Arne Quinze (born December 15, 1971) is a Belgian conceptual artist known for his public art installations. Quinze also creates sculptures, drawings, and paintings. He began his artistic journey as a graffiti artist in Brussels in his late teens, never completing formal art education.
Quinze is known for his sculptures[1] made from wooden planks. His installations are intended to provoke a reaction and engage with passersby. Quinze has stated that he envisions his installations as spaces that foster conversation and interaction.
In 2006, he built Uchronia: A Message from the Future, a large wooden sculpture at the Burning Man festival in Nevada. Cityscape (2007) and The Sequence (2008) are two of his large wooden public art installations in the center of Brussels, Belgium.The Sequence was installed directly outside the Flemish Parliament building and the House of Flemish Representatives. In Munich, Germany, he built Traveller (2008) for Louis Vuitton.[2] Other public art installations by Arne Quinze have appeared in Paris, France (Rebirth, 2008),[3]Beirut, Lebanon (The Visitor, 2009)[4] and Louisville, Kentucky (Big Four Bridge, ongoing)[5]
During the festival Rouen Impressionnée in Rouen in the summer of 2010, he paid tribute to Claude Monet[6] by painting the Les Jardins/The Waterlilies series for an exhibition in the Abbatiale de Saint-Ouen. The festival was organized as part of the Normandie Impressionniste festival, under the presidency of Laurent Fabius, celebrating the region's impressionist past. Next to the exhibition, an installation (Camille)[7] was built on the Boieldieu Bridge, a bridge that was painted by Camille Pissarro several times.
Quinze sees his installations as modern gathering places for people to meet and converse. Red Beacon (2010) is located in the Jing'an Sculpture Park in Shanghai.[8][9] His sculptures redefine social space and provide alternative models of interaction.
His other work explores how people seek safe environments. The installation My Home My House My Stilthouse (2011) in Humlebaek, Denmark at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art explores new forms of housing and living.[10]
He revealed a virtual installation Rock Strangers (2011)[11] on the Statue of Liberty in New York City on the 4th of July in collaboration with Beck's[12] for their Green Box Project. The project is co-curated, commissioned and mentored by Nick Knight of SHOWstudio.com and producer Sam Spiegel.
In the context of Mons 2015European Capital of Culture, a wooden installation called The Passenger was built and remained visible from December 6, 2014, until December 19, 2019. After a partial collapse on December 24, 2014, the installation was rebuilt and inaugurated on October 16, 2015.
'Uchronia', a large wooden sculpture at the Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, in the Nevada desert, United States.'Rock Strangers', a sculpture by Arne Quinze in OstendThe Beautiful Dreamer by Arne Quinze
Work
Quinze's artwork references social interaction, evolution, communication, rhythm, and the interplay of lines, contrasts and contradictions. Recurring materials and techniques in his work are wood, including salvaged wood; cardboard, polyurethane and fluorescent paint. The intense color of some of his sculptures contrasts with their surroundings.
He creates works in themes such as Bidonville, Stilthouse, My Home My House My Stilthouse,[13][14]View and Chaos. Bidonvilles are considered houses for the future and provoke open communication in a society of human interaction.[15]Stilthouses can be perceived as humans on fragile legs symbolizing the strong nature of man.
In 2009, Quinze installed a public Stilthouse installation called The Visitor in Beirut, Lebanon near its newly developed Souk complex. Auction house Phillips de Pury & Company invited the artist to present his work at their London gallery. The exhibition was prolonged at London's Saatchi Gallery in the Duke of York's Headquarters on King's Road.
During Hamburg Artweek (2011)[16] Quinze revealed new work using smashed old porcelain, meant to symbolize the destruction of family traditions.
In June 2014, Quinze collaborated with Veridor to create a "Natural Chaos" artwork: 45kg of precious metal. This piece was made of 18-carat rose gold and 18-carat palladium white gold in rod and pipe form, as well as gold wire and leaves. The piece, Natural Chaos - Golden Edition No. 1, was offered for sale for EUR 1.8 million on JamesEdition.[17]
Personal life
Quinze lives and works in Sint Martens Latem near Ghent, Belgium.
Marriages
Arne Quinze married Barbara Becker at their Miami waterfront home on 9 September 2009. They celebrated the marriage on 12 September 2009 in Berlin, Germany. In October 2011, Becker and Quinze divorced.
He married An Lemmens on 6 October 2012. In September 2015, Lemmens and Quinze divorced.
Further reading
Arne Quinze – Chaoslife - Dokumente Unserer Zeit XXXXVI (German/English); Texts by Cristiana Coletti, Arne Quinze and Petra Schaefer; Chorus Verlag; Mainz 2015; ISBN978-3-926663-46-7
Beate Reifenscheid and Dorothea van der Koelen; Arte in Movimento – Kunst in Bewegung,Dokumente unserer Zeit XXXIV; Chorus-Verlag; Mainz 2011; ISBN978-3-926663-44-3
Jean-Pierre Frimbois (Author), Sieghild Lacoere (Author): Modern Contemporary Arne Quinze. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN978-3-7757-2693-1
Various Authors, Sieghild Lacoere (Editor): Rouen Impressionnee Arne Quinze - Camille les Jardins. Atelier Arne Quinze, Sint Martens Latem 2010
Arne Quinze (Author), Pieterjan Mattan (Author): THE SEQUENCE Arne Quinze. Gestalten, Berlin 2009, ISBN978-3-89955-243-0
Arne Quinze (Author), Robert Klanten and Lukas Feireiss (Editors): Arne Quinze WORKS. Gestalten, Berlin 2008, ISBN978-3-89955-219-5
Max Borka (Author): CITYSCAPE Arne Quinze. Gestalten, Berlin 2008, ISBN978-3-89955-203-4
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