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Theo Botschuijver Playful inventions

text Bob Witman en Theo Botschuijver

Playful inventions is an overview of 50 years of work, compiled from an archive of photos, press releases, comments, newspaper clippings and memories. Theo Botschuijver’s “aerial art” was photogenic, temporary, usually invited participation and was sometimes subversive. For years Botschuijver produced a large collection of inflatable objects, attractions, sculptures and installations. He made playful spaces, objects for events that created sensations with a participatory role for the spectators. In addition to air, he often used light and optical effects, but also digital media and unusual projection techniques and laser light.

His “inventions” for bands like Pink Floyd and Genesis are legendary.

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Inflatable pig for the LP cover of Animals, Pink Floyd

Bob Witman is a journalist and writes for the Volkskrant and Stampa! amongst others.

Theo Botschuijver (1943) studied at the Academy for Industrial Design in Eindhoven. From ‘67 he worked as an independent designer, where the industrial background faded and made way for playful connections between art, technology and entertainment.

size 200 x 275 mm 200 pages hardcover design Leo Verhallen appears in June NUR 656 ISBN 978-94-6226-400-7 € 30,00

“If recognisability is a hallmark of quality, then Koen Vermeule is a good painter. You can recognize his works from hundreds. A “Koen Vermeule”, is a specific thing: a (often) large canvas or piece of paper with a landscape or city fragment displayed in a stylized, contrasting, graphic-looking painting style. “ - Stefan Kuiper

Koen Vermeule - Fensterbilder features the work of Koen Vermeule from the past 9 years. It provides an overview of exhibitions, works on paper and paintings. The book shows his view on and thoughts about the world and its translation in images. With essays by Merel Bem, Stefan Kuiper, Renee SchuitenKniepstra and a brief reflection by Koen Vermeule himself on one of his sources of inspiration: Oskar Schlemmer.

In her essay, Merel Bem describes a single painting by Koen Vermeule in a playful and associative way. She takes the reader along cities and everyday moments. Stefan Kuiper has chosen to sketch a profile. It is a rich and broad interview that not only tells how Koen Vermeule works, but also highlights the breadth of his sources of inspiration. Together they walk through his work, in circumferential movements, talking about the most diverse subjects, from sandpits to poetic realism.

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size 240 x 280 mm 144 pages hardcover design Joseph Plateau appears in July NUR 642 ISBN 978-94-6226-401-4 € 35,00