Category: work

Mod

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Mod [2020]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 110 x 110 x 11cm
(collection Meta Goossen and Olphaert den Otter, Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Euromast 3

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Euromast 3 [2018]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 210 x 184 x 18cm
(made on commission for Euromast Vastgoed BV, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Private collection Rotterdam, Netherlands.)


All the work related to Rotterdam:

NASCAR Charger

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

NASCAR Charger [2009]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, three parts, total dim. 305 x 96 x 10cm.
(collection of Bram en Eva Fioole, Rotterdam, Netherlands)



Part of the Shallow Wade exhibition at OkOk gallery, in Seattle, WA, USA.

Limo 1

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Limo 1 [2009]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 184 x 115 x 12cm
(private collection Bassano Del Grappa, Italy)


Limo 1 is based on the Cadillac Fleetwood, state car to Ronald Reagan in the early eighties.

Ronald Reagan pointing a gun in defense of a boy. Clipping of a movie poster pasted to the back of the Limo 1 relief.



Part of the Shallow Wade exhibition at OkOk gallery, in Seattle, WA, USA.

DS II (Pallas)

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

DS II (Pallas) [2008]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 100 x 61 x 10cm
(collection of Robert Wise, London, United Kingdom)



Part of the Motor Memory presentation at OkOk gallery, in Seattle, WA, USA.

DS 1

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

DS 1 (Snoek) [2008]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 114 x 56 x 10cm
(private collection, Seattle Washington, United States)



Part of the Motor Memory presentation at OkOk gallery, in Seattle, WA, USA.

727

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

727 [2008]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 310 x 140 x 16cm
(West Collection, Oaks, Pennsylvania, United States)



Part of the Motor Memory presentation at OkOk gallery, in Seattle, WA, USA.

Peekskill

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Peekskill [2008]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 150 x 125 x 14cm + 20 x 15 x 15cm for the meteorite
(collection of Ben Clapp, London, United Kingdom)


More ‘space junk’:

Schooner

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Schooner (S.S. Roosevelt) [2007]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 215 x 155 x 12cm
(West Collection, Oaks, Pennsylvania, United States)



The age of discovery:

Foremost

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Sea Ice Runway Fire-Engine (Foremost) [2007]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 135 x 72 x 10cm
(collection of Marius Kraamwinkel, Rotterdam, Netherlands)



The age of discovery:

Ørnen

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Ørnen (The Eagle) [2007]

Ørnen (The Eagle) [2007]
Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 120 x 170 x 16cm
(collection of Van Der Ende Steel Protection Innovators, Barendrecht Netherlands)



The age of discovery:

Space Ops

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Space Ops (McMurdo) [2007]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 115 x 85 x 12cm
(ABN-AMRO bank Art Collection, Netherlands)



The age of discovery:

Grytviken

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Grytviken (Whalers Lodge) [2007]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 150 x 95 x 12cm
(Collection of Taco Verplanke, Barendrecht, Netherlands)



The age of discovery:

Endeavor

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Endeavor (Apollo15) [2006]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood 70 x 185 x 14cm
(private collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands)



More ‘space junk’:

Vostok

Vostok [2006]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 130 x 130 x 14cm
(private collection, Wassenaar, Netherlands)



More ‘space junk’:

Sputnik

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Sputnik [2006]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 230 x 200 x 18cm
(Concordia Collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands)



More ‘space junk’:

Lunar Orbiter

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Lunar Orbiter [2006]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 120 x 121 x 12cm
(collection of Jeroen Princen, Rotterdam, Netherlands)



More ‘space junk’:

Pod

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Pod (Apollo space capsule) [2005]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 105 x 100 x 10cm
(Concordia Collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands)



More ‘space junk’:

Tin Can

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Tin Can (Friendship7) [2005]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood 110 x 70 x 10cm
(Concordia Collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands)

This image was glued to the back of Tin Can. (Because the work was made for ‘de Aanschouw’ where the rear could also be seen, I decided to apply an image to the back for the first time). This photo by NASA shows an apprehensive John Glenn, just before his launch into space, becoming the first American to circle the globe.



More ‘space junk’:

Flagmans House

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Baanwachtershuis (Flagmans House) [2009]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 90 x 80 x 10cm
(private collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands)



Work about dioramas and model trains:

Engine House 5750

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Engine House 5750 [2009]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 185 x 122 x 16cm
(private collection, Arnhem, Netherlands)



Work about dioramas and model trains:

Signal Box 2

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Blokpost 2 (Signal Box 2) [2008]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 65 x 85 x 10cm
(private collection Alicante, Spain)

Image glued to the rear of Blokpost 2, lifted from a Märklin catalog.



Work about dioramas and model trains:

Signal Box 1

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Blokpost 1 (Signal Box 1) [2009]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 65 x 85 x 10cm
(private collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Image glued to the rear of Blokpost 1, lifted from a Faller catalog, showing their head office.



Work about dioramas and model trains:

Boompjes

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Boompjes [2009]

bas-relief in salvaged wood, 105 x 90 x 12 cm
(private collection Rotterdam, Netherlands)



All the work related to Rotterdam:

Town Bus

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Stadsbus (Town Bus) [2007]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 183 x 112 x 14cm
(Museum Rotterdam, Netherlands)



All the work related to Rotterdam:

Euromast 2

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Euromast 2 [2005]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 205 x 175 x 16cm
(private collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands)



All the work related to Rotterdam:

Euromast 1

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Euromast 1 [2005]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 205 x 182 x 16cm
(collection Museum Rotterdam, Netherlands)



Construction of the Euromast bas relief.



The Euromast observation tower was designed by Hugh Maaskant and built in 1958-1960. It is a symbol of the reconstruction of Rotterdam.

Euromast

The Euromast observation tower was designed by Hugh Maaskant and built in 1958-1960 to a height of 101 meters. A further 85 meters were added in 1970 so that it would remain the tallest built structure in Rotterdam. Originally intended for the Floriade event in 1960, it has come to symbolize the spirit of post World War II reconstruction.




All the work related to Rotterdam:

Axonometric Array

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Axonometric Array [2008]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, size variable ca. 7m50 x 3m50 x 25cm
Built on assignment for WORM alternative music and film venue in Rotterdam (on permanent display)

This computer collage is the original design for Axonometric Array. It incorporated a cassette tape recorder but that was later omitted. Cassette tapes were chosen as a subject because of their d.i.y. aspect which perfectly fits the WORM venue: https://worm.org

An important source for the look of the tapes was  http://www.tapedeck.org/ 



Part of a set of HiFi themed objects. The first set of 4 was a solo show at Delta gallery Rotterdam.

PC

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

PC [2008]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 245 x 75 x 16cm
(private collection, Wassenaar Netherlands)



On August 12, 1981 IBM introduced its first personal computer called the IBM PC. The computer was equipped with an 8088 processor, 16 KB of memory expandable to 256 KB, and the MS-DOS operating system. (source: wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC)



Part of a set of HiFi themed objects. The first set of 4 was a solo show at Delta gallery Rotterdam.

JBL Speaker

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

JBL Speaker [2006]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 95 x 105 x 10cm
(collection Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, Netherlands)


Part of a set of HiFi themed objects. The first set of 4 was a solo show at Delta gallery Rotterdam.

KEF Speakers

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

KEF Speakers [2006]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 143x105x10cm and 124x84x10cm. total dim. variable
(private collection Schiedam, Netherlands)



Part of a set of HiFi themed objects. The first set of 4 was a solo show at Delta gallery Rotterdam.

Akai-VT100

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Akai-VT100 (open reel portable video recorder) [2006]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 145 x 175 x 12cm
(private collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands)



Part of a set of HiFi themed objects. The first set of 4 was a solo show at Delta gallery Rotterdam.

VO-1810 (Sony U-Matic)

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

VO-1810 (Sony U-Matic) [2006]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 175 x 110 x 14cm
(Collection City of Amsterdam, Netherlands)



Part of a set of HiFi themed objects. The first set of 4 was a solo show at Delta gallery Rotterdam.

Checkout 2

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Kassa 2 / Checkout 2 [2004]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 187 x 112 x 14cm
(collection of Felix Claus, Amsterdam, Netherlands)



Part of a set of three checkout counters. Exhibited together on the Art Rotterdam art fair.

Shipsection

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Shipsection [2003]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood 185 x 195 x 16cm
(private collection Rotterdam, Netherlands)

The Shipsection bas-relief was based on the Costa Classica ship section. Follow this link to learn about its role in the demise of Camell Laird shipyard in Liverpool and about how it ended up in Rotterdam.:


The Costa Classica ship section

In 2002 Cammel Laird Shipyard in Birkenhead near Liverpool was building a 14 storey ship section to upgrade the Costa Classica cruise ship owned by Italian Costa Cruises. The almost 200 year old shipyard was famous in the seventies and eighties for building nuclear submarines. Contracts had dried up with the end of the Cold War, and they were looking for a way into the civilian market. This assignment looked like a promising start. When the Costa Classica was already on its way to Birkenhead to be cut in half, Costa Cruises was taken over by Carnival Cruises, an American firm. Carnival doesn’t do ship extensions, they just replace outdated ships. News reached the shipyard that the Costa Classica had made a U-turn and was now steaming back to Italy. The new owners said they had reports of faults in the section. Within months the shipyard was declared bankrupt and its workers were laid off.
www.telegraph.co.uk/…/The-straw-that-broke-Cammell.html

“The 14 storeys high section was bought by a consortium of Dutch investors. It was scrapped in Heijsehaven harbour in Rotterdam, just opposite my studio. My bas-relief was constructed while the original section was being dismantled. I even got to visit the section before they started. The only way in was to be hoisted on top of it by a tall crane. The upper decks were nearly finished, with spaces fitted as restaurants, a discotheque and a swimming pool. Lower down were hundreds of cabins and a fully equipped engine room – all brand new. It was an eerie experience.”

Image top: photo of the original section in the Heijsehaven by Ron van der Ende.

Photos taken during our visit to the section by Peter Breevoort.



These works were part of the Mobility exhibition at gallery Delta in 2003:

Dreadnought

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Dreadnought [2003]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood 195 x 165 x 15cm
(collection F. van Dongen, Amsterdam, Netherlands)



These works were part of the Mobility exhibition at gallery Delta in 2003:

Crossing

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Kruispunt / Crossing [2003]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, ca 180cm wide
(Location unknown. Please let me know if you know where it is!)



These works were part of the Mobility exhibition at gallery Delta in 2003:

Fly Over

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Fly Over [2002]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood 350 x 210 x 20cm
Built for Hogeschool Rotterdam (Rotterdam University)


The Fly Over was the first bas-relief that I made on commission. It was constructed for the auditorium of the new Economic Faculty in Rotterdam, part of Rotterdam University; A vast space with dark grey walls and bright red linoleum floors. The colour of the latter is echoed in the work as an incorporated red haze. The relief itself was based on photo’s of the large Kleinpolderplein stacked interchange in Rotterdam.

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The Mobility show at gallery Delta with Hans sitting at his desk.

Fly Over was temporarily installed at the gallery for this occasion..



These works were part of the Mobility exhibition at gallery Delta in 2003:

Parkflat

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Parkflat [2002]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 135 x 165 x 14
(Collection Museum Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Photo: Theo van Pinxteren, Museum Rotterdam

The Parkflat under construction, 12 August 1957.

Photo by Herbert Behrens © Nationaal Archief


Parkflat, Rotterdam

The Parkflat apartment block is situated on the corner of Westzeedijk and Kievitslaan in Rotterdam, overlooking the park. Designed by E.F. Groosman, it was built between 1948 and 1958 as the first large residential building of Rotterdam’s postwar reconstruction period. The Parkflat contains 50 relatively luxurious apartments, even though the tower block was constructed in a modified version of the MUWI concrete panel system.
This building system was widely used for mass housing construction all around the Netherlands until it fell out of favour in the early 1970s.
(source: rotterdamwoont.nl/…/Parkflat)
(source: bestaandewoningbouw.nl/muwi)

Catalina

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Catalina (Flying Boat) [2002]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood 370 x 92 x 20cm
(private collection, Wassenaar, Netherlands)

Hans Sonnenberg taking notes. Delta Booth, Art Rotterdam, 2005.



These works were part of the Mobility exhibition at gallery Delta in 2003:

Pontiac Bonneville 1963

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Pontiac Bonneville 1963 [2001]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 185 x 95 x 16cm
(collection of Taco Verplanke, Barendrecht, Netherlands)

Photo: Bob Goedewaagen



The first series of twelve bas reliefs were all cars:

Chevrolet Impala 1959

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Chevrolet Impala 1959 [2001]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 175 x 92 x 16cm
(Collection Artotheek Oost, Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Photo: Bob Goedewaagen



The first series of twelve bas reliefs were all cars:

Chevrolet Caprice 1967

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Chevrolet Caprice 1967 [2001]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 235 x 92 x 16cm
(collection Marc Overman, Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Photo: Bob Goedewaagen



The first series of twelve bas reliefs were all cars:

Crashed Toyota

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Crashed Toyota [2001]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 305 x 92 x 16cm
(private collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Photo: Bob Goedewaagen



The first series of twelve bas reliefs were all cars:

Dodge Charger x 2

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Dodge Charger x 2 [2001]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 305 x 92 x 16cm
(private collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Photo: Bob Goedewaagen



The first series of twelve bas reliefs were all cars:

Ferrari 500TRC 1957

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Ferrari 500TRC 1957 [2000]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 246 x 115 x 16cm
(private collection, The Hague, NL)

Photo: Bob Goedewaagen



The first series of twelve bas reliefs were all cars:

Chrysler Town & Country 1973

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Chrysler Town & Country 1973 [2000]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 204 x 82 x 16cm
(collection Dirk Berghout, Dordrecht, Netherlands)

Photo: Bob Goedewaagen



The first series of twelve bas reliefs were all cars:

G.A.Z.21 Volga 1962

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

G.A.Z.21 Volga 1962 [2000]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 190 x 110 x 16cm
(Alexander Ramselaar Collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Photo: Bob Goedewaagen



The first series of twelve bas reliefs were all cars:

Pontiac Police 1975

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Pontiac Police 1975 [2000]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood 245 x 105 x 16cm
(Bouwfonds collection, Hoevelaken, Netherlands)

Photo: Bob Goedewaagen



The first series of twelve bas reliefs were all cars:

Plymouth Custom Suburban 1969

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Plymouth Custom Suburban 1969 [2000]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 205 x 95 x 16cm
(collection of Van der Ende Steel Protection Innovators, Barendrecht, Netherlands)

Photo: Bob Goedewaagen



The first series of twelve bas reliefs were all cars:

Chevrolet Caprice 1967

Wall mounted 3d polychrome sculptures made from found wood.

Chevrolet Chevelle 1965 [2000]

Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 245 x 75 x 16cm
(collection Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, Netherlands)

Photo: Bob Goedewaagen



The first series of twelve bas reliefs were all cars: