Sibyl Heijnen

Sibyl Heijnen (1961) is a Dutch visual artist, part of the second generation after 1960.[1] She graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 1985.[2] She is known for working with a wide range of materials and techniques, not limited to a particular spatial scale, transcending all boundaries of art.[3]

She has received many grants and awards and her art can be found in private and public collections,[4] such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York [5] and at exhibitions in many countries. A highlight in her career was the event 'LOOK! Sibyl Heijnen' at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MOMAK).[6][7][8][9][10][11] Sibyl Heijnen is also known for her plans to transform Times Square and Broadway.[12][13]

International recognition

Development

Art historian and publicist Peggie Breitbarth identified three key works in Heijnen’s oeuvre up to 2007:

  1. The two sides of the same coin 1, 1990. This work contained two miles of cotton cloth, weighed 800 kilograms and measured 220 x 240 x 40 centimeters.[19][20][21]
  2. Gateway, 1993. This is a lane of honor made of hanging rubber, the overture to a number of large hanging works.[22]
  3. Theater curtain, 2006. This computer-operated moving work contains 9-meter-long strips of processed and gilded synthetics that cover a 144-square-meter stage opening and a frieze. It introduces the time factor in Heijnen’s work.[23][24]

References

  1. ↑ Ken'Ichi Iwaki (2009) Essay. In: ”Sibyl Heijnen | Waving Space”. ISBN 978-90-813853-1-2. P. 5-22.
  2. ↑ Ken'Ichi Iwaki (2009) Essay. In: ”Sibyl Heijnen | Waving Space”. ISBN 978-90-813853-1-2. P. 5-22.
  3. ↑ Shinji Kohmoto (2007) In: “Sibyl Heijnen Look!” Publisher: The National Museum of Modern Art (MoMAK), Kyoto, Japan. ISBN 4-87642-178-1. P. 5-10, in Japanese and English.
  4. ↑ Ken'Ichi Iwaki (2009) Essay. In: ”Sibyl Heijnen | Waving Space”. ISBN 978-90-813853-1-2. P. 5-22.
  5. ↑ Web site of Metropolitan Museum of Art, http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections?&where=Netherlands&deptids=21&who=Sibyl+Heijnen&pg=1 accessed on 13 July 2014.
  6. ↑ http://www.momak.go.jp/English/exhibitionArchive/2007/356.html accessed on 13 July 2014.
  7. ↑ http://www.momak.go.jp/img/2007/356/flyer356.pdf accessed on 13 July 2014
  8. ↑ http://www.momak.go.jp/Japanese/exhibitionArchive/2007/356.html accessed on 12 July 2014.
  9. ↑ The Nippon Foundation (2007) Dance and People http://blog.canpan.info/d_a_p/archive/5/, accessed on 12 July 2014.
  10. ↑ Hans Hoogervorst and others (2008) Jaarverslag 2007. Mondriaan Stichting, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  11. ↑ Monika Auch (2012) De ziel van het materiaal - Hollandse koeienhuiden en bladgoud op rubber van Sibyl Heijnen. Tijdschrift kM (Issue 83), 28-29.
  12. ↑ TEDx Zwolle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMEoLlYR_Ns accessed on 13 July 2014
  13. ↑ TEDx Zwolle http://www.tedxzwolle.nl/ accessed on 12 July 2014
  14. ↑ Shinji Kohmoto, Junichi Arai, Peggie Breitbarth, and Wim van der Beek. (2007) Sibyl Heijnen Look! Publisher: The National Museum of Modern Art (MOMAK), Kyoto, Japan. ISBN 4-87642-178-1. Contains Japanese as well as English. P. 107.
  15. ↑ Monika Auch. (2012) De ziel van het materiaal - Hollandse koeienhuiden en bladgoud op rubber van Sibyl Heijnen. Tijdschrift kM (Issue 83).
  16. ↑ Shinji Kohmoto (2007) In: “Sibyl Heijnen Look!” Publisher: The National Museum of Modern Art (MoMAK), Kyoto, Japan. ISBN 4-87642-178-1. P. 5-10, in Japanese and English.
  17. ↑ Carol K. Russell (2000) Fibre Force: Living Waters - European Union Artists Respond to a Theme. Fibrearts (Mar/Apr), 36-40. Publisher: Interweave Press, LLC, Loveland (CO), United States.
  18. ↑ Artlink, http://www.artlink.com/about.asp accessed on 13 July 2014.
  19. ↑ Monika Auch. (2012) De ziel van het materiaal - Hollandse koeienhuiden en bladgoud op rubber van Sibyl Heijnen. Tijdschrift kM (Issue 83).
  20. ↑ Peggie Breitbarth (2007) Sibyl Heijnen, from highlight to highlight. In: “Sibyl Heijnen Look!”. The National Museum of Modern Art (MOMAK), Kyoto, Japan. P. 15-19.
  21. ↑ Ken'Ichi Iwaki (2009) Essay. In: ”Sibyl Heijnen | Waving Space”. ISBN 978-90-813853-1-2. P. 5-22.
  22. ↑ Peggie Breitbarth (2007) Sibyl Heijnen, from highlight to highlight. In: “Sibyl Heijnen Look!”. The National Museum of Modern Art (MOMAK), Kyoto, Japan. P. 15-19.
  23. ↑ Peggie Breitbarth (2007) Sibyl Heijnen, from highlight to highlight. In: “Sibyl Heijnen Look!”. The National Museum of Modern Art (MOMAK), Kyoto, Japan. P. 15-19.
  24. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gyOtqNAkDA accessed on 13 July 2014.

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