Basic Information
Title: Structuur 67 (Structure)
Artist(s):
Peter Struycken
Date Created: 1967
Unframed Dimensions: 8.25 x 8.25 in.
Medium: artist's book with screenprints on transparent plastic
Inventory ID: Struycken-1967-01
Description
publisher: The Hague: Haags Gemeentemuseum, NL
printer: Omniscreen Press, Amsterdam, NL
designer: Design Kowalke, Amsterdam, NL
description of work courtesy of Penka Rare Books:
“Original printed plastic wrappers (twice-folded with two panels); 6 transparent plastic leaves with silkscreen design in red, white, and black, and 2 transparent text leaves with biographical information printed in black.
Very rare multiple consisting of silkscreens on transparent plastic sheets, which was also published as an exhibition catalog. Struycken transfers the principle of the exhibition to a small, reproducible format with the colored prints on the transparent image carriers. The “Structuur 67” series was created on Plexiglas panels measuring one meter high and one meter wide. The Plexiglas provided an optimally smooth surface for the paint, a kind of car paint, which was applied to carefully masked areas with a spray can. The leaves of the multiple are also smooth, in contrast to the equally transparent envelope, and come very close to the Plexiglas material. The panels were placed a few centimetres in front of the walls, so that the color form structures seemed to float in front of the walls. This impression can also be reproduced on a small scale with the leaves. At the same time, the recipient is encouraged to work with different variations by varying the order, height, and width. The square format allows for a large number of variations and constellations. “Structuur 67” is an early example of the multiples designed by Struycken.”
Detail images of the work
