SIGN Groningen, Netherlands

SIGN, Winschoterkade 10, 9711 EA Groningen, Netherlands signnl@gmail.com | www.sign2.nl

SIGN = a project space for young artists that initiates the production of new work. The activities organised by SIGN in its space and elsewhere are interdisciplinary, experimental and with attention to contexts.

Koos Buster Stroucken portrays the search for a ‘doltish’ perfection or something trivial that could be celebrated. Phases of the process are visible in his works. The innocence and messiness of a sketch are elements which return in a final piece. Ceramics are associated with preciousness, wealth, and fragility. Stroucken refers to ‘Delfts Blue’, ceramics that stand for rich Dutch history, and a questionable ‘Golden Age’. By using ceramics this way his work shows friction: a combination of celebration, frustrations and anger – like a comment on issues of modern society, depending on personal (dis)likes.

Koos Buster Stroucken, ‘Everything I don’t like’, wall installation, ceramic: Delfts Blue, 2019

Koos Buster Stroucken, ‘Cleaning Trolly’, ceramic, life size, 2019

Koos Buster Stroucken, ‘Everything I don’t like’ (detail), wall installation, ceramic: Delfts Blue, 2019

Koos Buster Stroucken, ‘Scooter’, ceramic, life size, 2020