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Ruud Kuijer (Schalkwijk, 8 June 1959) is a Dutch sculptor, particularly known for his ''Water works'', a group of seven large-scale sculptures on the strip between Isotopenweg and the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. ==Life and work== After studying at St. Joost Academy of Art and Design in 's-Hertogenbosch from 1981 to 1984 and after having completed a postgraduate course at Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht from 1984 tot 1986, Ruud Kuijer went to live and work in Utrecht. As a sculptor, Ruud Kuijer became famous for his abstract sculptures in which he often incorporated recognisable shapes. The main focus of his work is the purely sculptural articulation of space which may or may not include references to content outside the sculpture. Tradition and recent sculpture tradition play a significant role in his work, as does the continual desire to transcend these. Originally the focus was on finding and using the plastic qualities and expressive possibilities offered by the properties of ordinary materials such as iron, screw thread, carpet, rope, wood and concrete. These materials have little or no history when it comes to art. In recent years concrete has been the dominant material. Ruud Kuijer also works as a teacher. From 1992 to 1997 he taught at the Academy in Den Bosch and from 2007 to 2008 at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. ;Commissions * 2008 Springtij (Spring Tide), sculpture for the head office of Royal Boskalis Westminster NV in Papendrecht * 2009 Alliance, Sculpture for the port of Melbourne in Australia * 2010 Group of 13 sculptures for the Parkhaven neighbourhood in Utrecht commissioned by Bouwfonds ASR ;Awards * 1984 Centraal Beheer Prize * 1987 Amsterdam Fund for the Arts, visual arts incentive prize * 1993 Charlotte van Pallandt prize for sculpture 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ruud Kuijer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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