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statue of a medieval knight with green and dark colored hues

 

FOLKERT DE JONG 

Fidei Defensor, 2014 

Patinated bronze 

82 5/8 x 35 3/8 x 25 9/16 in

210 x 90 x 65 cm

Edition of 3

 

JCG7545

statue of a medieval knight of varying dark hues

FOLKERT DE JONG 

Old DNA, 2014 

Patinated bronze 

82 5/8 x 35 3/8 x 27 1/2 in

210 x 90 x 70 cm 

Edition of 3

 

JCG7546

armored official of varying hues

FOLKERT DE JONG

From Stately Throne, 2014 

Patinated bronze 

82 5/8 x 35 3/8 x 33 7/16 in
210 x 90 x 85 cm

Edition of 3

 

JCG7544

abstract sculpture

FOLKERT DE JONG 

Babel's Maze, 2014 

Patinated bronze 

86 9/16 x 70 13/16 x 35 3/8 in

220 x 180 x 90 cm

Edition of 3

 

JCG7548

abstract sculpture

FOLKERT DE JONG 

Spiritual Generator, 2014

Patinated bronze 

70 13/16 x 33 7/16 x 27 1/2 in

180 x 85 x 70 cm

 

JCG7547

sculpture of a man with airhorn coming out of his chest encased in red tinted glass

FOLKERT DE JONG 

The Eye of Jupiter, 2014 

Acrylic glass, pigmented polyurethane foam, Styrofoam, spray can, metal, paint brush, wood, plastic, spray paint 

82 5/8 x 70 13/16 x 47 3/16 in

210 x 180 x 120 cm

 

JCG7569

sculpture encased in red glass

FOLKERT DE JONG 

The Last Nation, 2014 

Acrylic glass, pigmented polyurethane foam, Styrofoam, spray can, metal, wood, plastic, paint brush, breakaway knife, spray paint 

98 3/8 x 27 1/2 x 27 1/2 in

250 x 70 x 70 cm

 

JCG7570

sculpture of floating hooded figure encased in yellow glass

FOLKERT DE JONG 

The Knights Move, 2014

Acrylic glass, pigmented polyurethane foam, metal, wood, plastic, spray paint 

98 3/8 x 27 1/2 x 27 1/2 in

250 x 70 x 70 cm

 

JCG7571

statue of an old camera

FOLKERT DE JONG 

North Meets East, South Meets West, 2014  

Patinated bronze 

57 1/16 x 27 1/2 x 27 1/2 in

145 x 70 x 70 cm

 

JCG7745

statue of a gramophone

FOLKERT DE JONG 

The Last Definition of Ideas, 2014 

Patinated bronze 

30 1/2 x 27 x 25 1/2 in

77.5 x 68.6 x 64.8 cm

 

JCG7754

sculpture of a hat, musket, and cups balancing on each other

FOLKERT DE JONG 

The Trumps Major I, 2014 

Patinated bronze 

39 5/16 x 11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in

100 x 30 x 30 cm

branch hat, and balls balancing on top of each other

FOLKERT DE JONG 

The Trumps Major II, 2014 

Patinated bronze 

43 1/4 x 15 11/16 x 11 3/4 in

110 x 40 x 30 cm

Edition of 3

 

painted statue of a camera

FOLKERT DE JONG 

New DNA, 2014 

Patinated bronze

3 7/8 x 5 7/8 x 2 3/4 in

10 x 15 x 7 cm

 

JCG7549

cups and geometric shapes balancing on each other

FOLKERT DE JONG 

Act of Supremacy, 2014 

Patinated bronze 

15 11/16 x 11 3/4 x 7 13/16 in
40 x 30 x 20 cm

Edition of 3

 

JCG7554

inflated balloons laying on the floor

FOLKERT DE JONG 

Tears of Mars, 2014 

Patinated bronze 

9 x 12 9/16 x 9 in

23 x 32 x 23 cm

 

JCG7551

old telephone covered in different hues

FOLKERT DE JONG 

Tendence of Frost, 2014 

Patinated bronze 

5 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 16 in

14 x 44.5 x 40.6 cm

 

JCG7755

knight's helmet covered in varying hues

FOLKERT DE JONG 

King's Ransom, 2014 

Patinated bronze 

14 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 12 1/2 in

36.8 x 26.7 x 31.8 cm

Edition of 3

 

JCG7756

guns covered in varying colors

FOLKERT DE JONG

Nervous System I-VI, 2014 

Patinated bronze

Each: 9 7/16 x 30 11/16 x 2 3/4 in

          24 x 78 x 7 cm

Edition of 6


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JCG7564.1

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JCG7566.1

JCG7567.1

statue of a ship

FOLKERT DE JONG 

The Mineral World I, 2014 

Patinated bronze 

35 3/8 x 12 9/16 x 7 13/16 in
90 x 32 x 20 cm

 

JCG7555

statue of a ship

FOLKERT DE JONG 

The Mineral World II, 2014 

Patinated bronze 

35 3/8 x 12 9/16 x 7 13/16 in

90 x 32 x 20 cm

 

JCG7556

statue of a ship

FOLKERT DE JONG 

The Mineral World III, 2014 

Patinated bronze 

35 3/8 x 12 9/16 x 7 13/16 in

90 x 32 x 20 cm

 

JCG7557

statue of a ship

FOLKERT DE JONG 

The Mineral World IV, 2014 

Patinated bronze 

35 3/8 x 12 9/16 x 7 13/16 in

90 x 32 x 20 cm

 

JCG7558

statue of a ship

FOLKERT DE JONG 

The Mineral World V, 2014 

Patinated bronze 

35 3/8 x 12 9/16 x 7 13/16 in

90 x 32 x 20 cm

 

JCG7559

Press Release

Folkert de Jong - The Holy Land - Exhibitions - James Cohan

FOLKERT DE JONG Spiritual Generator, 2014 Patinated bronze 70 13/16 x 33 7/16 x 27 1/2 in. (180 x 85 x 70 cm)

FOLKERT DE JONG The Holy Land

MARCH 19 – APRIL 25, 2015

Opening Reception:  Thursday, March 19, 6 – 8 PM

 

James Cohan Gallery is pleased to announce The Holy Land, an exhibition of new works by Folkert de Jong, opening on March 19th and running through April 25th. A reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, March 19th from 6 – 8 PM.

 

Folkert de Jong is internationally recognized for figurative sculptures—executed in the inorganic industrial materials of Styrofoam and polyurethane—that mine issues of empire, trauma and myth. In 2012, De Jong made his first works in cast bronze, bringing experimentation and edge to the medium, as well as engaging in the history of the monument and public art.

 

The works in The Holy Land were developed for De Jong’s recent solo exhibition at the Hepworth Wakefield in Yorkshire, UK, where, in collaboration with the Royal Armories in Leeds, the artist made 3D scans of suits of armor belonging to Henry VIII. The resulting bronze sculptural portraits depict a battle-ready ruler at three stages of his life, from the young peacock to the fat stoic. Old DNA, which grew out of the monarch’s final suit of armor, depicts a top-heavy cannonball of a man, with legs that hollow out from the back. An external nervous system or energy field running around the figure—derived from casting channels that would typically be clipped off the work before completion—is exposed, unprotected.

The bronzes are shown alongside casts of contemporary firearms from the Armories’ collection and a group of new mixed-media figures trapped inside multicolored Plexiglas vitrines. The Holy Land addresses the idea of preservation, in the sense of both immortalization and protection. How do we decide what to remember from history, and what do we leave out? How do facts erode, and how can we restore them? “The scene De Jong creates does not feel like an official history,” writes the Hepworth curator Sam Lackey, “but rather a hidden or unseen moment—an uncovered conspiracy from the past.” The Holy Land is frozen but alive, a series of monuments built from unexpected connections, with meaning gathering at the seams.

 

De Jong has designed the costumes for CRY, TROJANS!, the Wooster Group and Royal Shakespeare Company’s touring co-production of Troilus and Cressida, which starts its second New York run at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn in March 2015. Upcoming in April, De Jong will be included in the major exhibition Picasso in Contemporary Art at the Deichtorhallen, Hamburg. From May to August, the Kranenburgh Museum in Bergen will host a group exhibition curated by De Jong, Manifesten, including artists, designers and architects as varied as Walter van Beirendonck, the Wooster Group and RAAAF (Rietveld Architecture-Art-Affordances).

 

Folkert de Jong (born 1972, Egmond aan Zee) has been the subject of recent solo exhibitions at the Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire; MUDAM, Luxembourg; Musée d’Évreux, Normandy; Portland Art Museum, Oregon; Middelheim Museum, Antwerp; and the Musée d’art Contemporain, Rocheouart. Selected recent group exhibitions include Post-Picasso, Museu Picasso, Barcelona; Music Palace, Fondation Boghossian, Brussels; Dramedy, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Texas; The Anatomy Lesson, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague. Selected collections include the GEM Art Museum, The Hague; the KRC Collection, Rotterdam; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Lever House Art Collection; the Rabo Art Collection; and the Saatchi Collection. He was the recipient of the Prix de Rome in 2003. De Jong lives and works in Amsterdam.

 

Production of this exhibition has been made possible in part by the generous financial support of the Mondriaan Fund.

 

For press inquiries, please contact Jane Cohan at jane@jamescohan.com or 212-714-9500.

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