Unveiling new sculpture Navid Nuur in The Sculpture Gallery
RE/FLECT/OR
Wednesday 19 December 2018, from 16:30 hrs
Program with Navid Nuur, André Kruysen and Arno van Roosmalen
Language spoken: Dutch
Location: Central Library (Studio B, 1st floor), Spui 68, The Hague
Unveiling sculpture: 18.00 hrs at intersection Spui/Grote Markstraat, in front of Primark
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Since the early 1990s Stroom Den Haag has developed a unique Sculpture Gallery in the city center of The Hague. On Wednesday 19 December 2018, just two days before the shortest day of the year, we will add a new sculpture at the intersection of Spui and Grote Markstraat, RE/FLECT/OR by the internationally renowned artist Navid Nuur. It is a sculpture that comes to life through the use of artificial light.
PROGRAM UNVEILING
16:30 hrs: walk-in, Central Library, Spui 68
16:30 hrs: walk-in, Central Library, Spui 68
17:00 hrs: start program
- welcome by Arno van Roosmalen, director Stroom Den Haag
- introduction by André Kruysen, curator of The Sculpture Gallery
- talk by Navid Nuur on RE/FLECT/OR
18:00 hrs: unveiling at intersection Spui/Grote Marktstraat
19:00 hrs: end
- introduction by André Kruysen, curator of The Sculpture Gallery
- talk by Navid Nuur on RE/FLECT/OR
18:00 hrs: unveiling at intersection Spui/Grote Marktstraat
19:00 hrs: end
RE/FLECT/OR is a sculpture that resembles a building: horizontal layers alternate with layers of coloured reflectors, that generate a completely different effect during the day and at night. At night this effect is particularly strong: the reflectors light up through the lights of the passing traffic and the surrounding shop windows. These moving lights also change the colours of the sculpture.
Navid Nuur: "I started thinking about a sculpture in 2013, after I was invited by Stroom to contribute a work to The Sculpture Gallery. My main concern was to create a sculpture in public space that enters into a relationship with the passers-by, who all have a different perspective. People walk or drive by the sculpture day and night, so when you create a sculpture for an outdoor location it is a good idea to take into account both the day and night rhythm of the passers-by. The reflectors make it technically possible to show different aspects of the sculpture - the work enters into a dialogue with the dynamics of the city. This can be a random sensation or one that you consciously capture with flash photography."
For Navid Nuur RE/FLECT/OR (2008-2018) forms the basis for future works. His installations, drawings and objects are best described as modules of thought. He himself prefers to call them ‘interimodules'. Module for a way of thinking/concept, and interim for the temporary ‘in between'.
More about Navid Nuur
Navid Nuur (Tehran, 1976) lives and works in The Hague. He started out as a graphic designer and illustrator, next he chose a career as an autonomous visual artist and gained international renown with exhibitions in leading galleries and art institutes all over the world. His work is included in many important international collections. Stroom Den Haag has supported the artist from the very early days of his career, both with grants and presentations. Solo exhibitions by Navid Nuur were shown at a.o.: art center Matadero, Madrid; Parasol, London; and Centre Pompidou, Paris. In 2010 he was the winner of the prestigious Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs; in 2011 he was one of the winners of the Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst and in 2013 he received the Discoveries Prize of the pilot edition of Art Basel Hong Kong. Work by Nuur is included in the collections of a.o. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht; S.M.A.K., Gent; Kunsthaus Zürich; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris and Walker Art Center, United States of America.
Navid Nuur (Tehran, 1976) lives and works in The Hague. He started out as a graphic designer and illustrator, next he chose a career as an autonomous visual artist and gained international renown with exhibitions in leading galleries and art institutes all over the world. His work is included in many important international collections. Stroom Den Haag has supported the artist from the very early days of his career, both with grants and presentations. Solo exhibitions by Navid Nuur were shown at a.o.: art center Matadero, Madrid; Parasol, London; and Centre Pompidou, Paris. In 2010 he was the winner of the prestigious Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs; in 2011 he was one of the winners of the Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst and in 2013 he received the Discoveries Prize of the pilot edition of Art Basel Hong Kong. Work by Nuur is included in the collections of a.o. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht; S.M.A.K., Gent; Kunsthaus Zürich; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris and Walker Art Center, United States of America.
The Sculpture Gallery in the center of The Hague is a concept and design by P. Struycken. Through its permanent character and yearly commissions it offers a unique format for art in public space and offers a cross section of Dutch sculpture since the early 1990s. Curator of The Sculpture Gallery is André Kruysen. Project supervisor on behalf of Stroom is Vincent de Boer, advisor and coordinator art and public space.
Navid Nuur past exhibitions Stroom (selection)
2009-2010
Up to You
2010
2010
- Wednesday 19 Dec '18 16:30 hrs
- Central Library (Studio B, 1st floor), Spui 68, The Hague
- Entrance: free
