Astrid Ritmeester

Violin- 21st Century Sculpture, live size, of a figurine

2021

This painting by Astrid Ritmeester belongs to a series she has called 'Memories' Ritmeester also works as a costume and graphic designer for theatre productions. Astrid Ritmeester...

Frans van Straaten Wilde Horse VII Bronze on bluestone pedestal H 65 cm W 65 cm D 35 cm Dutch artist Frans van Straaten (1963) should be called an artist of balance always searching for harmony between force and movement in combination with space. Because of the wide range in his art-education he has mastered the art of drawing, painting and sculpting technology. However, the classical plastic art of sculpture and modelling opens up the possibility for him to create his own language of sculpture in answer to his urge for art. Due to this style of sculpting, the preference for bronze is natural. After his study of sculpture at the Academy of Art in Rotterdam (1988), Frans van Straaten creates bronze sculptures in which he unites force and movement. Feeling and Emotion converted into Matter Sculpture is an experience of space combined with the challenge of the three-dimensional. The tension of space and movement are the themes, which Frans expresses in his sculptures. Summary it can be said that the power of life and being, the feeling and emotion by force and movement will be converted into matter. The experience of space is being expressed in the shapes and characters in each of Frans’ sculptures. His sculptures of bulls express explosive power while the horses find their strength in being elegant. Each sculpture recalls this way their own association and serves as a metaphor for a certain emotion. Feelings, which has inspired the artist for each sculpture. Powerful and Elegant Looking at the works of this artist, it becomes very clear that one of his most important sources is his background in art history. The Renaissance period as well as several Italian artists served as inspiration to Frans as a sculpture. For instance the expressions in Leonardo da Vinci’s artworks, and also Giovanni...

Arman Original Bronze Violin Sculpture Edition: HC 1/2 Signed and Numbered Bronze Dimensions: 36 x 50 x 24 cm Arman is a painter who moved from using objects for the ink or paint traces they leave to using them as the painting itself. He is best known for his "accumulations" and destruction/recomposition of objects. In October 1960, Arman, Yves Klein, François Dufrêne, Raymond Hains, Martial Raysse, Daniel Spoerri, Jean Tinguely and Jacques Villeglé, and art critic and philosopher Pierre Restany founded the Nouveau réalisme group. Joined later by Cesar, Mimmo Rotella, Niki de Saint Phalle, and Christo, the group of young artists defined themselves as bearing in common their "new perspective approaches of reality." They were reassessing the concept of art and the artist for a 20th century consumer society by reasserting the humanistic ideals in the face of Industrial Expansion. In 1961, Arman made his debut in the United States, the country which was to become his second home. During this period, he explored creation via destruction. The "Coupes" and the "Colères" featured sliced, burned, or smashed objects arranged on canvas, often using objects with a strong "identity" such as musical instruments (mainly violins and saxophones) or bronze statues. The son of an antiques dealer and amateur cellist, the artist absorbed an intense appreciation for music, the art of collecting and the cultivation of discriminating taste from an early age. After studies at the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in Nice, Arman decamped to Paris to study art history at the Ecole du Louvre. His work in these early years focused on abstract paintings inspired by the work of Nicolas de Staël. An avid reader, Arman sought inspiration through books and art reviews, as well as during frequent road trips throughout Europe with his artist friends from Nice, Claude Pascale and Yves Klein. 1972 Arman, Paris, Fernand Hazan, collection "Ateliers d'aujourd'hui" Otto Hahn 1973 Arman, New-York, Harry N. Abrams French Edition : Pierre Horay, with text by Pierre Restany. Henry Martin 1982 Arman: Conscious Vandalism / Vandalismo cosciente, Vérone, Edizioni Factotum-Art Sarenco 1984 Arman, New-York, Abbeville Press Jan Van der Marck The Public Sculpture of Arman, New-York, Marisa del Re Gallery Frederic Ted Castle Arman, Galerie Beaubourg, reprinted from the journal CiMayse, Paris, no. 170, May-July 1984. "Accumulations by Arman", Art in America, New-York, vol. 71, no. 11, December 1983. Frederic Ted Castle 1987 Arman, Paris, La Différence Bernard LaMarche-Vadel 1988 Arman. 13 peintures / Arthur Rimbaud. Lettres du Voyant, Paris, La différence, collection "Tels qu'en eux-mêmes" (livre publié à l'occasion de l'exposition "Arman. Peintures 87-88", Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, 1988). Jan Van der Marck 1990 Arman Estampes, Paris, Editions Marval Jane Otmezguine, Corice Canton Arman and Marc Moreau 1991 Arman, Catalogue raisonné II, Paris, La Différence Denyse Durand-Ruel 1992 Mémoires accumulés d'Arman, Paris, Belfond Otto Hahn 1993 Arman, Paris, La Différence, collection "Classiques du XXIème siècle" Pierre Cabane 1994 Arman, Catalogue raisonné III, Paris, La Différence Denyse Durand-Ruel 2004 Arman Inclusions, Bordighera, Edizioni Cudemo Tita Reut EXHIBITION CATALOGS 1959 Piccolo gioco administrativo del caso, Arman, Pierre Restany, Milan, Galleria Apollinaire 1960 À toute allure, Arman. Allures d'objets, Pierre Restany, Paris, Gallerie Saint-GerMayn 1962 Arman et la logique formelle de l'objet, Arman, Pierre Restany, Los Angeles, Dwan Gallery 1963 Arman, Arman, Alain Jouffroy, Milan, Galleria Schwarz 1964 Introduction à la peinture d'Arman , Arman, Claude Pascal. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum 1964 Arman, Yves Klein, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Arman and Esthetic Change, Arman, Gene R. Swenson, New-York, Sidney Janis Gallery 1965 Arman, Paul Wember, Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange 1967 Arman: un acte de foi dans la spiritualité de la matière , Arman, Pierre Restany, Paris, Galerie Illeana Sonnabend 1968 Arman, John Ashbery, New York, Sidney Janis Gallery Arman, Pierre Restany, Milan, Galleria Schwarz 1969 Arman 1960-1965, Grégoire Müller, Paris, Galerie Mathias Fels Arman. Accumulations Renault, François Mathey, Paris, Union centrale des Arts décoratifs 1970 Arman Accumulations Renault, Karl-Heinz Hering, Zurich, Kunsthaus Arman piu' pittore che natura, Arman, Pierre Restany, Milan, Galleria dell'Ariete ​ 1972 Objets de luxe et fétiches raisonnables, Arman, Pierre Restany, Milan, Galleria Arte Borgogna Arman : Les Moments d'Arman, Jacques Putman, Paris, Galerie de l'Œil 1973 Selected Activities, Peter Schjedahl, New-York, John Gibson Gallery Oggetti di lusso e feticci ragionevoli, Arman, Pierre Restany, Galleria Arte Borgogna Arman: An Archeologist of the Present, Arman. Jan Van der Marck, New-York, John Gibson Gallery 1974 Le juste poids d'un homme et d'une œuvre, Arman, Pierre Restany, Arles, Salles romanes du Cloître Saint-Trophime Logician of Form / Magician of Gesture , Arman. Selected Works : 1958-1974, Jan Van der Marck, La Jolla, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art Arman. Concrete Lyrics, Andrew J. Crispo, New York, Andrew Crispo Gallery Arman et la logique formelle de l'objet , Arman, L'Œuvre graphique, Pierre Restany, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Galerie Alexandre de La Salle 1975 Arman, Objets armés, 1971-1974, Jacques Lassaigne, Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris Arman. Lyrical Surfaces, Andrew J. Crispo, New York, Andrew Crispo Gallery Arman's Violin-Service, A Game of Correspondances , Arman, Violin-Service, Pierre Restany, Paris, Galerie Claude Tchou Arman, Surgeon of the Mass-Productive Civilization, Arman, Yoshiaki Tôno, Nagoya, Galerie Valeur 1978 Arman. Hard & Soft, Jan Van der Marck, New-York, Andrew Crispo Gallery The Iron Age and its Monuments, Arman. L’Age de fer et ses monuments, Daniel Abadie, Paris, Galerie Beaubourg Accumulations : Radiant and Wretched, Arman. Accumulations, Shunkichi Baba, Nagoya, Galerie Valeur 1980 Petite histoire du collage et de l’assemblage , Arman. Sélection rétrospective, Otto Hahn, Cluse, Centre d’Art et de Culture de Flaine Arman, Sélection rétrospective, Pierre Restany, Cluses, Centre d'Art et de Culture de Flaine Zucche in carroze, Arman, Jan Van der Marck, Portofino, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna 1981 Arman : uno sguardo sempre nuovo sul mondo , Arman. Opere del 1979, Pierre Restany, Rome, Le Point Art Studio 1982 Fünfundszwanzig Jahre als Erfolg / Vingt-cinq ans de bonheur , Arman, Parade der Objeckte, Retrospektive 1955 bis 1982, Pierre Restany, Hanovre, Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammlung Sprengel Arman. Le Traité du violon, Maurice Roche, Paris, Galerie Abel Rambert Arman , Arman. Carvings and Drawings, Otto Hahn, Dublin, The Salomon Gallery Arman. Papiers découpés 1982, Ted Castle, Paris, Galerie Beaubourg Arman Retrospektiv , Arman. Parade der Objekte, Retrospektive 1955 bis 1982, Joachim Büchner et Bernhard Holeczeck, Hanovre, Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammlung Sprengel Arman o l'oggetto come alfabeto , Arman o l'oggetto come alfabeto, Walter Schönenberg, Lugano, Museo Civico di Belli Arti 1984 Vinticinque anni di felicità , in Arman o l'oggetto come alfabeto, Pierre Restany, Lugano, Museo Civico di Belle Arti L’allure d’Arman , Arman, Daniel Abadie, Knokke le Zoute, Christian Fayt Art Gallery Arman’s Apocalypse, Arman. The Day After, Sam Hunter, New York, Marisa del Re Gallery A la recherche du concert perdu , Arman. Recent Sculptures, Michel Butor, Monte Carlo, Galerie Le Point Arman, scultore del'réalisme sociétal , Arman o l'oggetto come alfabeto, André Verdet, Parme, Palazzetto Eucherio Santivale 1985 Un délire spiralé d'Arman , Arman, André Verdet, Zurich, Schöner Wohnen Haus Galerie Transformation of Things, Arman, Mashashi Miura, Seoul, Walker Hill Art Center A la recherche du concert perdu, Arman, Michel Butor, Genève, Galerie Sonia Zannettacci Le jour après la colère, Arman, François Bazzoli, Toulon, Musée de Toulon Arman, Claude Fournet, Toulon, Musée de Toulon Arman Retrospektive, Adolph Hanspeter, Zurich, Galerie Pavillon Werd 1986 Arman’s Gods and Goddesses , Arman. Gods and Goddesses, Henry Geldzahler, New York, Marisa del Re Gallery Arman: Hard & Soft Ware, Arman. Hard & Soft Ware, Pierre Restany, Paris, Courrèges 1987 Arman. Rythmes et Couleurs, Claude Fournet. Nice, Galerie Ferrero 1988 Opéras – rituels , Arman. Désordres lyriques, Georges Aperghis. Paris, Opéra de Paris, Salle Favard Désordres lyriques, Arman. Michel Beretti, Paris, Opéra de Paris, Salle Favard Arman as a Painter: From Guts to Geist, Arman Paintings, Pierre Restany, New-York, Marisa del Re Gallery 1989 La seconde parade des objets , Arman Retrospektiv, Pierre Restany, Lunds, Lunds Kunsthall, Malmö, Galleri GKM Arman. Shooting Colors, Pierre Restany, Paris, Galerie Beaubourg Le montreur , Arman. Works 1955-1989, Jeffrey Robinson, Londres, The Mayor Gallery Arman Sculpteur Designer, Jeffrey Robinson, Roanne, Galerie La Taille Douce Arman. A Retrospective, Manuela Rossi, Seoul, Gana Art Gallery Deux ans plus tard, Arman. Retrospektiv, Siwert Bergström, Lunds, Lunds Konsthall, Malmö, Galleri GKM 1990 Arman's Dirty Paintings , Arman. Dirty Paintings, Donald Kuspit, New-York, Marisa del Re Gallery Arman, Monochrome Accumulations 1986-1989, Donald Kuspit, New-York, Vrej Baghoomian Gallery Arman: au pays de son inspiration, Dora Llipoulou-Rogan, Athènes, Galerie 3 Per Arman : un accumulo di ragioni, Arman, Manuela Rossi, Milan, Galleria Arte Borgogna Grande Musique et Fortes Allures, Arman, Pierre Restany, Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery 1991 Arman: A Radical Portrait of Modernity , Arman 1955-1991 : A Retrospective, Pierre Restany, Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts Arman: Bétons 1970-1974, Catherine Francblin, Paris, Galerie Georges-Philippe Valois Arman: An Artist of Our Time , Arman 1955-1991: A Retrospective, Allison de Lima Greene, Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts Painting as Object Art / Oggettistica in pittura, Arman in Italy, Achille Bonito Oliva, Milan, Fondazione Mudima Arman: a Search for Beauty, Arman in Italy, Henry Martin, Fondazione Mudima 1993 Arman. Cycles, Donald Kuspit. New York, Marisa del Re Gallery Arman, de l’objet…à la couleur-objet , Arman, Georges Dussaule, Cagnes sur Mer, Château-Musée / Galerie Beaubourg Association d’image, Arman, André Froumessol, Cagnes sur Mer, Château-Musée / Galerie Beaubourg Arman, Maxime Longrée, Charleroi, Galerie Pascal Retelet De la peinture à la fleur, Arman, Michel Santinelli, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Château-Musée / Galerie Beaubourg 1994 La Nuit étoilée et Arman, Arman. La Nuit étoilée, Isabelle Sobelman, Pierre Nahon, Vence, Galerie Beaubourg L’elenco appunto , La ceramica di Arman, Umberto Eco, Bologne, Palazzo delle esposizioni, Edizioni Maggiore 1995 La ceramica di Arman, Henry Martin, Bologne, Palazzo delle esposizioni, Edizioni Maggiore Arman, un homo ludens en Grèce, Arman, Manos Stefanidis, Athènes, Galerie 3 La ceramica di Arman , La ceramica di Arman, Flaminio Gualdoni, Bologne, Palazzo delle esposizioni, Edizioni Maggiore 1996 Arman. Interactives, Caroll Janis, New York, Sidney Janis Gallery 1997 Arman: Accumulations in Relation, Patrick Pacheco, Londres, James Mayor Gallery 1998 Arman, Arman. Désordres Lyriques, Bernard LaMarche-Vadel, Paris. Opéra de Paris, Salle Favart Esthétique du dandy des gadoues , Arman. Désordres Lyriques, Michel Tournier, Paris, Opéra de Paris, Salle Favart 1998 Arman, Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris, France Arman, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany Arman, Culturgest, Lisboa, PORTUGAL Arman: Variations sur un Lénine, Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris France Arman: Concerto pour quatre pianos, Galerie John Gibson, November, 1999, New York United States Arman: Nec mergitur, Galerie Piltzer, Paris, France Arman, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israël Arman, Museu de arte moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Arman, Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP), Sao Paulo SP, Brazil Arman: Fragmentation of Pianos, Galerie John Gibson, New York United States 2000 Arman, Museo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico Arman: Racine carrée de fragments, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France Arman, National Museum of History, Taipei, CHINA Arman: Anatomie del Tempo, Reggio Emilia, Italy Arman: Fragmentations, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, Arman: Works on Paper, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany Arman: La Traversée des Objets, Chateau Musée de Villeneuve, Vence, France Arman: Vingt Siècles vus par Arman, Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris, France 2001 Arman, Fundaciò “la Caixa”, Barcelone, Spain Arman, Zürichsee Auktionen, Erlenbach, Switzerland Arman, Galerie Belmont, Films, Switzerland Arman: Superpositions, Guy Pieters Gallery, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium Arman, Sandwich Combos, Malborough Gallery, New York, United States Arman: En tout cas c’est de l’art, Galleria Dante, Padova, Italy Arman: La Traversée des Objets, Palazzo delle Zitelle, Venise, Italy Arman: Vingt Stations de l’Objet, Chantier Naval Opéra, Antibes Arman: Works on Paper, Vila Zanders Bergisch-Gladbach, Germany Arman: Through and Across Objects, Boca Raton, Florida, United States Arman: Des Cycles de la Vie, Galerie Anne Lettree, LUXEMBOURG Arman, Galeria De Arte Isabel Aninat, Santiago, CHILE Arman, Die Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland Arman: Vingt Siécles vus par Arman, Exposition au Chantier Naval Opera, Port Vabanantibes Arman: Passage a L’Acte, MAMAC, Nice, France, June 14 – October 14, 2001. 2002 Arman: Musique, Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen, Switzerland Arman: Africarmania, Arman et l’Afrique, Galerie Beaubourg, Vence, France Arman: Dix Mots Pour, Sonia Zannettachi Gallery, Switzerland Arman: Œuvre Monumentale, Ville du Lavandou, Le Lavandou, France Arman: Works on Paper, Villa Haiss Museum, Zell, Germany Arman: Fragmentations, FIAC Galerie Beaubourg, Paris, France 2003 Arman: A Survey, Marlborough Gallery, New York, United States Arman: Centomilacenerentole, Dante Vecchiato Galleria d’Arte, Padova, Italy Arman: Arman, Museum of Contemporary Art of Teheran, Teheran, IRAN Arman: Le plein de l’art, Galleria Fonte d’Abisso, Milano, Italy Collection: Obelisk, 1983, (Towering accumulation of bronze cellos...

Ruth Bloch, Cellist, Bronze sculpture, musical instrument, Cello, ondoor sculpture, classic theme, International artist, Israeli artist, Israeli art