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Bob Eikelboom: Flourescent chair
Bob Eikelboom is a young Dutch artist who creates insidious and multiple-faceted sculptures in various media. Fluorescent chair is part of a series where the artist has created several chairs in plexiglass. In Fluorescent chair, Eikelboom’s artistic practice is made clear since the work sets the stage for contemplation and conversation. The work suggests a quiet pause and encourages you to sit down and immerse yourself. Furthermore, in his creation of the work, Eikelboom has invited
his artist colleagues to contribute to the work with the small pieces of art being displayed inside
the chair. A meta-conversation is created between the artists and the result is a collective work that creates dialogues that cross practices and facilitates the difficult, complicated conversations that are also sometimes taking place between artists about their practices and productions.
Bob Eikelboom (1991, NL) has studied at The Royal Academy of Arts in Hague (2008-2012) and The Royal College of Art in London (2015-2017). He has presented his works at prominent museums and exhibition spaces such as Dordrechts Museum, NL; Bonnefantenmuseum, NL; Kunstmuseum den Haag, NL, and Barbara Seller, CH. Bob Eikelboom has received awards and grants such as The Dutch Royal Award for Modern Painting, Hendrik Muller Foundation’s Grant, Prince Bernard Cul-tuurfonds Grant, and Stipendium for Emerging Artists Mondriaan Fonds. His works are part of the collections at The Akzo Nobel Collection, Bonnefanten Museum, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Ge-meentemuseum Haag, ING Art Collection, De Nederlandsche Bank, and KRC Collectie.
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