Peter Klashorst Explained

Peter Klashorst
Birth Name:	Peter van de Klashorst
Birth Date:	11 February 1957
Birth Place:	Santpoort, Netherlands
Alma Mater:	Gerrit Rietveld Academie

Peter Klashorst (born Peter van de Klashorst; born 11 February 1957) is a Dutch painter, sculptor, and photographer.

Biography

Klashorst was always based in the Tabakspanden on the Spuistraat in Amsterdam.^[1] But he's also produced works in cities such as Bangkok, Mombasa and Phnom Penh.

In 2011 he did one of his last self organised shows at the Tuol Sleng, S21 the former Khmer Rouge prison (Cambodia). In honour of the victims of the Khmer Rouge’s terror and genocide that took place from 1975 to 1979 in Cambodia, Peter Klashorst created an impressive and sometimes very confronting set of around 50 paintings. The show got world wide attention (The New York Times and Herald Tribune).^[2]

Prizes

• 1982 Johan en Titia Buning-Brongers Prize
• 1983 Royal Prize for Free Painting (Netherlands)

Bibliography

• Steef Davidson, red., Peter Klashorst, tekeningen: Poëzie explosie : 23-5, 30-5, 6-6 1979, Amsterdam, 1979
• Peter Klashorst; samenst. Timo van der Eng, Theo van der Hoeven; red.: Marleen Buddemeijer: Schilderen met acryl, Utrecht, 1997,
• Mieke Rijnders, Geurt Imanse: Over schilderkunst; Pieter Holstein, René Daniels, Peter Klashorst, 1983.
• Paul Groot et al.: After nature, Amsterdam, 1989, catalogus uitgegeven ter gelegenheid van de tentoonstellingen van Bart Domburg, Jurriaan van Hall en Peter Klashorst in de galerieën Jurka, Hans Gieles en Torch te Amsterdam.
• Robert Vuijsje: King Klashorst, Amsterdam, 2005,
• Peter Klashorst: Castles in the Air, Bangkok, 2010,
• Peter Klashorst: Kunstkannibaal, 2012,

Notes and References

1. News: Leeuwen . Rob van . Een kleine geschiedenis van de Tabakspanden aan de Spuistraat . 16 October 2019 . Het Parool . 25 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190806214946/https://www.parool.nl/nieuws/een-kleine-geschiedenis-van-de-tabakspanden-aan-de-spuistraat~ba6b0185/ . 6 August 2019 . nl-NL . In de panden woonden door de jaren heen niet alleen krakers. Zo huurde kunstenaar Peter Klashorst er een woonruimte en heeft hij er zijn galerie Cash & Carry zitten..
2. Web site: The Walking Dead. 23 April 2011. International Herald Tribune. The New York Times.