Ninette Koning
The power of simplicity within the chaos of possibilities.
When I am outside (in the country) my eyes are attracted by weather-beaten and old objects like pieces of driftwood; smooth and bleached by sun, sand and water. Or a rusty pin, once maybe the capstone of a door. A dot of paint left as a remainder of the last owner. Rust draws form and structure on the surface. What I like so much about the old and weather-beaten objects is the story told by the history it shows, the history that indicates ephemerality.
My land-art installations are often site-specific and the materials I collect are mostly natural and waste materials. If possible I work with waste materials and C2C principles.
Art and nature have opposite sides where separation and integration are interesting for me. I try to be sensitive for the continuous changes in nature and to intensify my artwork I do a lot of research about contrasts. Behind the chaos of contrasts there is serenity in unity. There often is a charisma of natural serenity and sobriety in my works, a balance obtained by the contrasts.
As written in an art critic: ‘The works of Ninette Koning have a modest character, a grand gesture and a poetic power.’
When I am outside (in the country) my eyes are attracted by weather-beaten and old objects like pieces of driftwood; smooth and bleached by sun, sand and water. Or a rusty pin, once maybe the capstone of a door. A dot of paint left as a remainder of the last owner. Rust draws form and structure on the surface. What I like so much about the old and weather-beaten objects is the story told by the history it shows, the history that indicates ephemerality.
My land-art installations are often site-specific and the materials I collect are mostly natural and waste materials. If possible I work with waste materials and C2C principles.
Art and nature have opposite sides where separation and integration are interesting for me. I try to be sensitive for the continuous changes in nature and to intensify my artwork I do a lot of research about contrasts. Behind the chaos of contrasts there is serenity in unity. There often is a charisma of natural serenity and sobriety in my works, a balance obtained by the contrasts.
As written in an art critic: ‘The works of Ninette Koning have a modest character, a grand gesture and a poetic power.’
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Vita
see website: www.ninettekoning.nl
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Exhibitions
Out of the box, Dutch Society of Sculptors from 1 aug - 30 aug 2021.
NDSM Galerie FUSE
NDSM Plein 29, 1033BC Amsterdam Noord
solo exhibition Galery Out in the Field, Amsterdam, 2019 June 9th - July 9th 'Parels voor de Zwijnen' Vernissage 9 juni van 14.00 t/m 16.00 https://www.facebook.com/events/295593664651913/
NDSM Galerie FUSE
NDSM Plein 29, 1033BC Amsterdam Noord
solo exhibition Galery Out in the Field, Amsterdam, 2019 June 9th - July 9th 'Parels voor de Zwijnen' Vernissage 9 juni van 14.00 t/m 16.00 https://www.facebook.com/events/295593664651913/
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Publications
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Group Exhibitions
see website: www.ninettekoning.nl
Landart, bkkc, Tilburg, the Netherlands
2016, july 14 - september 4 www.bkkc.nl/projecten/kennis/expo-landkunst
Dwaaltijd, NKvB, Park Vijversburg, the Netherlands
2016 june - october http://vijversburg.nl/ontdek-het-park-vijversburg/beeldende-kunst-in-het-park-vijversburg/beeldententoonstelling-2016/
Landart, bkkc, Tilburg, the Netherlands
2016, july 14 - september 4 www.bkkc.nl/projecten/kennis/expo-landkunst
Dwaaltijd, NKvB, Park Vijversburg, the Netherlands
2016 june - october http://vijversburg.nl/ontdek-het-park-vijversburg/beeldende-kunst-in-het-park-vijversburg/beeldententoonstelling-2016/