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Jan Henderikse
Description
- Jan Henderikse
- Untitled
- signed on the reverse
- copper coins and acrylic on board
- 121.9 by 121.9cm.; 48 by 48in.
- Executed in 1969.
Provenance
Condition
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Catalogue Note
Henderikse uses whatever discarded media comes his way, from beer crates and license plates to money and cork. With these unorthodox materials he creates serial compositions without a clear narrative but can be seen as a critique of a society increasingly dedicated to mass production and consumption. The 2013 Guggenheim exhibition included Jan Henderikse’s re-creation of his iconic 1962 “Bottle Wall”: a barrier built of dozens of neatly stacked crates of bottled beer. This monumental work embodies the purism of the Zero movement in the same way Untitled does. Executed in 1969, Untitled is a stellar example of his sought after minimal work using coins. It unveils the artist’s, and by extension the Nul group’s, sensibility towards clean structure, removing the subjective and highlighting the objective.
Henderikse has exhibited in major museums such Centre Pompidou and Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and his work is included in major private collections as well as public institution collections such as the Stedelijke Museum in Amsterdam, Museum Kröller Müller in Otterlo, Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich and the Van Abbe Museum in Eindhoven.