Jan Dibbets

Jan Dibbets masterfully uses photography to explore the interplay between nature and precise geometric design, often through 'perspective corrections.'

ABOUT

Born in Weert, Netherlands, in 1941, Jan Dibbets is a pioneering Dutch conceptual artist based in Amsterdam whose innovative work primarily engages with photography, often informed by mathematical principles. He began his artistic journey in the late 1950s and early 1960s as an art teacher, studying painting before having his first solo exhibition in 1965 at Amsterdam's Galerie 845. A pivotal moment came in 1967 when Dibbets abandoned painting and visited London, where he co…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Halve kubus 1966 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Painting 67 1967 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Perspective Correction - Diagonal/Crossed/Diagonal 1968 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Perspective Correction My Studio I 2: Square with 2 Diagonals on Wall 1969 · Museum of Modern Art Perspective Correction - My Studio II 1969 · Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam The Shortest Day 1970 · Van Abbemuseum

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Richard LongLand Art