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Willem Harber's sculptures resemble machines, but not machines that expedite life, they delay it. Stationary equipment. It takes some time before you can produce slow moving images in as quick a pace as these.
By suggesting they are being charged, as spectator you get the notion that energy is flowing.
"Harbers' sculptures are full of duality. With there technical appearance, the machine-installations conjure up associations of dynamics, but also that of stagnation. Brute force and masculine potency opposite soft, virgin white forms. It is captivating art, because it is versatile and therefore rich in contrasts."
"Labogibile" (is) one of my favourite installations, due to the beautiful coating it resembles a pearl necklace and simultaneously, when looking longer, you can feel the energy stream through the pipes"…..
Els Drummen, conservator Cobra Museum for Modern Art, Amstelveen, June 2013.
By suggesting they are being charged, as spectator you get the notion that energy is flowing.
"Harbers' sculptures are full of duality. With there technical appearance, the machine-installations conjure up associations of dynamics, but also that of stagnation. Brute force and masculine potency opposite soft, virgin white forms. It is captivating art, because it is versatile and therefore rich in contrasts."
"Labogibile" (is) one of my favourite installations, due to the beautiful coating it resembles a pearl necklace and simultaneously, when looking longer, you can feel the energy stream through the pipes"…..
Els Drummen, conservator Cobra Museum for Modern Art, Amstelveen, June 2013.
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Studio visit Willem Harber preparting his exhibition 'A future now past', January 2021.
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Als cyborgbeelden uit bodyhorrorgenre
For these objects could be many things - household appliance, medical aid and even sex toy - but when it comes to rock-hard definitions, they are only one thing: sculptures by Willem Harbers.....
Parool 22-01-2021
Edo Dijksterhuis
Archaic and futuristic
“What intrigues me about the works by Willem Harbers is that they appear to be both archaic and futuristic at the same time. He seems to be commenting on contemporary society from a more or less outside position, as though he was contemplating contemporary civilization from an entirely different perspective and commenting on the absurdities one discovers in our culture.”
Gérard A. Goodrow, freelance author and curator, Cologne/Germany
Gerard Goodrow
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Education
1994 - 1995 Accademia di belle Arti Carrara, Italië
1989 - 1993 Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam
1987 - 1989 Academie van Beeldende Kunsten Rotterdam
Solo Shows (selection since 2005)
2013 Galerie Janssen Dutch Design Week; Willem Harbers solo Eindhoven
2012 Galeri Zilberman “Labogrigneur and Satellite Works” Istanbul (Tu)
2011 Galerie Willy Schoots “Langzame Beelden in een Snelle Tijd” Eindhoven
2008 Stadhuis Diemen “Giroclaven en Satellietwerken” Diemen
2007 Galerie Willy Schoots, “Locomaat” Eindhoven
2005 De Boterhal Hoorn
Group shows and Art fairs
2019 Galerie Donopoulos Int. Fine Arts with Chris Doulgeris, Thessaloniki (Gr)(duo)
KunstRAI met galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam (duo)
Sculpture Route Haarlem 2019, Haarlem
Het Kunstgemaal, Bronkhorst
The Project Gallery “Still Alive”, Athens (Gr)
2018 This Art Fair ism Mette Samkalden, Amsterdam
BIG ART met Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam
Galerie Franzis Engels “Mechanic Stuff” with Chris Doulgeris, Amsterdam (duo)
Tuin van Bret ism Mette Samkalden, Amsterdam (duo)
Art Karlsruhe met Galerie Franzis Engels, Karlsruhe (Ger)
Artspace KUUB: with Annemieke Alberts, Utrecht (duo)
2017 Galerie Donopoulos Int. Fine Arts with Chris Doulgeris , Thessaloniki (Gr)(duo)
Art Athina Galerie Donopoulos Int. Fine Arts, Athens (Gr)
Botanical Garden TU Delft: “Planttech Reflexion” Delft
Künstlerforum Bonn, “Umbruch”, Bonn (Ger)
Kunstraum Descartes, with K Klapheck and Chris Doulgeris, Düsseldorf (Ger)
2016 Kunstlijn Haarlem “Pre Present” Haarlem
Art Fair Köln Galerie Franzis Engels, Köln (De)
Stichting ZOOK in the WaterTower, Alkmaar
Ostrale’O16 “ERROR: X”, Dresden (Ger)
Balancing Borders TU Delft, Delft
2015 Galery Haus 34A, Bad Bentheim (Ger) (duo)
KunstRAI, Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam
Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Franzis Engels, Karlsruhe (Ger)
Rotterdam Contemporary “No Walls Expo” Rotterdam
OBA Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Galerie de Meerse ”Metabolisme", Hoofddorp (duo)
2014 Cityhall Diemen “Connect”, Diemen (duo)
Galerie Franzis Engels “Life Lines”, Amsterdam
KunstRAI, Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam
Knock..Knock.., Venlo
RAW Art Fair, Galerie Franzis Engels, Rotterdam
2013 Manufactuur “Somewhere in Between”, Venlo
Galerie Janssen “Dutch Design Week: Labogibile”, Eindhoven (duo)
Galerie Janssen “Beautiful Black, wonderful white”, Eindhoven
Paul Dikker and Willem Harbers “Interlokaal”, Amstelveen (duo)
Museum Kunstpallast “Die Grosse”, Düsseldorf (Ger)
2012 Galerie Willy Schoots “Hedendaags in de sporen..”, Eindhoven
2011 PAN Amsterdam Art Fair, Galerie Willy Schoots, Amsterdam
CBK Amsterdam, Amsterdam
2010 PAN Amsterdam Art Fair, Galerie Willy Schoots, Amsterdam
Galerie de Compagnie, Dordrecht (duo)
2009 Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Parc Floral, Paris (Fr)
Galerie Willy Schoots on location, “Transmission”, Amsterdam (duo)
Pulchri Studio “Non-Crossovers”, Den Haag
Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven
2008 Muziekgebouw a/h IJ, “Meeting Point”, Amsterdam
Galerie Willy Schoots, Patio, Eindhoven
2007 Galerie Willy Schoots, “Art Case”, Eindhoven
2005 Haus der Kunst “3e Dimension, Skulptur Aktuell”, München (Ger)
SBK KNSM-eiland, Amsterdam (duo)
Stipendia
2007 Basisstipendium for artists from the Foundation BKVB, A’ dam.
2001 Basisstipendium for artists from the Foundation BKVB, A’ dam.
1995 Stipendium Cultural Treaty with Italy, work study/year Carrara, Italy.
1994 Working period with Stipendium at the European Ceramics Work Centre,
Den Bosch, the Netherlands. (EKWC)
Startstipendium from the Foundation BKVB for young artists, Amsterdam.
Publications (since 2000)
Willem Harbers, 2019, solo catalogue gal Franzis Engels en Donopoulos IFA
“Sculpture Route Haarlem”, 2019, catalogue sculpture route
“Still Alive”, 2019, catalogue by The Project Gallery Athens.
“Naturliebe – erneuerbare Haltungen” , 2017, catalogue künstlerv Walkmühle, Wiesbaden
Ostrale”O16: ERROR:X, 2016, catalogue
“Die Grosse”, 2013, catalogue Museum Kunstpallast, Düsseldorf
“Labogrigneur ve uydu isler”“Labogrigneur and Satellite Works", 2012, solo catalogue Gal. Zilberman, Istanbul “Langzame Beelden in een snelle Tijd”“Slow Sculptures in Speedy Times”, 2011, solo catalogue Gal. Willy Schoots, Eindhoven
Non-Crossovers, 2009, catalogue
Réalités Nouvelles, 2009, catalogue Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris
Beelden Buiten/Binnen Borne, 2005, catalogue
Galerie Beeldenhof Sculpture, 2005, catalogue
3e Dimension, Skulptur Aktuell, 2005, catalogue Haus der Kunst, München
ABK, Oude Kerk Amsterdam, 2003, catalogue
“ De Walkuren ”, 2000, catalogue
Since 1997 critics about exhibitions in several newspapers and magazines, on radio and tv.
Related activities
2017- Teacher Art Academie Minerva “Spatial” and project week, Groningen.
2015 Masterclasses “spatial thinking” at Artzuid etc.
2008-2012 President of the professional Sculptors Organization ABK.
2009- Teacher at MK START, preparatory training for art students, Amsterdam.
2005 - Sculpture instructor at MK24, Centre for Visual Arts, Amsterdam.
2004 - Train sculptors with workshops to “plan and anticipate in the process”.
2003/2004 Member Platform Visual Arts for the Federation of Artists Unions.
2000 - Lectures about aspects (technical/historical) of life as a sculptor and an artist.
Education
1994 - 1995 Accademia di belle Arti Carrara, Italië
1989 - 1993 Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam
1987 - 1989 Academie van Beeldende Kunsten Rotterdam
Solo Shows (selection since 2005)
2013 Galerie Janssen Dutch Design Week; Willem Harbers solo Eindhoven
2012 Galeri Zilberman “Labogrigneur and Satellite Works” Istanbul (Tu)
2011 Galerie Willy Schoots “Langzame Beelden in een Snelle Tijd” Eindhoven
2008 Stadhuis Diemen “Giroclaven en Satellietwerken” Diemen
2007 Galerie Willy Schoots, “Locomaat” Eindhoven
2005 De Boterhal Hoorn
Group shows and Art fairs
2019 Galerie Donopoulos Int. Fine Arts with Chris Doulgeris, Thessaloniki (Gr)(duo)
KunstRAI met galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam (duo)
Sculpture Route Haarlem 2019, Haarlem
Het Kunstgemaal, Bronkhorst
The Project Gallery “Still Alive”, Athens (Gr)
2018 This Art Fair ism Mette Samkalden, Amsterdam
BIG ART met Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam
Galerie Franzis Engels “Mechanic Stuff” with Chris Doulgeris, Amsterdam (duo)
Tuin van Bret ism Mette Samkalden, Amsterdam (duo)
Art Karlsruhe met Galerie Franzis Engels, Karlsruhe (Ger)
Artspace KUUB: with Annemieke Alberts, Utrecht (duo)
2017 Galerie Donopoulos Int. Fine Arts with Chris Doulgeris , Thessaloniki (Gr)(duo)
Art Athina Galerie Donopoulos Int. Fine Arts, Athens (Gr)
Botanical Garden TU Delft: “Planttech Reflexion” Delft
Künstlerforum Bonn, “Umbruch”, Bonn (Ger)
Kunstraum Descartes, with K Klapheck and Chris Doulgeris, Düsseldorf (Ger)
2016 Kunstlijn Haarlem “Pre Present” Haarlem
Art Fair Köln Galerie Franzis Engels, Köln (De)
Stichting ZOOK in the WaterTower, Alkmaar
Ostrale’O16 “ERROR: X”, Dresden (Ger)
Balancing Borders TU Delft, Delft
2015 Galery Haus 34A, Bad Bentheim (Ger) (duo)
KunstRAI, Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam
Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Franzis Engels, Karlsruhe (Ger)
Rotterdam Contemporary “No Walls Expo” Rotterdam
OBA Amsterdam, Amsterdam
Galerie de Meerse ”Metabolisme", Hoofddorp (duo)
2014 Cityhall Diemen “Connect”, Diemen (duo)
Galerie Franzis Engels “Life Lines”, Amsterdam
KunstRAI, Galerie Franzis Engels, Amsterdam
Knock..Knock.., Venlo
RAW Art Fair, Galerie Franzis Engels, Rotterdam
2013 Manufactuur “Somewhere in Between”, Venlo
Galerie Janssen “Dutch Design Week: Labogibile”, Eindhoven (duo)
Galerie Janssen “Beautiful Black, wonderful white”, Eindhoven
Paul Dikker and Willem Harbers “Interlokaal”, Amstelveen (duo)
Museum Kunstpallast “Die Grosse”, Düsseldorf (Ger)
2012 Galerie Willy Schoots “Hedendaags in de sporen..”, Eindhoven
2011 PAN Amsterdam Art Fair, Galerie Willy Schoots, Amsterdam
CBK Amsterdam, Amsterdam
2010 PAN Amsterdam Art Fair, Galerie Willy Schoots, Amsterdam
Galerie de Compagnie, Dordrecht (duo)
2009 Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Parc Floral, Paris (Fr)
Galerie Willy Schoots on location, “Transmission”, Amsterdam (duo)
Pulchri Studio “Non-Crossovers”, Den Haag
Galerie Willy Schoots, Eindhoven
2008 Muziekgebouw a/h IJ, “Meeting Point”, Amsterdam
Galerie Willy Schoots, Patio, Eindhoven
2007 Galerie Willy Schoots, “Art Case”, Eindhoven
2005 Haus der Kunst “3e Dimension, Skulptur Aktuell”, München (Ger)
SBK KNSM-eiland, Amsterdam (duo)
Stipendia
2007 Basisstipendium for artists from the Foundation BKVB, A’ dam.
2001 Basisstipendium for artists from the Foundation BKVB, A’ dam.
1995 Stipendium Cultural Treaty with Italy, work study/year Carrara, Italy.
1994 Working period with Stipendium at the European Ceramics Work Centre,
Den Bosch, the Netherlands. (EKWC)
Startstipendium from the Foundation BKVB for young artists, Amsterdam.
Publications (since 2000)
Willem Harbers, 2019, solo catalogue gal Franzis Engels en Donopoulos IFA
“Sculpture Route Haarlem”, 2019, catalogue sculpture route
“Still Alive”, 2019, catalogue by The Project Gallery Athens.
“Naturliebe – erneuerbare Haltungen” , 2017, catalogue künstlerv Walkmühle, Wiesbaden
Ostrale”O16: ERROR:X, 2016, catalogue
“Die Grosse”, 2013, catalogue Museum Kunstpallast, Düsseldorf
“Labogrigneur ve uydu isler”“Labogrigneur and Satellite Works", 2012, solo catalogue Gal. Zilberman, Istanbul “Langzame Beelden in een snelle Tijd”“Slow Sculptures in Speedy Times”, 2011, solo catalogue Gal. Willy Schoots, Eindhoven
Non-Crossovers, 2009, catalogue
Réalités Nouvelles, 2009, catalogue Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris
Beelden Buiten/Binnen Borne, 2005, catalogue
Galerie Beeldenhof Sculpture, 2005, catalogue
3e Dimension, Skulptur Aktuell, 2005, catalogue Haus der Kunst, München
ABK, Oude Kerk Amsterdam, 2003, catalogue
“ De Walkuren ”, 2000, catalogue
Since 1997 critics about exhibitions in several newspapers and magazines, on radio and tv.
Related activities
2017- Teacher Art Academie Minerva “Spatial” and project week, Groningen.
2015 Masterclasses “spatial thinking” at Artzuid etc.
2008-2012 President of the professional Sculptors Organization ABK.
2009- Teacher at MK START, preparatory training for art students, Amsterdam.
2005 - Sculpture instructor at MK24, Centre for Visual Arts, Amsterdam.
2004 - Train sculptors with workshops to “plan and anticipate in the process”.
2003/2004 Member Platform Visual Arts for the Federation of Artists Unions.
2000 - Lectures about aspects (technical/historical) of life as a sculptor and an artist.
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