Gallery 39 - Roam

JAN VAN MUNSTER, GORINCHEM, THE NETHERLANDS, 1939 - OOST-SOUBURG, THE NETHERLANDS, 2024.

VAN MUNSTER IS REPRESENTED BY SLEWE GALLERY, AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, GALERIE RAMAKERS, THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS, HOPSTREET GALLERY, ANTWERP / BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, GALERIE BACQUEVILLE, LILLE, FRANCE, GALERIE RENATE BENDER, MUNICH, GERMANY, edition & galerie hoffmann, FRIEDBERG, GERMANY.

The artist, who passed away in 2024, is regarded as one of the foremost innovators in Dutch sculpture and installation art.

The central theme in Van Munster’s oeuvre is energy. Phenomena such as temperature, magnetism, radioactivity, and electricity were for him not only physical principles but also poetic sources of visual imagination. In his work, he made the invisible visible – entirely in the spirit of Paul Klee, who once said: “Art does not represent the visible; it makes visible.”

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Hanging Brainwave, 2022
White glass, argon, nail, transformer
195 x 7 cm, ed. 3

Transformed Circle, 2024
White glass, argon, nails, transformer
100 x 100 cm, unique

Straight Curved, 1985
White glass, argon, black paint, transformer
Two parts, 240 x 80 cm, ed. 5

Hanging Brainwave, 2022
Black and blue glass, argon, transformer
165 x 26 cm, unique

Brainwave (Ratio), 2008
Blue and transparent glass, argon, transformer
195 x 33 cm, ed. 1 + 1AP

Study for a clone, 2015
Black and white glass, argon, transformer
172 cm, ed. 3

Edged Circle, 2017
Blue and green glass, argon, transformer
ø 295 cm, ed. 2

Detail of Two Squares, 2017
Chalk, white glass, argon, transformer
140 x 140 cm, ed. 3

Weight of Light, Tribute to François Morellet, 2018
White and blue glass, argon, transformer
170 x 170 cm, unique

RONDE TWEEHOEK, COLLECTION PICTURA DORDRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, 1988.

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Hanging Brainwave, 2022 White glass, argon, nail, transformer 195 x 7 cm, ed. 3

Transformed Circle, 2024 White glass, argon, nails, transformer 100 x 100 cm, unique

Straight Curved, 1985 White glass, argon, black paint, transformer Two parts, 240 x 80 cm, ed. 5

Hanging Brainwave, 2022 Black and blue glass, argon, transformer 165 x 26 cm, unique

Brainwave (Ratio), 2008 Blue and transparent glass, argon, transformer 195 x 33 cm, ed. 1 + 1AP

Study for a clone, 2015 Black and white glass, argon, transformer 172 cm, ed. 3

Edged Circle, 2017 Blue and green glass, argon, transformer ø 295 cm, ed. 2

Detail of Two Squares, 2017 Chalk, white glass, argon, transformer 140 x 140 cm, ed. 3

Weight of Light, Tribute to François Morellet, 2018 White and blue glass, argon, transformer 170 x 170 cm, unique