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The Hague artist Theo Jansen has become world-famous for his imposing and ingenious strandbeests, which are much more than art objects. They actually try to create dunes themselves. Taking his inspiration from the theory of evolution, Jansen taught his strandbeests to gracefully flap on the sea breeze or to independently move around on the beach. Using PVC tubing, adhesive tape and PET bottles, he set out to imitate earthly creation in his own highly distinctive way in hopes of gaining insight into nature, a quest in which he encounters the same problems that faced the real Creator. His ultimate aim is to have herds of his creations roam the beach all on their own. 'Give me another couple of million years, and my strandbeests will live completely independently.' Strandbeesten – The New Generation is the book accompanying the exhibition, Theo Jansen. Strandbeesten, de nieuwe generatie, which runs at the Kunstmuseum Den Haag from 26 February to 3 July 2022. Text in English and Dutch. AUTHOR: Theo Jansen (b. 1948) began studying physics in Delft, then started work as an artist. Between 1986 and 2008 he was the author of a regular column in de Volkskrant. Jansen was named Artist of the Year 2018 in November 2017 and received The Hague's Culture Award in 2018. 111 colour, 10 b/w illustrations

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Author:   Theo Jansen
Publisher:   Cannibal/Hannibal Publishers
Imprint:   Cannibal/Hannibal Publishers
Weight:   1.456kg
ISBN:  

9789464366259

ISBN 10:   9464366257
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   22 April 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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10 PREGLUTON PERIODE VOORAFGAAND AAN HET GLUTON / THE ERA BEFORE THE GLUTON 1948-1989 16 GLUTON PLAKBANDPERIODE / THE ADHESIVE-TAPE PERIOD 1990 22 CHORDA SJORPERIODE / THE TYING PERIOD 1991-1993 26 CALIDUM HETE PERIODE / THE HOT PERIOD 1993-1994 30 TEPIDEEM LAUWE PERIODE / THE TEPID PERIOD 1994-1997 40 LIGNATUM PERIODE VAN HET HOUT / THE WOOD PERIOD 1997-2001 44 VAPORUM PERIODE VAN DE STOOMGELUIDEN / THE STEAM-SOUNDS PERIOD 2001-2006 50 CEREBRUM PERIODE VAN DE HERSENEN / THE BRAINS PERIOD 2006-2008 60 SUÏCIDEEM/SUICIDEEM PERIODE VAN HET ZELFDESTRUCTIVISME / 2009-2011 64 ASPERSORIUM PERIODE VAN HET KWISPELEN / THE TAIL-WAGGING PERIOD 2012 66 AURUM PERIODE VAN DE ZWAKKE WIND / THE WEAK-WINDS PERIOD 2013-2015 68 BRUCHUM PERIODE VAN DE RUPSEN / THE CATERPILLAR PERIOD 2016-2019 72 VOLANTUM PERIODE VAN HET VLIEGEN / THE FLYING PERIOD 2020-2021 76 FILUM PERIODE VAN DE DRAADJES / THE CORD PERIOD 2021

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Theo Jansen began studying physics in Delft, then started work as an artist. Between 1986 and 2008 he was the author of a regular column in de Volkskrant. Jansen was named Artist of the Year 2018 in November 2017 and received The Hague’s Culture Award in 2018.

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