Nick van Woert
20 Oct - 19 Nov 2011
NICK VAN WOERT
Anatomy
20 October - 19 November 2011
Yvon Lambert is pleased to present Anatomy, Nick van Woert’s first solo exhibition in Paris. Anatomy will feature new sculpture by the artist, inspired by Rembrandt's painting of 1632, " Leçon d’anatomie du docteur Tulp".
The exhibition opens Thursday 20 October from 6 to 11 pm in the presence of the artist, and will be on view through 19 November 2011.
Van Woert!s practice is rooted in the artist!s interest in architecture, ancient history, and nature. Growing up in Reno, Nevada situated the artist between the city!s gaudy, over-accessorized buildings and the raw, unadorned natural landscape of the surrounding desert. The stark contrast between the way elements are made in nature!with the landscape constantly changing through erosion and accretion!and the way they are fabricated in the city provides both figurative and conceptual inspiration for Van Woert.
In college, Van Woert studied architecture, a discipline that greatly influences his work. For the artist, the focus is on the evolution of building materials (from stone to styrofoam), and using that to develop a material language. His architectural interests are diverse, including Vitruvius!s Primitive Hut, the Modernist school!s emphasis on being true to materials and not concealing structural forces, as well as the modified architecture of radical “backto-nature” groups. Van Woert even borrows material recipes from these ecoterrorists, using elements such as polyurethane, packing peanuts, steel, fiberglass, as well as hair gel and chlorine (which when mixed can become destructive).
In the majority of his work, Nick van Woert confronts the neo-classical esthetics to the ultra-contemporary material that he employs. His use of antique busts, for example, reassesses the codes of classical sculpture. Nick van Woert dismantles objects of the past to give them a strange and timeless appearance.Nick van Woert is convinced that what we are is influenced by our surroundings. He sees the body as the mirror of our environment.
Nick van Woert (b.1979, Reno, Nevada) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He has been featured in exhibitions at venues including Yvon Lambert, Paris; Yvon Lambert, New York; Collection Lambert, Avignon, France; Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam; Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV; Nudashank, Baltimore, MD; and Fourteen30, Portland, OR.
Anatomy
20 October - 19 November 2011
Yvon Lambert is pleased to present Anatomy, Nick van Woert’s first solo exhibition in Paris. Anatomy will feature new sculpture by the artist, inspired by Rembrandt's painting of 1632, " Leçon d’anatomie du docteur Tulp".
The exhibition opens Thursday 20 October from 6 to 11 pm in the presence of the artist, and will be on view through 19 November 2011.
Van Woert!s practice is rooted in the artist!s interest in architecture, ancient history, and nature. Growing up in Reno, Nevada situated the artist between the city!s gaudy, over-accessorized buildings and the raw, unadorned natural landscape of the surrounding desert. The stark contrast between the way elements are made in nature!with the landscape constantly changing through erosion and accretion!and the way they are fabricated in the city provides both figurative and conceptual inspiration for Van Woert.
In college, Van Woert studied architecture, a discipline that greatly influences his work. For the artist, the focus is on the evolution of building materials (from stone to styrofoam), and using that to develop a material language. His architectural interests are diverse, including Vitruvius!s Primitive Hut, the Modernist school!s emphasis on being true to materials and not concealing structural forces, as well as the modified architecture of radical “backto-nature” groups. Van Woert even borrows material recipes from these ecoterrorists, using elements such as polyurethane, packing peanuts, steel, fiberglass, as well as hair gel and chlorine (which when mixed can become destructive).
In the majority of his work, Nick van Woert confronts the neo-classical esthetics to the ultra-contemporary material that he employs. His use of antique busts, for example, reassesses the codes of classical sculpture. Nick van Woert dismantles objects of the past to give them a strange and timeless appearance.Nick van Woert is convinced that what we are is influenced by our surroundings. He sees the body as the mirror of our environment.
Nick van Woert (b.1979, Reno, Nevada) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He has been featured in exhibitions at venues including Yvon Lambert, Paris; Yvon Lambert, New York; Collection Lambert, Avignon, France; Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam; Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV; Nudashank, Baltimore, MD; and Fourteen30, Portland, OR.