A solo presentation of work by Eylem Aladogan (Tiel, 1975) is a rare occasion. For the exhibition at De Pont she has produced a new monumental sculpture, Heart of Steel (Fire at Will) . An exciting…
The pastel hues in the painting Hunt for Paradise (Hope) 19.09.20 (2020) are soft, light and floral. But in this idyllic garden there appear dark forms with groping tentacles. This large painting, the…
Light, color and space are the fundamental materials used by Ann Veronica Janssens (1956). With these intangible phenomena she creates ‘sculptures’ that make the invisible visible. Architecture is, by…
This spring, De Pont will present a compelling and immersive exhibition by Laure Prouvost (1978), in which the artist welcomes visitors into a surreal, absurdist and poetic world of her own making. In…
Robert Zandvliet (Terband 1970) volgde zijn opleiding aan de academie in Kampen en werkte aansluitend twee jaar op De Ateliers in Amsterdam. Sinds april 1996 beschikt hij over het gastatelier van De…
At a young age Robert Zandvliet (Terband 1970) already began to earn praise for his paintings. In 1996 he made use of a guest studio at De Pont, and the museum acquired his work for the collection. In…
At the start of the 1980s there emerged several young sculptors whose work received international attention under the heading New British Sculpture. Though not a coherent group, they seemed to be…
Introduction to the catalogue 'de Opening' by Hendrik Driessen, De Pont's founding director. When, in the spring of 1989, the trustees of the J.H. de Pont Foundation asked me to assist in shaping the…
The Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson (1976) works with every conceivable type of medium – from large-scale video installations, performance and ceramics to painting, theater, opera and pop music.…
In Kunu , Onias Landveld playfully yet insistently confronts the viewer with choices and patterns that are connected to personal histories. Landveld (Paramaribo, 1985) fled the Surinamese civil war in…