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Ground & Figure, Figure & Ground. Marien Schouten
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ISBN 978-94-93329-62-1
Price € 65.00
Concept / artist Marien Schouten
Texts Hans Janssen, Ulrich Loock, Ernst van Alphen, Marien Schouten
Translation Beth O’ Brien, Ruth Koenig, Shaun Whiteside
Text editing & proofreading Ruth Hodgings, Eleonoor Jap Sam
Photography Hogers/ Versluys, Roland Aellig, GertJan van Rooij, Marien Schouten, Jannes Linders, Fotostudio Paul Mellaart VOF
Design Marien Schouten, with helpful advise of Roos Theuws, Alix Chauvet, Robin Uleman, Esther Krop, Peter Foolen
Dtp Edward de Nijs, Jacqueline Heijmerink, Alix Chauvet
Image editing & lithography Edward de Nijs, Marieke van Delft
Digitalising analogue photos Hans Bol
Computer Generated drawing JanDirk Schouten
Printing robstolk ® Amsterdam
Production coordination Marien Klaui
Binding Van Mierlo, Nijmegen
Number of pages 312
Book size 24 x 31 cm
Binding hardcover
Language English
Release date October 2025
Publisher Jap Sam Books
Made possible with the support of the Mondriaan Fund, Jaap Harten Fonds, EKWC
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This is a remarkable and extensive monograph on the work of the Dutch artist and sculptor Marien Schouten (b. 1956, NL). Like a director, the artist was in complete control of the creative process, from the composition and autobiographical structure of the texts to the graphic design and layout of the book. This makes Ground & Figure, Figure & Ground a comprehensive overview, and a unique encounter with the artist.
'Increasingly I accepted the impulses of intuition to direct my choices. I see it as the artist’s role to make the subconscious less opaque, to slightly alter its borders and make them porous. One way of familiarizing yourself with a motif which meaning you don’t fully understand, is repetition. A motif, when repeated in different contexts and combined with other motifs or performed in various media, accumulates its own history. Each repetition reveals the motif’s characteristics in a new light. Over time, the motif becomes more familiar and articulated. The need to analyze its origin becomes less, it has become a new reality.' - Marien Schouten
€65.00
Ground & Figure, Figure & Ground. Marien Schouten
€65.00
Art / Artist books / Upcoming
ISBN 978-94-93329-62-1
Price € 65.00
Concept / artist Marien Schouten
Texts Hans Janssen, Ulrich Loock, Ernst van Alphen, Marien Schouten
Translation Beth O’ Brien, Ruth Koenig, Shaun Whiteside
Text editing & proofreading Ruth Hodgings, Eleonoor Jap Sam
Photography Hogers/ Versluys, Roland Aellig, GertJan van Rooij, Marien Schouten, Jannes Linders, Fotostudio Paul Mellaart VOF
Design Marien Schouten, with helpful advise of Roos Theuws, Alix Chauvet, Robin Uleman, Esther Krop, Peter Foolen
Dtp Edward de Nijs, Jacqueline Heijmerink, Alix Chauvet
Image editing & lithography Edward de Nijs, Marieke van Delft
Digitalising analogue photos Hans Bol
Computer Generated drawing JanDirk Schouten
Printing robstolk ® Amsterdam
Production coordination Marien Klaui
Binding Van Mierlo, Nijmegen
Number of pages 312
Book size 24 x 31 cm
Binding hardcover
Language English
Release date October 2025
Publisher Jap Sam Books
Made possible with the support of the Mondriaan Fund, Jaap Harten Fonds, EKWC
This is a remarkable and extensive monograph on the work of the Dutch artist and sculptor Marien Schouten (b. 1956, NL). Like a director, the artist was in complete control of the creative process, from the composition and autobiographical structure of the texts to the graphic design and layout of the book. This makes Ground & Figure, Figure & Ground a comprehensive overview, and a unique encounter with the artist.
'Increasingly I accepted the impulses of intuition to direct my choices. I see it as the artist’s role to make the subconscious less opaque, to slightly alter its borders and make them porous. One way of familiarizing yourself with a motif which meaning you don’t fully understand, is repetition. A motif, when repeated in different contexts and combined with other motifs or performed in various media, accumulates its own history. Each repetition reveals the motif’s characteristics in a new light. Over time, the motif becomes more familiar and articulated. The need to analyze its origin becomes less, it has become a new reality.' - Marien Schouten
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