Jan Dibbets born 1941. Dutch artist who works mainly with photography. Born in Weert. Trained as an art teacher at the Tilburg Academy 1959-63 and studied painting with Jan Gregoor in Eindhoven... Read full biography
Jan Dibbets born 1941. Dutch artist who works mainly with photography. Born in Weert. Trained as an art teacher at the Tilburg Academy 1959-63 and studied painting with Jan Gregoor in Eindhoven 1961-3. Taught art at a training college 1964-7. First one-man exhibition at Galerie 845, Amsterdam,... Read full biography
Jan Dibbets born 1941. Dutch artist who works mainly with photography. Born in Weert. Trained as an art teacher at the Tilburg Academy 1959-63 and studied painting with Jan Gregoor in Eindhoven 1961-3. Taught art at a training college 1964-7. First one-man exhibition at Galerie 845, Amsterdam, 1965. Painted some abstract shaped canvases, then gave up painting in 1967. Shortly afterwards visited London on a British Council scholarship and met Richard Long and other artists involved with Land... Read full biography
Jan Dibbets born 1941. Dutch artist who works mainly with photography. Born in Weert. Trained as an art teacher at the Tilburg Academy 1959-63 and studied painting with Jan Gregoor in Eindhoven 1961-3. Taught art at a training college 1964-7. First one-man exhibition at Galerie 845, Amsterdam, 1965. Painted some abstract shaped canvases, then gave up painting in 1967. Shortly afterwards visited London on a British Council scholarship and met Richard Long and other artists involved with Land art. On return to Holland, settled in Amsterdam and began to make 'Plough Projects', 'Beach Projects' etc., followed by his first 'Perspective Corrections'. Started in 1967 to use photography to create a dialogue between nature and cool geometrical... Read full biography
Jan Dibbets born 1941. Dutch artist who works mainly with photography. Born in Weert. Trained as an art teacher at the Tilburg Academy 1959-63 and studied painting with Jan Gregoor in Eindhoven 1961-3. Taught art at a training college 1964-7. First one-man exhibition at Galerie 845, Amsterdam, 1965. Painted some abstract shaped canvases, then gave up painting in 1967. Shortly afterwards visited London on a British Council scholarship and met Richard Long and other artists involved with Land art. On return to Holland, settled in Amsterdam and began to make 'Plough Projects', 'Beach Projects' etc., followed by his first 'Perspective Corrections'. Started in 1967 to use photography to create a dialogue between nature and cool geometrical design by rotating the camera on its axis, taking series of photographs systematically increasing the shutter speed, etc. Als... Read full biography
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About Jan Dibbets: Books
Books & Publications (5)
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The Last Art College: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1968-1978
2012
Kennedy, Garry Neill
455 pages (color)
Art Metropole: The Top 100 (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
2006
Scott, Kitty et al
137 pages
Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s-1980s
1999
Bann, Stephen, et al
279 pages
Learn to Read Art: Artists; Books (Art Gallery of Hamilton) (Exhibition catalog)