Henk Tas

Hendrik Everhart (Henk) Tas (born 23 July 1948, in Rotterdam) is a Dutch visual artist, working as a sculptor, photographer, graphic artist, and wall painter.[1]

Henk Tas
Henk Tas, 2018
Born
Hendrik Everhart Tas

(1948-07-23)23 July 1948
Rotterdam
NationalityDutch
EducationWillem de Kooning Academy
Known forPhotography, visual art
AwardsHugo Erfurth prize (1991)
Websitewww.henktas.nl

Biography

Tas was born in 1948 in Rotterdam, and grew up part of his youth in Canada. In Rotterdam he studied from 1966 to 1972 at the Academy of Visual Arts in Rotterdam in the direction free drawing and painting.[2]

After graduating, Tas settled in Rotterdam as a visual artist. He starting with graphics and then focused on staged photography. His work is inspired by rock music and pop music.[3] He used to stage his images with hats, toys, instruments, lights and plastic figures, which result in what he called "toverfotografie" (magic photography). He also made screen prints and large format mosaics inspired by lyrics.[2]

At the end of the 1980s Tas made a quarterly magazine about the Everly Brothers with Rick Vermeulen.[4] Together wit similar work as the magazines of Hard Werken, the work of poet Jules Deelder, the published 010, Tas made a significant contribution to the cultural renewal in the city in those days.[5]

In 1991, Tas was awarded the Hugo Erfurth Prize by Agfa. Tas's works are included in the collections of the Hugo Erfurth prize in Rotterdam, the Rijksmuseum[6] and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Groninger Museum,[7] and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.[2]

Work

Graphic work

Henk Tas started his own graphic work at the art academy, with which he had a first exhibition in 1971 in Galerie Noordeinde 31 in Spijkenisse.[8] In 1972 he was nominated for the Drempelprijs.[9] In the following years he exhibited screen prints at 't Venster in Rotterdam in 1973,[10] and at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in 1975.[11]

In 1976 he collaborated with the third Science Fiction festival in Rotterdam. He decorated spaces in the Lantaren and Erasmus University together with Bob van Persie, Hans Citroen and Willem van Drunen.[12] The following year in 1977 he exhibits textile photography at Galerie Gee in Geervliet.[13]

Exhibitions, a selection

Publications, a selection
  • Henk Tas, Rick Vermeulen, Els Barents. Why Me Lord. 2001.
  • Diana Wind. Museumkrant: Henk Tas, 2001.

References
  1. Henk Tas; man / Nederlands; beeldhouwer, fotograaf, graficus, wandschilder at rkd.nl. Accessed 10.05.2018.
  2. Henk Tas at linkartcompany.com, 2018. Accessed 10.05.2018.
  3. Edo Dijksterhuis. "Henk Tas streeft naar de kracht van hits." NRC Handelsblad. 12 September 2001.
  4. Arjen Schreuder. "Henk Tas: niet liegen," NRC Handelsblad, 30-12-1988.
  5. Erik Brus, Robert Loesberg. Rotterdam. 2012. p. 36
  6. Wim de Jong. "Met een knijpkat door de donkere kamer". De Volkskrant, 04-12-1992.
  7. Corien Ligtenberg ,"Collectie komt eigenzinnig tot haar recht in de Zwaaikom," Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. Groningen, 28-10-1994.
  8. Redactie. "Grafisch werk in Spijkenisse". Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad. Rotterdam, 07-08-1971.
  9. Bertus Schmidt, "Wie krijgt de Drempelprijs? TE KIJK GEZET," Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad. Rotterdam, 14-10-1972.
  10. Redactie. "Tentoonstellingen in ons land," De tijd : dagblad voor Nederland, 16-03-1973.
  11. Redactie. "Tentoonstellingsagenda Amsterdam," De waarheid, 06-02-1975.
  12. Kunstredactie, "Dr. Who komt op derde Science Fiction festival," Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad, Rotterdam, 11-03-1976.
  13. Kunstredactie. "ROTTERDAM, tijdelijk". Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad. Rotterdam, 28-03-1977.
  14. Redactie "'Rotterdamse School?' in Boymans-van Beuningen," Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad. Rotterdam, 11-08-1988.
  15. Henk Drent, "De kwaliteit verrast de keuzeheren Rotterdam Assorti: tijdsbeeld met veertig kunstenaars uit dit gebied," Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad, Rotterdam, 1990/05/02, p. 15.
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