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SELECTED WORKS BY Folkert De Jong



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Folkert De Jong

The Peckhamian Mimic: "First Commandment"

2007
Styrofoam, pigmented polyurethane foam, artificial gemstones

Log approx: 90 x 530 x 105 cm Figure: 158 x 40 x 105 cm


Folkert De Jong

Seht der Mensch; The Shooting Lesson (and details)

2007
7 figures "Les Saltimbanques", 5 tree trunks. Styrofoam, pigmented Polyurethane foam.

nstallation variable approx. 800 x 800 x 300 cm


Folkert De Jong

The Dance

2008
Styrofoam, pigmented polyurethane foam, artificial gemstones. Overall installation.

190 x 400 x 300 cm


Folkert De Jong

The Dance - The Player (detail)

2008
Styrofoam, pigmented polyurethane foam, artificial gemstones.


Folkert De Jong

The Dance - J.P. Coen (detail)

2008
Styrofoam, pigmented polyurethane foam, artificial gemstones.


Folkert De Jong

The Dance - Balthazar G (detail)

2008
Styrofoam, pigmented polyurethane foam, artificial gemstones.


Folkert De Jong

The Dance - A.J. Renders (detail)

2008
Styrofoam, pigmented polyurethane foam, artificial gemstones.


Folkert De Jong

The Dance - Gulden (detail)

2008
Styrofoam, pigmented polyurethane foam, artificial gemstones.


Folkert De Jong

Asalto de la Diligencia (and details)

2008
Styrofoam, pigmented polyurethane foam, coloured acrylic sheets

300 x 120 x 300 cm



ARTIST INFORMATION




Folkert De Jong's BIOGRAPHY



1972
Born in Alkmaar, Netherlands

Lives and works in Amsterdam


SOLO EXHIBITIONS


2009
Folkert de Jong, Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands

2008
Drawings, Office For Contemporary Art, Amsterdam

2007
Mount Maslow, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art Peekskill, NY
Les Saltimbanques, James Cohan Gallery, New York
Der Falsche Prophet, Peres Projects Gallery, Berlin

2006
Gott Mit Uns (In God We Trust), Lever House Lobby Gallery, New York
Gott Mit Uns, Kunsthalle Winterthur, Switzerland

2005
Golden Dawn, Peres Projects Los Angeles
Shoot The Freak, Stedelijk Museum Het Domein Sittard, Netherlands
Medusa's First Move: The Council, Chisenhale Gallery London


GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2008
Double Diplomacy, with Fendry Ekel, Neon Parc Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
The Assault, James Cohan Gallery New York
Double Diplomacy, with Fendry Ekel, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam
Against Nature, Galeria Luis Adelantado Valencia, Spain

2007
Mask Show, James Cohan Gallery New York
Chronic, Museum Dhondt Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
All For Art, Musée de beaux-arts de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Fractured Figure, Deste Foundation Athens
Seht der Mensch; The Shooting Lesson, 1st Athens Biennial, Destroy Athens Summer Show, James Cohan Gallery New York
Chronic, Handmade Nightmares in Red, Yellow and Blue, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago

2006
The Shooting … At Watou; 1st of July 2006 ‘Extimate’, Poetry summer Watou, Belgium
A Brighter Day, James Cohan Gallery New York
Long Live Sculpture!, Sculpture Museum Middelheim, Antwerpen
Reverence, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art Peekskill, NY
Dark, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
I love my scene, Mary Boone Gallery New York

2005
HVCCA Benefit Auction, Robert Miller Gallery New York
The Zine UnBound, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts San Francisco
Figure It Out, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art Peekskill, NY
Den Haag Sculptuur 2005, De Paleistuin Den Haag
Gods and Monsters, Peres Projects, Los Angeles
Capoeira, Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles

 
 

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