Jan Dibbets
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Jan Dibbets is a Dutch conceptual artist.
In 1994, he was commissioned by the Arago Association to create a memorial to the French astronomer François Arago
, known as Hommage à Arago. Dibbets set 135 bronze medallions into the ground along the Paris Meridian
between the north and south limits of Paris.
Dibbets works are included in museums around the world, including the Stedelijk Museum
, Amsterdam, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
, New York, De Pont Gallery in Tilburg, and the Van Abbemuseum
in Eindhoven.
In 1994, he was commissioned by the Arago Association to create a memorial to the French astronomer François Arago
François Arago
François Jean Dominique Arago , known simply as François Arago , was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer and politician.-Early life and work:...
, known as Hommage à Arago. Dibbets set 135 bronze medallions into the ground along the Paris Meridian
Paris Meridian
The Paris Meridian is a meridian line running through the Paris Observatory in Paris, France—now longitude 2°20′14.025″ east. It was a long-standing rival to Greenwich as the prime meridian of the world, as was the Meridian of Antwerp in Antwerp, Belgium....
between the north and south limits of Paris.
Dibbets works are included in museums around the world, including the Stedelijk Museum
Stedelijk Museum
Founded in 1874, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is a museum for classic modern and contemporary art in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It has been housed on the Paulus Potterstraat, next to Museum Square Museumplein and to the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum and the Concertgebouw, in Amsterdam Zuid...
, Amsterdam, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a well-known museum located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. It is the permanent home to a renowned collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern, and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions...
, New York, De Pont Gallery in Tilburg, and the Van Abbemuseum
Van Abbemuseum
Van Abbemuseum is a museum of modern and contemporary art located in central Eindhoven, Netherlands, on the east bank of the Dommel river. Established in 1936, the Abbe Museum is named after its founder, Abbe Henri. Abbe was a lover of modern art and wanted to enjoy it there from Eindhoven...
in Eindhoven.
Additional reading
- Jeffery Kastner and Brian Wallis (editors): Land and Environmental Art. Phaidon Press, 1998. ISBN 0714845191
- Rudi Fuchs and Gloria Moure: Jan Dibbets, Interior Light. New York: Rizzoli, 1991. ISBN 0847814297
External links
- UBU Web
- Gladstone Gallery representing Dibbets in the US
- Dutch Light