Jan Kees Lantermans
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Jan Kees Lantermans

Netherlands • 1962

Biography

Vision

In the view of Jan Kees Lantermans, sculpting is about denying the original form by transforming it to the maximum. The solid and rigid character of natural stone must be transformed into a light and plastic form. Time and space play an important role in this; Lantermans' works give the illusion of being bent or distorted. "Only nature is capable of liquefying stone. To sculpt is to provoke mother nature!", according to Lantermans.

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