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symposiums
symposium 2005
reductive abstraction
less is more again
Professional sculptors were invited to apply by sending an
Email with their qualifications and/or cv. Six sculptors were selected to
work with the above materials and tools.>
In the spring of 2005 FOAM/ArtRadius
and Saksala ArtRadius
organized a sculpture symposium based on the theme reductive abstraction.
During the last two decades it
seems that art has been attempting to give itself more content by accumulation.
Combinations of superfluous materials and styles have lead to a redundant art.
But this apparent development is only an aspect of art as a whole. What is
presented as contemporary or even avant-garde is only that which has temporarily
in the spotlights of the museums and galleries. The marketing of art by too many
fashion seeking art historians and art promoters is continuously aimed at
creating new trends. This would not be so detrimental, if only they would
realize that different art forms have to exist next to each other in order to
stimulate and feed each other. Letting the artists determine their development
themselves seems to be too much to ask.
ArtRadius, a global initiative, set up and supported by artists, will give
the wheel back to the artists - therefore seemingly forgotten movements in art
will be re-established and put back in the spotlight.
The development of art is parallel not serial.
Therefore we aim to aim the spotlight at a development which did not only
start during the Russian Revolution or the Stijl, but has been going on much
longer; already in the renaissance artists were searching for a pragmatic, as
well as scientific, approach to bypass emotional target practice. So
constructivists were not only the men and women in the first decennium of the
twentieth century.
MINUS SPACE, an online
initiative presentingthe best reductive, concept-based art, formulates
it very concisely:
"Reductive, concept-based work is generally characterized by its use of
plainspoken materials, monochromatic or limited color, geometry and pattern,
repetition and seriality, precise craftsmanship, and intellectual rigor."
The material in which which was
worked in was wood. The first artists worked from May through June - the last
sculptor completed his work in September.
the sculptors work in different
periods during the spring and summer
Kiril Prashkov Black Sea North Sea Zwijndrecht 1999
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Varol Topaç Kemijärvi 2003
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Belgium Jaak Hillen June 1-9
Bulgaria Kiril Prashkov May 10-28
Holland Ton Kalle May 18-31
Holland Mari Shields May 29-June 14
Holland Roland de Jong - Orlando May 27-June 14
Turkey Varol Topac September 5-19
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Ton Kalle kasteel Groeneveld Baarn 1996
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Mari Shields Kasteel Groeneveld Baarn 2002
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Jaak Hillen Erfurt 2000
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Roland de Jong-Orlando Giro-Rigiro 2003
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with support of: Haukivuori Kunta, Etelä Savon Maakunteliitto, Mikkelin
Kaupunki, ArtRadius Encouragement Fund Finland ry, KYYVEDEN SAHA OY,
AllaprimA Foundation Holland, DutchDeltaDesign.com, de Jong
Tours Holland
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ALLAPRIMA MUSEUM