Constant, Space + Colour
From Cobra to New Babylon
ed. by Ludo van Halem, Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst ; bys Constant, Laura Stamps, Katja Weitering ...[et al.]

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Author(s)

Constant, Laura Stamps, Katja Weitering, ...[et al.]

Editor(s)

Ludo van Halem, Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst

Publication, year

Rotterdam ; Amstelveen : nai010 publishers : Cobra Museum, 2016

Scope

160 Pages, illustrated, 27 cm.

ISBN

9789462083011

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Constant Nieuwenhuys (1920-2005) is primarily known as the co-founder of the international Cobra group and as the initiator and maker of the New Babylon project. This publication sheds light, for the first time, on a third influential period in his artistic practice, during which he made the journey from Cobra to New Babylon, continually reinventing himself along the way. During the 1950s Constant was searching for new means to contribute, as an artist, to the reconstruction of society in the wake of the devastation of the Second World War. Significant developments in urbanism and technology were reflected in his work. In the spatial effect that colours produce, Constant saw possibilities for an intensive collaboration between visual artists and architects. His ideal was a fusion of different disciplines into a new art form that would address the human living environment (habitat) as a whole. The publication 'CONSTANT. Space + Colour. From Cobra to New Babylon' appears to coincide with the exhibition ‘Constant. Space + Colour’, Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, 28 May - 25 September 2016. The exhibition ‘Constant - New Babylon. ‘To Us, Liberty’ is hosted concurrently in the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag.

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Person as subject

Constant (Constant Nieuwenhuijs)

Location

Cabinet 2 - 1: Kunstenaars

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