Dominique Stroobant Explained

Birth Place:Antwerp, Belgium[1]
Occupation:Photographer and sculptor

Dominique Stroobant (born 16 March 1947) is a Belgian sculptor, photographer and graphic artist living in Italy.

Life

Since 1970, he has resided and worked in the small hamlet of Miseglia, Carrara.[2] [3]

In 1972 he created with Kenneth Davis and Philippe Toussaint the Floating Stones Group.

In 1976 he started his collaboration with the enterprise Fratelli Biselli S.p.A., one of the first two to cut granite since the 1950s in Carrara.[4]

With Paolo Gioli he was one of the photographer who developed pinhole photography[5] in Europe.[6] In 1977 he documented with his selft-built[3] pinhole camera the movement of the sun.

He worked with Max Bill. Amongst their most important artwork is the sculpture Kontinuität in Frankfurt.[7]

He has been a friend and collaborator of ZERO artist Jef Verheyen.[8]

In 1988 he carved a memorial for the casualties of the 1956 mining accident of Marcinelle, inside the site of the coal mine.[2]

In 2013 he was the moderator at the round table discussion "Visivi. La fotografia attraverso i linguaggi contemporanei" ("Visual. Photography through contemporary languages"), in Florence at Museo Galileo.[9]

Work

In his early years, Stroobant gained recognition for exploring the reuse of industrial materials. However, he later shifted his focus to political and philosophical themes.[3]

Another pivotal aspect of his work is the integration of scientific principles into art.[3]

Gallery

Books

Documentaries

Exhibitions

Personal life

He met in 1969 South-African Mona Johnson (from Cape Town) and had two children, Ish-maël (*1972) and Mascha (*1978).

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: italian . La Biennale di Venezia. 37. 1976. 6 August 2023. 22.
  2. News: Così ho scolpito i morti di Marcinelle. Dominique Stroobant: l'artista belga-carrarino racconta . . Cinzia . Carpita . 13 August 2012. it.
  3. News: A visit to the Carrara marble quarries with sculptor Dominique Stroodant . . Hannah . Bhui . 9 June 2014.
  4. Book: Bromberger, Christian. 2016 . Carrières d'objets: Innovations et relances. . 9782735118656 . fr. 32.
  5. Book: Renner, Eric. 2012 . Pinhole Photography: From Historic Technique to Digital Application. Taylor & Francis. 9780240810478 .
  6. Web site: Pinhole Photography – History, Images, Cameras, Formulas . Jon . Grepstad. Jon Grepstad. 2015-10-20. jongrepstad.com. 11 March 2017 . In the USA, however, critics tended to ignore pinhole photography in art, whereas Paolo Gioli and Dominique Stroobant received more attention in Europe.
  7. Web site: vielschichtige drehpunkt-persönlichkeit . de . Thomas . Angela . June 2012 . www.maxbill.ch . 11 March 2017 . English version
  8. Web site: Jef Verheyen oeuvre shared Jef & Dominique Stroobant . www.jefverheyen.com/ . 15 March 2017.
  9. Web site: it. Visivi. La fotografia attraverso i linguaggi contemporanei. Museo Galileo. 3 May 2013. 31 October 2018.
  10. Web site: Non Sono l'un percento . 11 March 2017.
  11. Leitch . Alison . 2007 . Visualizing the mountain: the photographer as ethnographer in the marble quarries of Carrara . . 12. 4. 417–429. 10.1080/13545710701640764 . 144187041 .
  12. Web site: L'ART ET LE TEMPS REGARDS SUR LA QUATRIÈME DIMENSION.
  13. Web site: THE INTERNATIONAL PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION.
  14. Web site: Senza obiettivo (without lens): pinhole photography exhibition in Siena. domusweb.it/en . 2002 .
  15. Web site: ARTEMPO - where times becomes art - contributing artists. fortuny.visitmuve.it/en/home/ . 2012 .
  16. Web site: ARTEMPO - where times becomes art - Il percorso . 2012. it . fortuny.visitmuve.it/en/home/.

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