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Wild park / druk 1
commissioning the unexpected
2012 || Hardcover || Jeroen Boomgaard || Jap Sam Books
De Engelstalige publicatie 'Wild Park. Commissioning the Unexpected' is geschreven door Jeroen Boomgaard, als zesde deel van de essayreeks van het Fonds BKVB.
'Wild Park' is een essay over het verschil in kwaliteit van kunst in de openbare ruimte. Niet alleen vorm en iconografie bepalen een kunstwerk, ook de functies en betekenissen waarmee het op voorhand wordt opgezadeld. Boomgaard gaat op zoek naar werken die er in slagen te ontsnappen aan de belangen en intenties waarmee een plek beladen ...
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Vlassenbroek __________ Broekkant A Schelde Riverscape
Vlassenbroek - Broekkant
2015 || Paperback || Wapke Feenstra || Jap Sam Books
Het is onmogelijk om goed grip te krijgen op een landschap, toch leggen we het graag vast. Met een stijgende zeespiegel en de te verwachten regenoverlast, is in het Belgische Vlaanderen het springtij een groot gevaar. Overheid en ingenieurs trachten het water in toom te houden. De Schelde krijgt meer ruimte, dijken worden verlegd, het uitzicht verandert. Dat vraagt om beeldvorming. En iedereen tekent; de kunstenaar, de waterbouwkundige, de landschapsarchitect, ja zelfs de hengelaar maakt noti...
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jaune, geel, gelb, yellow
Monochrome - Antonis Pittas
2022 || Paperback || Antonis Pittas e.a. || Jap Sam Books
The publication 'jaune, geel, gelb, yellow. Monochrome' discusses the failure, collapse and historicization of the modernist ideals espoused by Theo van Doesburg, set against the current political backdrop of mass protest. It brings together writers from a variety of fields who reflect on the legacy and failures of modernism from the perspective of their individual backgrounds and expertise.
Edited by Lisa Bakker and Eleonoor Jap Sam. With text contributions by (poet) Maria Barnas, (poet) I.K...
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What speaks to us. Arjan van Helmond
Fragments in time, space and painting
2022 || Paperback || Arjan van Helmond || Jap Sam Books
The things we surround ourselves with in our daily lives are a shadow of who we are. The house we live in, the carpet under our feet, the color of the wallpaper, souvenirs and knick knacks in the closet contain residues of memories and sentiments.
'What speaks to us' is a publication about the oeuvre of visual artist Arjan van Helmond, which offers a broad overview of his work from the past 12 years. The book is a moment of looking back, reflection, collecting and connecting.
De dingen waarm...
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The last painting theory | Franck Bragigand
2016 || Paperback || Franck Bragigand e.a. || Jap Sam Books
Een omvangrijke monografie over het werk van beeldend kunstenaar Franck Bragigand. Zijn beeldende kunst raakt aan aanverwante disciplines zoals vormgeving, architectuur en interieurarchitectuur. Al ruim twintig jaar legt Bragigand zich toe op het beschilderen van voorwerpen en objecten. Deze periode heeft geresulteerd in een omvangrijk oeuvre verzameld onder de titel: 'de restauratie van het dagelijkse leven'. Bragigand gebruikt verf om kleur te geven aan alledaagse verschijningsvormen die hi...
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DEMYSTIFIED
the European ceramic workcentre as centre of excellence
2017 || Paperback || Nick Renshaw || Jap Sam Books
The European Ceramic Workcentre is widely regarded as a world leader through its capacity as both an artist-in-residence centre where creative professionals of all kind work with ceramic material and as an institution where the use of this material is understood as being consistently innovative in nature.
This survey describes how it has been possible for such an eminent position to be achieved and how the nature of work is influenced by prevailing circumstances and decision-making, be they ...
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As Above, So Below. Ruchama Noorda
2022 || Hardcover || Ruchama Noorda || Jap Sam Books
'As Above, So Below' documents the work made by Amsterdam-based artist, Ruchama Noorda over a twenty-year period and explores the esoteric system of belief that links her practice to the early 20th century Lebensreformers, the European avant-garde, and today's no growth environmentalist movement.
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the artist's installations, drawings, video's, sculptures, and performances with written commentary by the artist and by California-based art and cultural...
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Jan van de Pavert. Collected Works
2023 || Paperback || Jan van de Pavert e.a. || Jap Sam Books
A comprehensive illustrated monograph on the work of Dutch visual artist Jan van de Pavert, with texts by the artist and art critic Mark Kremer.
Jan van de Pavert. Collected Works is a richly illustrated body of work covering the artist’s oeuvre of the past years. Initially, Van de Pavert became known for his sculptures, his early works referred to architecture and resembled parts from buildings, such as windows and doors. An example is the 1987 work Inversion: the work is a door and doorp...
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A Black Collage
2023 || Paperback || Rob Perrée || Jap Sam Books
In this book, Rob Perrée tells the story of his involvement in African-American art through a chronological collage of new texts, linking texts, previously published articles, essays, interviews, reviews, columns and short stories from 1990 to 2023. Together, they show the development of African-American art and demonstrate how its appreciation and perception have changed over time, in the US, but above all in the Netherlands as well, among the public and art institutions. It is a look behin...
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OUT SIDE IN SIDE OUT. Linda Molenaar
2023 || Paperback || Linda Molenaar e.a. || Jap Sam Books
Out Side In Side Out is an overview of 25 years of work by Dutch visual artist and performer Linda Molenaar, linking animal aspects in humans with human aspects in animals.