Rudi Fuchs, Antoon Melissen, Renate Wiehager and others

Auke de Vries. An Alphabet of Nature
Sculptures, Drawings, Public Works 1960-2011

Design: Niessen and De Vries, Illustrated (colour), Hardcover, 516 pages, 23 x 32 cm
English edition, ISBN 978-90-5662-860-4, Recommended Retail Price € 45.00
Dutch edition, ISBN 978-90-5662-859-8

With support from the Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (Fonds BKVB) and Stroom,The Hague

Exhibition Sculptures and Drawings at Museum Belvédère, Heerenveen from 13 May to 26 August 2012
Lecture Auke de Vries in Museum Belvédère 5 June 2012
Exhibition Friesland Bank Headquarters, Leeuwarden van 14 May tot 24 August 2012
Exhibition Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, 26 May to 27 June 2012

Dutch artist Auke de Vries (b. 1937) is best known for the elegant and whimsical sculptures he constructs in public space, both in the Netherlands and around the world. His striking permanent sculptures such as the Maasbeeld in Rotterdam, the Hollands Spoor Station sculpture in The Hague, the work in the pond of the Netherlands Architecture Institute in Rotterdam, on the roof of the Daimler-Chrysler Building in Berlin, and many projects in cities such as Istanbul, Johannesburg, Aberdeen, Frankfurt make him one of the most well-known artists of work in public space. Less well-known is that De Vries’s artistic spectrum extends far beyond sculpture, ranging from tiny sketches to large-scale spatial design studies. In 2012 De Vries turns 75 and he has been an artist over 50 years. This book presents, for the first time, an overview of the oeuvre De Vries has produced over the course of more than 50 years.

At the Museum Belvédère Heerenveen there is also an exhibition from 13 May to 26 August which marks that anniversary.

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