Jan Vercruysse
{{Short description|Belgian contemporary visual artist, sculptor and photographer}}
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| years_active = 1974 - 2018
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Jan Vercruysse (3 October 1948{{Cite web|url=http://www.tillo.be/p603.htm|title=Persoonsblad|last=Behaeghe|first=Tillo|date=13 August 2018|website=Tillo Behaeghe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311021100/http://tillo.be/p603.htm|archive-date=11 March 2018|url-status=live|access-date=13 August 2018}} – 27 February 2018{{Cite web|url=https://nl.metrotime.be/2018/03/03/news/beeldend-kunstenaar-jan-vercruysse-overleden|title=Beeldend kunstenaar Jan Vercruysse overleden|date=3 March 2018|website=Metro|language=Dutch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427081119/http://nl.metrotime.be/2018/03/03/news/beeldend-kunstenaar-jan-vercruysse-overleden|archive-date=27 April 2018|url-status=live|access-date=13 August 2018}}) was a Belgian contemporary visual artist, sculptor and photographer.{{Cite web|url=http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500101096|title=Union List of Artist Names|website=The Getty|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529045210/http://getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=&role=&nation=&subjectid=500101096|archive-date=29 May 2016|access-date=13 August 2018|url-status=live}}
Life and work
Vercruysse was born in Ostend and died in Bruges, both Flemish municipalities in Belgium.{{Cite web|url=http://xavierhufkens.com/artists/jan-vercruysse|title=Jan Vercruysse|date=19 June 2018|website=Xavier Hufkens|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202231147/http://xavierhufkens.com/artists/jan-vercruysse|archive-date=2 February 2018|access-date=13 August 2018|url-status=live}} Prior to becoming a visual artist and photographer in 1974, Vercruysse studied law and had been a poet.
As a sculptor, his work featured industrial materials such as corten steel, bronze, iron and glass.{{Cite web|url=https://www.artsy.net/artist/jan-vercruysse|title=Jon Vercruysse|date=13 August 2018|website=Artsy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619113351/http://artsy.net/artist/jan-vercruysse|archive-date=19 June 2018|access-date=13 August 2018|url-status=live}}
He has also previously lived and worked in Italy and Spain.{{Cite web|url=https://tate.org.uk/art/artworks/vercruysse-m-m10-t11944|title='M(M10)', Jan Vercruysse, 1993|last=Mundy|first=Jennifer|date=January 2005|website=Tate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714023254/http://tate.org.uk/art/artworks/vercruysse-m-m10-t11944|archive-date=14 July 2018|access-date=13 August 2018|url-status=live}} Vercruysse represented his country Belgium at the Venice Biennale in 1993, where he exhibited a selection of his work.
Vercruysse's work is part of many important European and American museum collections and is referred to as one of Belgium's most influential artists.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mleuven.be/en/jan-vercruysse|title=Jan Vercruysse|date=13 August 2018|website=M - Museum Leuven|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812180116/https://www.mleuven.be/en/jan-vercruysse|archive-date=12 August 2018|access-date=13 August 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://artlead.net/artists-vercruysse-jan|title=Jan Vercruysse|date=13 August 2018|website=artlead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812175001/http://artlead.net/artists-vercruysse-jan|archive-date=12 August 2018|access-date=13 August 2018}} He is represented by Xavier Hufkens Gallery in Brussels as well as Vistamare and Tucci Russo in Italy.{{Cite web|url=https://xavierhufkens.com/artists/jan-vercruysse|title=Jan Vercruysse Artist Page|last=|first=|date=|website=Xavier Hufkens|access-date=16 April 2020}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tuccirusso.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=vrv77psl2kgbmufbguucqbehg2|title=Artist page|last=|first=|date=|website=Tucci Russo|access-date=16 April 2020}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.vistamare.com/en/artisti/jan-vercruysse/opere/|title=Artist Page|last=|first=|date=|website=Vistamare|access-date=16 April 2020}}
Awards and recognition
Museum exhibitions
A selection of exhibitions of work produced by Vercruysse include:{{Cite web|url=http://xavierhufkens.com/artists/jan-vercruysse/download/artist-file-verc-bio.pdf|title=Jan Vercruysse (Biography)|date=19 June 2018|website=Xavier Hufkens|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315133449/http://xavierhufkens.com/artists/jan-vercruysse/download/artist-file-verc-bio.pdf|archive-date=15 March 2018|access-date=13 August 2018|url-status=live}}
- Works 1975-2009, M - Museum Leuven, Belgium (2009)
- Salto Prolungato, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium (2001)
- Portretten van de Kunstenaar – Portraits de l’Artiste, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium (1999)
- Portretten van de Kunstenaar – Portraits of the Artist, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands (1998)
- The Villas, Haus Lange – Haus Esters, Krefelder Museen, Krefeld, Germany (1995)
- The Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1993)
- Padiglione di Belgio, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (1993)
- Tombeaux, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Castle of Rivoli, Rivoli, Italy (1992)
- Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands (1992)
- Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland (1989)
- Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Brussels, Belgium (1988)
- ARC, City of Paris Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France (1986)
References
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20210826225513/https://janvercruyssefoundation.com/ Official Website]}}
- [http://www.xavierhufkens.com/artists/jan-vercruysse Jan Vercruysse] at Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
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Category:Belgian contemporary artists
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