Name: NorthWest – SouthEast: Jaap Mooy | Catharien Romijn
Brand: Schilt Publishing b.v.
Price: 273.00 RON
Availability: InStock

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The work of Jaap Mooy (1916 - 1987) covers more than 50 years , in a period in which he constantly explored new paths and re - invented himself in terms of styles and techniques . Although Mooy became closely involved with the Cobra movement, he had no desire to become a member of the group . He was one of the first Dutch artists to use scrap metal to create sculptures . T ogether with Karel Appel and Lucebert, he represented the Netherlands at the Venice Bie nnale in 1964 . As the basis for sources of inspiration i n the 1970s and ’ 80s , he alternated between the geometrical, the conceptual and the figurative . However, throughout his work, his attitude remained unchanged , coloured by a dark vision of th e human condition : a cynical view of power and those in power , a critical attitude towards society , an unshakable faith in the task of art : to choose the s i de of victims while maintaining the poetic nature of the image . The orthopaedic shoemaker Jacques Defauwes and his wife Miny , well - know n art collectors living in the s outh of the Netherlands, first came into contact with Jaap Mooy in the early 1980s, and it was not long before a close relationship evolve d . For the couple from Limburg, nothing was too much trouble or too costly in purchasing everything the artist and sculptor from Bergen created . Visits by the couple to Bergen were reciprocated with visits by Mooy to Ingber in Zuid - Limburg . The physical distance was also bridged by an intensive correspo