Folkert de Jong
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| Folkert de Jong | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1972 Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands |
| Nationality |  Dutch |
| Known for | Sculpture, Installation |
| Awards | Prix de Rome (Netherlands) (2003) |
| Website | www |
Folkert de Jong (born 1972) is an artist based in Amsterdam.
De Jong was born in Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands. He makes large-scale sculpture and installation.[1] De Jong’s installations are life-size representations of disturbing scenes including human figures and props formed from materials such as polyurethane and Styrofoam;[2] his work often references the uncanny and takes influence from the aesthetics horror and the history of conflict, war and politics.[3]
Folkert de Jong is represented by the James Cohan Gallery, New York/Shanghai, Luis Adelantado Gallery, Valencia/Mexico, Fons Welters Gallery, Amsterdam/Netherlands, André Simoens Gallery, Knokke/Belgium, Brand New Gallery, Milan/Italy, galerie dukan hourdequin, Paris/France and Saatchi Gallery, London/UK.
Contents
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions (selection)
2012
- The Immortals,[4] Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, Mackintosh Museum, The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow and galerie dukan hourdequin, Paris
2011
- Operation Harmony,[5] James Cohan Gallery, New York
2009
- Circle of Trust: Selected Works 2001-2009, Groninger Museum, Groningen
2007
- Les Saltimbanques, James Cohan Gallery, New York
2005
- Golden Dawn, Peres Projects, Los Angeles
2004
- Prix de Rome/Life's Illusions
Group exhibitions (selection)
2012
- The Best of Times, The Worst of Times - Rebirth and Apocalypse in Contemporary Art, Kiev
2011
- Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture,[6] The Saatchi Gallery, London
2010
- Hareng Saur: Ensor and Contemporary Art, SMAK, Ghent
- 17th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney
2007
- Fractured Figure : Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation, Athens
2006
- DARK, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Awards (selection)
2004
2003
- Prix de Rome, Sculpture[8]
Collections
- Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
- Galerie Saatchi Collection, London, United Kingdom
- Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
- Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States
- Margulies Art Collection at the Warehouse, Miami, United States
- Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands
- Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, New York, United States
- Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens, Greece
References
- ↑ M. LeBlanc, Folkert de Jong, Beautiful Decay, 2008
- ↑ Benjamin Genocchio, Folkert de Jong : Les Saltimbanques, New York Times, novembre 9, 2007
- ↑ David Stroband, The Iceman Cometh, 12 May - 24 June 2001
- ↑ Adrian Searle, Glasgow Festival of Visual Art: The new Scottish colourists, the Guardian, 24 April 2012
- ↑ Folkert De Jong, "Operation Harmony" Time Out, 13 April 2011
- ↑ The Shape of Things to Come - in pictures, the Independent, 31 May 2011
- ↑ Folkert de Jong, 'Shoot the Freak', NAi Publishers, retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ↑ Prix de Rome Prix in the Netherlands
Further reading
- Catriona Black, Go figure, Heraldscotland, 15 April 2012
- Timothée Chaillou, Interview à Folkert de Jong, Dorade spring - summer 2012
- Scott Indrisek, The Alchemist, Modern Painters, October 2011
- Philippe Dagen, La sculpture n'est pas morte, c'est Saatchi qui le dit, Le Monde, 16 June 2011
- Alastair Sooke, The future of sculpture - but with an eye on past masters, The Daily Telegraph, 2011
- Jackie Wullschlager, Let's get physical, Financial Times, 2011
- Nancy Durrant, The shape of things to come, The Times, 2011
- Saskia van der Kroef, Folkert De Jong: Groninger Museum, Artforum, February 2010
- S. van der Zijpp, Y. Tsitsovits, J. Declercq, Circle Of Trust - Folkert de Jong, selected works 2001-2009, Groninger Museum, Black Cat Publishing, Amsterdam 2009
- M. Straus, C. Van Gerrewey, Double Dutch, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art 2009
- J. Breton, A. Ténèze, Picasso – Ses maîtres et ses héritiers, Beaux Art éditions, Paris 2008
- M. LeBlanc, Folkert de Jong, Beautiful Decay, no. 5, 2008
- M. Amy, Folkert de Jong – Confronting the Grotesque, Sculpture magazine vol. 27/5, June 2008
- G. Volk, M. J. Straus, A. Finel Honigman, Folkert de Jong - Les Saltimbanques, James Cohan Gallery, Black Cat Publishing, Amsterdam 2007
- K. Zijlmans, J. Dietvorst, S. Weyns, Folkert de Jong - Gott Mit Uns, Black Cat Publishing, Amsterdam 2006
- S. Wallis, S. Lüttiken, M. van Nieuwenhuizen, Folkert de Jong - Shoot The Freak, NAI Publishers, Rotterdam 2005
External links
- Folkert de Jong Official Website
- Further information, images and texts from the Saatchi Gallery
- James Cohan Gallery
- Artist’s page on galerie dukan hourdequin
