Arne Quinze

Arne Quinze
Quinze and his sculpture Mojave, a Chroma Lupine
Born	(1971-12-15) 15 December 1971 (age 53) Ghent, Belgium
Known for	Public art installations paintings installation art sculptures
Style	Contemporary art conceptual art
Movement	Contemporary art environmental art
Spouses	Barbara Becker ​ ​ (m. 2009;div. 2011)​ An Lemmens ​ ​ (m. 2012;div. 2015)​
Website	https://www.arnequinze.com/

Arne Quinze (born 15 December 1971) is a Belgian conceptual artist. Focusing on large-scale public art installations, Quinze creates sculptures with various materials, contrasting and harmonizing with the environment. ^[1]

Early life

Quinze was born on 15 December 1971 in Ghent, Belgium.

As a teenager living in Brussels, Quinze was a graffiti artist, despite lacking formal art education. ^[2]

Career

In 2006, Quinze built Uchronia: "A Message from the Future", a large wooden sculpture at the Burning Man festival in Nevada. ^[3] In Munich, Germany, he built Traveler (2008) for Louis Vuitton. ^[4] His other public art installations include Rebirth (2008) in Paris, France, ^[5] and an ongoing project at the Big Four Bridge in Louisville, Kentucky. ^[6]

In 2009, Quinze installed a public Stilt House piece called "The Visitor" in Beirut, Lebanon ^[7] near its recently developed Souk complex. Auction house Phillips de Pury & Company invited Quinze to present his work at their London gallery. The exhibition was extended at London's Saatchi Gallery in the Duke of York's Headquarters on King's Road.

During the summer of 2010 at the festival Rouen impressionnée  [ fr ] (part of the Normandie Impressionniste festival, celebrating the region's impressionist past), Quinze painted the Les Jardins/The Waterlilies series for an exhibition in the Abbatiale de Saint-Ouen. In addition to the exhibition, an installation titled Camille was built on the Pont Boieldieu, a bridge painted several times by Camille Pissarro. ^[8] Another of Quinze's work- Red Beacon (2010), can be found in the Jing'an Sculpture Park in Shanghai. ^{[9] [10]}

The installation "My Home My House My Stilt House" (2011) in Humlebaek, Denmark, at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art explores new forms of housing and living. ^[11] On the 4th of July, 2011, Quinze revealed a virtual installation titled Rock Strangers ^[12] , which was projected on the Statue of Liberty in New York City. This was collaboration between Quinze and Beck's ^[13] was part of their Green Box Project, co-curated, commissioned, and mentored by Nick Knight and Sam Spiegel.

During Hamburg Artweek in 2011, ^[14] Quinze unveiled a new artwork. Made from smashed old porcelain, Quinze noted that it symbolises the destruction of family traditions.

In June 2014, Quinze collaborated with Veridor to create an artwork consisting of 45 kilograms (99 lb) of precious metal. This piece, titled Natural Chaos - Golden Edition No. 1, was created using 18-carat rose gold, 18-carat palladium white gold in rod and pipe form, gold wire and leaves. The piece was listed for sale on JamesEdition at a price of €1,800,000. ^[15]

On Mons 2015 European Capital of Culture , a wooden installation called The Passenger was unveiled on December 6th 2014. After a partial collapse of the piece about two weeks later (on December 24th) it was rebuilt and inaugurated on 16 October 2015. The installation remained visible until 19 December 2019.

Uchronia, a large wooden sculpture at the Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, Nevada desert, United States

Rock Strangers, a sculpture by Quinze in Ostend

The Beautiful Dreamer by Quinze

Quinze describes his installations as modern gathering places that redefine social space and introduce alternative modes of interaction.

For example, according to him, Quinze's installations Bidonvilles were designed in order to encourage open communication and human interaction. ^[16]

Moreover, Quinze argued that his work titled My Home My House My Stilt House, ^{[17] [18]} can be perceived as humans on fragile legs, symbolizing the resilient nature of mankind.

Personal life

Quinze married Barbara Becker at their Miami waterfront home on 9 September 2009. The couple divorced about two years later, in October 2011. ^[19]

Quinze remarried a year later (to An Lemmens, on 6 October 2012). The couple divorced in September 2015.

Quinze lives and works in Sint-Martens-Latem near Ghent, Belgium. ^[20]

Further reading

• Arne Quinze – Chaoslife - Dokumente Unserer Zeit XXXXVI (German/English); Texts by Cristiana Coletti, Arne Quinze and Petra Schaefer; Chorus Verlag; Mainz 2015; ISBN   978-3-926663-46-7
• Beate Reifenscheid and Dorothea van der Koelen; Arte in Movimento – Kunst in Bewegung, Dokumente unserer Zeit XXXIV; Chorus-Verlag; Mainz 2011; ISBN   978-3-926663-44-3
• Jean-Pierre Frimbois (author), Sieghild Lacoere (author): Modern Contemporary Arne Quinze. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN   978-3-7757-2693-1
• 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, ISBN   978-3-89955-243-0
• Arne Quinze (author), Robert Klanten and Lukas Feireiss (Editors): Arne Quinze WORKS. Gestalten, Berlin 2008, ISBN   978-3-89955-219-5
• Max Borka (author): CITYSCAPE Arne Quinze. Gestalten, Berlin 2008, ISBN   978-3-89955-203-4

References

1. "Interview by Kjeld Kjeldsen". Arne Quinze. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
2. "Arne Quinze". MARUANI MERCIER. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
3. Article, Artnet Gallery Network ShareShare This (14 September 2023). "7 Questions for Belgian Artist Arne Quinze on How a Wildflower Garden Taught Him to Embrace the Unexpected in His Work". Artnet News. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
4. Arne Quinze & Louis Vuitton collab in Munich, Wejetset, 29 December 2008 Archived 18 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Rebirth by Arne Quinze, Neu Black, 7 September 2008". Archived from the original on 29 November 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
6. Big Four Bridge proposal by Arne Quinze, Broken Sidewalk, 26 September 2009
7. Public sculpture in Beirut, Gestalten, 12 August 2009
8. www.camille-arnequinze.fr, 28 June 2010
9. "Red Beacon". Arne Quinze. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
10. "Jing'an Sculpture Park / IPA". www.instituteforpublicart.org. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
11. GG Art, 14 May 2011
12. Arne Quinze, 4 July 2011 Archived 5 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
13. Rock Strangers, Contagious Magazine, 5 July 2011 Archived 12 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
14. Hamburg Artweek, 17 June 2011 Archived 21 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
15. JamesEdition Extraordinaire
16. "Arne Quinze, The Parisian, 1 April 2009". Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
17. "Arne Quinze My Home My House My Stilthouse, Art Report, 10 September 2010". Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
18. Youtube film, Galerie Thomas Modern, 12 September 2010
19. "Neue Details über die Trennung". gala.de (in German). 7 November 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
20. "The untamed nature of Arne Quinze". www.ft.com. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2025.

External links

• The work of Arne Quinze