Galerie Ramakers is pleased to announce she will participate for the second time at Art Brussels, one of Europe's leading contemporary art fairs. This year's edition will take place from 25-28 April at the the Brussels Expo, halls 5 & 6 in Brussels, Belgium.
At the rediscovery section Galerie Ramakers will present a solo exhibition of renowned Dutch artist Jan van Munster, who is known for his acclaimed "energy" works. The exhibition will showcase highlights from the 70ies as well as some recent transformed square neon works.
Van Munster is one of the most remarkable and influential artists in the Netherlands today. He works with various energy sources, such as cold and heat, light and electricity or magnetism. His work is about contrasts, positive-negative, light-dark or warm-cold. In addition to a strong physical element, they also show spiritual powers as a metaphor for life. In the 1960s, his career started showing along with other famous artists as Ad Dekkers, Peter Struycken and Marinus Boezem. During these years Van Munster worked with traditional materials. From the 1970s onwards, he began to use polyester, granite, mercury and neon tubes as materials to charge energy. More recently he translated his brain-activities into neon sculptures.
Over the years Jan van Munster created a unique art domain around a water tower on the Walcheren peninsula in Zeeland. It is a place to live, create art and showcase works in an ideal context.
Works of Van Munster are included in international museum collections such as Van Abbe Museum Eindhoven, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Museum Voorlinden Wassenaar, Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, M hka Antwerp, Kröller Müller Museum. Van Munster has been awarded various art prizes, including the esteemed German Light Art Award (Deutsche Lichtkunstpreis).