Folkert de Jong explained
Folkert de Jong (born 1972) is a Dutch artist. He makes large-scale sculptures and installations.
De Jong was born in Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands. De Jong’s installations are life-size representations of disturbing scenes including human figures and props formed from materials such as polyurethane and Styrofoam;[1] his work often features the uncanny and takes influence from the aesthetics of horror and the history of conflict, war and politics.[2]
Exhibitions
- Prix de Rome/Life's Illusions, 2004
- Golden Dawn, Peres Projects, Los Angeles, 2005
- Les Saltimbanques, James Cohan Gallery, New York, 2007
- Circle of Trust: Selected Works 2001-2009, Groninger Museum, Groningen, 2009
- Operation Harmony,[3] James Cohan Gallery, New York, 2011
- The Immortals,[4] Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, 2012
- State of light, Louise Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo, Italy, 2017
- Retrospective, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 2018
Awards
- Prix de Rome, Sculpture, 2003[5]
- KDR KunstRAI Prize, Amsterdam, 2004[6]
References
- https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CE3D91F31F93AA35752C1A9619C8B63 Benjamin Genocchio, Folkert de Jong : Les Saltimbanques, New York Times, novembre 9, 2007
- http://www.smba.nl/en/newsletters/n-60-the-iceman-cometh/ David Stroband, The Iceman Cometh, 12 May - 24 June 2001
- http://www.timeout.com/newyork/art/folkert-de-jong-operation-harmony-james-cohan-gallery-april-13-2011 Folkert De Jong, "Operation Harmony"
- Adrian Searle, Glasgow Festival of Visual Art: The new Scottish colourists, the Guardian, 24 April 2012
- Web site: Prix de Rome Prix in the Netherlands . 2012-05-03 . https://archive.today/20120907213057/http://www.prixderome.nl/ENG/over-pdr/alle-winnaars-vanaf-1985 . 2012-09-07 . dead .
- http://www.naipublishers.nl/art/dejong_e.html Folkert de Jong, 'Shoot the Freak'
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
