are excellent for
Visual artist Pieter van Eck (Groesbeek 1959)
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Visual artist Pieter van Eck creates monumental images with almost always several appearances. As a true explorer he sets to work with every day materials as cardboard tubes, corrugated cardboard, wood‐sheets or zinc. Thinking, sketching and on a small scale experimenting, ideas develop for his images, which he then carries out in technical perfection.
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By cutting up or sawing up his basic materials in a inventive way, for instance wooden shapes glued between two layers of plywood, unimaginable images come to existence.Pieter van Eck’s work unite two extremes: the world of logic thinking ‐ ratio and the world of poetry ‐ intuition and coincident. Therefore it is hard to fit in his work into the history of art. For the time being we’ll keep it on costructionism with a touch of Joseph Beuys. Theo van Stiphout en Sytske Zwart galerie Intermedi-art
By cutting up or sawing up his basic materials in a in‐
world of poetry ‐ intuition and coincident. Therefore
ventive way, for instance wooden shapes glued be‐
it is hard to fit in his work into the history of art. For
tween two layers of plywood, unimaginable images
the time being we’ll keep it on costructionism with a
come to existence.Pieter van Eck’s work unite two ex‐
touch of Joseph Beuys.
tremes: the world of logic thinking ‐ ratio and the
That's the question
Object; 30 inches x 22 inches x 50 insches, basic materials in a inventive way, for instance wooden s
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By cutting up or sawing up his basic materials in a in‐
world of poetry ‐ intuition and coincident. Therefore
ventive way, for instance wooden shapes glued be‐
it is hard to fit in his work into the history of art. For
tween two layers of plywood, unimaginable images
the time being we’ll keep it on costructionism with a
come to existence.Pieter van Eck’s work unite two ex‐
touch of Joseph Beuys.
tremes: the world of logic thinking ‐ ratio and the
That's the question
By cutting up or sawing up his basic materials in a in‐
world of poetry ‐ intuition and coincident. Therefore
ventive way, for instance wooden shapes glued be‐
it is hard to fit in his work into the history of art. For
tween two layers of plywood, unimaginable images
the time being we’ll keep it on costructionism with a
come to existence.Pieter van Eck’s work unite two ex‐
touch of Joseph Beuys.
tremes: the world of logic thinking ‐ ratio and the
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My pieces are usually the result of a synthesis between order and chaos, between feeling and reason. By cutting up or sawing up his basic materials in a in‐
world of poetry ‐ intuition and coincident. Therefore
ventive way, for instance wooden shapes glued be‐
it is hard to fit in his work into the history of art. For
tween two layers of plywood, unimaginable images
the time being we’ll keep it on costructionism with a
come to existence.Pieter van Eck’s work unite two ex‐
touch of Joseph Beuys.
tremes: the world of logic thinking ‐ ratio and the
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wer of Hein My pieces are usually the result of a synthesis
this purpose. I personally like construction mate-
between order and chaos, between feeling and
rial that does not evoke associations itself and
reason. They are the unpredictable outcome of
that steers your thoughts only by the way it is
expectations and reality. I have to make them as
used and by its ultimate shape.
soon as visualization when a concept becomes diďŹƒcult and ultimate shape therefore remains a
Of course there is no material that is strictly
surprise. For the realization of these objects I use
neutral, but corrugated cardboard perfectly
a technique whereby I saw plate material into
matches my criteria. It has a wonderful degree
enclosed ring shapes. With a miter that has
of naturalness; it remains a simple factory
been determined exactly in advance and an ac-
material. It has the image of a disposable
companying ring width, I saw a plate until there
material, not too valuable and wasteful; it is not
is nothing left, in such a way that the ring sha-
too much to begin with and can therefore be-
pes can then be stacked to one shape.
come everything. With this material, the ultimate pieces have in my view exactly the right
I thus turn a at surface into a three-dimensio-
degree of vulnerability, which contributes to the
nal shape. I must be able to saw the material
strength of the work.
that I process with a jigsaw. It should not be too heavy and have suďŹƒcient sturdiness so that I can stack it later. Corrugated cardboard, honeycomb cardboard and plywood are excellent for