Roos Theuws

Roos Theuws (Valkenswaard, 1957) is a Dutch media and video artist.[1]

Roos Theuws
Born
Rosalina Maria Theuws

1957-09-20
Valkenswaard
NationalityDutch
Alma materJan van Eyck Academie

Life

Roos Theuws studied from 1974 to 1979 in Tilburg to become a Tehatex teacher (also known as "Tekenen, Handvaardigheid en Textiele werkvormen"). From 1981 to 1983 she went to the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht.[2] With the Stichting Time Based Arts, founded in 1983, she aimed to make the form of video art to be recognized by museums and galleries at the same level as other art mediums.[3][4] Roos Theuws was closely related to the Association of Video Artists who helped shape the creation of Montevideo / Time Based Arts in 1986.[5] It became the national centre for media art in the Netherlands and supported the creation of video art in a period when the Dutch video art movement was still struggling with the challenges of acknowledging video art as an art form.[5] Since 1995 she teaches in Amsterdam at the Fine Arts departement of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie.[6]

Reception within the Netherlands (notable group exhibitions)
Photo of a sculpture, which can be described as a big basket made from Gabion which is filled with basalt.
Sculpture by Roos Theuws "Beg, scream and shout" (2002)

Negen (Nine)

Witte de With organized the group exhibition Negen (Nine) in 1991 to present the qualities of contemporary art in the Netherlands at the time. Chris Dercon and Gosse Oosterhof who curated the exhibition, stated that there was little in Dutch art to get excited about. The artworks in the show were exceptions and transcended “such vague notions as regionalism and nationalism.”[7] After its debut in Rotterdam the exhibition travelled to three other venues in Europe: the Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato, the Kunstverein in Düsseldorf and the Provinciaal Museum in Hasselt.[8]

According to Lynne Cooke most participating artists were involved in continuing a longstanding tradition centering in on seventeenth-century Dutch art. The art historian referenced The Art of Describing: Dutch Art in the Seventeenth Century by Svetlana Alpers.[9] Among other artworks Forma Lucis III (1986), Forma Lucis IX (1989) and Untitled (So That I Can Build For Him A House no. 4) (1990) by Roos Theuws were part of the exhibition. Lynne Cooke claimed the visual inspection, empirical curiosity and the objective scrutiny of the eye explored in the artworks were “directed to ends that bypass symbol and allegory, leaving apprehension in the realm of sensation, of the seen.”[10] Curator Jan van Adrichem claimed that the installations by Roos Theuws expressed the artist's interest in the visual properties of light.[11]

IMAGO, fin de siècle in Dutch art

Forma Lucis VI (1989) by Roos Theuws was part of the exhibition IMAGO. It was a traveling exhibition, financed by the Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst (The Netherlands Office for Fine Arts), about contemporary art and technology. For the exhibition, René Coelho brought together the work of 14 Dutch artists who all believed that the creative potential of contemporary technology should be explored.[12] At the end of the twentieth century artists wanted to show that the "efficient, dominating and massifying products of electronics" could be used for more beautiful and imaginative purposes.[13] These artworks were shown in venues in Switzerland, Japan, Slovakia, Hungary, Portugal, Spain and Taiwan.[14]

The catalogue of the exhibition contains a dialogue between sociologist and media researcher Volker Grassmuck and economist and philosopher Asada Akira. The latter argues that contemporary media art consisted of a critical analysis of the system of representation. According to Asada Akirta the relationship between contemporary art and technology was similar to the relationship in the seventeenth century between the artworks by Vermeer and the research by Christiaan Huyghens and Van Leeuwenhoek who laid the foundation for optics.[15]

Collaborations

Roos Theuws worked with Kasia Glowicka, who composed music for the artwork CONVOLUTION KERNEL II (2008). The collaboration also went the other way, with Glowicka's live performance Quasi Rublev (2009) being accompanied by visuals from video artists, including by Roos Theuws.[16] Also was the composition Luminescence (2009) inspired by Roos Theuws' concept of light.[17]

The departement of optics at Universiteit van Amsterdam are credited for their help for in an artwork from 1984.[18] To make the artwork Kitab al Manazir (2014), Roos Theuws worked with the collection from the science museum Museum Boerhaave.[19]

Overview of artworks
Non-exhaustive list of artworks:[20]
Year Title In collection of Identifier Format / Materials Size
2006 GAUSSIAN BLUR single channel video 14''
2007 FRIGHTFLIGHTFIGHT single channel video 3.15''
2007 CONVOLUTION KERNEL I multichannel video 50.15''
2008 CONVOLUTION KERNEL II multichannel video 15''
2005 THE HAZARD RATE 1 single channel video 4'
2005 THE HORSESMITH two channel video 4.07''
2005 THE HAZARD RATE 2 single channel video 3.15''
1997 214 SLAGEN single channel video 2.07''
2005 VOYAGER I c-print 192,5 x 129 cm
2005 VOYAGER II c-print 192,5 x 129 cm
2005 VOYAGER III c-print 192,5 x 129 cm
2005 VOYAGER IV c-print 192,5 x 129 cm
2005 WANGANUI I museum Huis Marseille HMA-2007-13 c-print 192,5 x 129,5 cm
2005 WANGANUI II museum Huis Marseille HMA-2007-14 c-print 192,5 x 129,5 cm
WANGANUI III c-print 192,5 x 129,5 cm
WANGANUI IV c-print 192,5 x 129,5 cm
HET BEHOUDEN HUYS I c-print
2002 BEG, SCREAM & SHOUT Balthasarschans, Gemeente Zoetemeer 2154 cast aluminium, basaltstones
1998 BEG, SCREAM & SHOUT video-installation, (216 beats), 2 beamers
CATCH ON THE REBOUND hospital linen, iron frame with hook, latex, roofmate 270 x 50 x 50 cm
1985 FORMA LUCIS II[21] Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam BA 4036(1-4)_239 videosculpture 129 x 80 x 90 cm
1986 FORMA LUCIS III[22] Bonnefantenmuseum 1003567 2 monitors, multiplex 15 minutes and 210 x 120 x 90 cm
1991 Heart & Eyes[23] Bonnefantenmuseum 1003723 cast aluminium, aluminium tubes, wax 299 x 103 x 66 cm
1987 Zonder titel[24] Bonnefantenmuseum 1003529 glas, aluminium, steel, varnish 115 x 219 x 4 cm
1993 Zonder titel[24] Bonnefantenmuseum 1004067 wood, styren-butadien rubber, handmade white gesso paint, clamps 140 x 100 x 55 cm
1990 FORMA LUCIS V 2 monitors, videosculpture, perspex, wood
1989 FORMA LUCIS VI[25] Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed and LIMA inv. nr. K90112 A-G Plywood, glass, paint, 2 CRT monitors, 2 video files, media players 65 x 105 x 83 cm & 65 x 195 x 83 cm, 21'33" & 8'00"
1991 FORMA LUCIS IX[25] Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed glass, wood, perspex, video, 2 monitors 65 x 88 x 112 cm
1994 FORMA LUCIS XIII (DIE GESCHEITERTE HOFFNUNG) 204 x 237 x 205 cm
1997 UNEQUAL THINGS MEASURED BY EACH OTHER[26] Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1999.1.0114(1-3) video + monitor, wax, roofmate, hospital linen, iron frame, hook, wire 300 x 475 x 600 cm[2]
1993 O & E[27] Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1993.1.0303 iron, wood, aluminium, rubber tubing, lamps, electricity wire, fluorescent light-tubes 135 x 280.5 x 200 cm
1994 SO THAT I CAN BUILD FOR HIM A HOUSE iron, rotating motor on timer, stainless steel mill, text
1996 WO EIS IST, IST KÜHLE FÜR ZWEI iron tableframe, axe, wire, roofmate, hospital linen 240 x 180 x 190 cm
1993 FIRST STEPS aluminium, red rubber tubing, clips, coasters 97 x 180 x 188 cm
1993 TUMBLED OVER RIM iron, wood, aluminium, rubber tubing, lamps, electricity wire, monitor 120 x 280 x 200 cm
1994 ROGIER V.D. WEIJDEN steel, monitor, rubber tubing 220 x 240 x 90 cm
1998 WALL I papier-mâché, wood, chicken wire 270 x 180x 60 cm
1999 BALANCING WALL papier-mâché, chicken wire, wood, steel beam, small monitor 280 x 260 x 70 cm
1998 2 WALLS papier-mâché, chicken wire, coasters, wood 220 x 190 x 44 cm and 210 x 170 x 70 cm
1990 SO THAT I CAN BUILD FOR HIM A HOUSE (2) iron, stainless steel, text, motor with interval circuit, cable 51 x 56 x 105 cm
1994 ZONDER TITEL hospital linen, parafinne, styrofoam, steel construction, rubber tubing 170 x 160 x 90 cm
1994 UNTITLED (ST.JOHN) hospital linen, parafinne, styrofoam, steel construction, different types of rubber tubing 185 x 170x 90 cm
2017 Untitled[28] AkzoNobel Art Collection photography
1988 ZONDER TITEL[29] Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1988.4.0400 painting 26 x 156 x 2 cm
1991 ZONDER TITEL[30] Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1994.1.0223 aluminium, rubber tubing, caps 198 x 102 x 62 cm
1986 ZONDER TITEL[31] Museum Boijmans van Beuningen 3152 a-b (MK) color photography on aluminium 155 x 50 x 4 cm
1992 ZONDER TITEL[32] Museum Boijmans van Beuningen BEK 1663 (MK) wood, rubber, steel, white gesso layer 120 x 140 x 80 cm
1989 Anaklasis[25] Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed and LIMA
1984 Zonder titel geen geluid[25] Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed
2016 The Same Sun[33]
2016 Miroir Noir[34] 2 video projections on plexiglas
2012 Fences and Pools[2] 2-channel video installation with 3 soundtracks
2014 Kitab al Manazir (Book of Optics)[35] 3-channel video installation with 1 soundtrack 21 minutes
2014 KaM001[36]
2014 KaM002[36]
2014 KaM003[36]
2014 KaM200[36]
2014 KaM400[36]
2014 KaM1000[36]
2007 Convolution Kernel 4
2001 Om vier uur in de ochtend[2] armature, papier-mâché, video projection 251 x 198 x 110 cm
2020 Mercurial Dominion[37] metal construction, disassembled iMac, video 140 x 276 x 93 cm
I photowork 122 x 176 cm
Zonder titel photowork 122 x 192 cm
Unequal Times Measured by One Another
1987 Forma Lucis II
Silicium
A New World
Unsusceptible
Observation
Herrnchiemsee, für Ludwig
2018 Skin
Binary
Das Zeigende Zeigen
2020 Ardalanish/Binary
Unequal Times Measured by One Another 2
assemble
1870

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions
Non-exhaustive list of solo exhibitions:[38]
Year Title Venue City
1982 Experiments with smells ‘Greenish’ Stadsschouwburg Maastricht
1988 Forma Lucis V Gemeentemuseum Arnhem
Galerie Van Gelder Amsterdam
1994 Tumbled Over Rim Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam
1989 Galerie STAMPA Basel
1989 Haags Centrum voor Actuele Kunst Den Haag
1991 Sculptures[39] Kunstvereniging Diepenheim Diepenheim
1998 Roos Theuws[40] Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam Amsterdam
2006 Hazard Rate[41] Galerie RAM Rotterdam
2008 Videolounge Rotterdam
2009 Gaudeamus Muziekweek (in cooperation with VocaalLAB Nederland) Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ Amsterdam
2009 Cooperation with Jaqueline de Lucanet (Le merle Noir, Messiaen) Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ Amsterdam
2009 Art Amsterdam RAI Amsterdam
2014 Roos Theuws[42] Slewe Gallery Amsterdam
2017 DUALs[42] Slewe Gallery Amsterdam

Group exhibitions
Non-exhaustive list of group exhibitions:[38]
Year Title Venue City
1983 Time Based Arts Amsterdam
1984 Festival International du Nouveau Cinema et de la Video Montreal, Amsterdam, Zurich, Geneva
1984 Festival International de l'Art Video Locarnp
1985 As far as Amsterdam goes.... Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
1985 Image on the Run (on tour) The Kitchen New York
1986 Videowochen im Wenkenpark[43] Videogenossenschaft Basel Basel
1987 Contour[44] Museum Het Prinsenhof Delft
1987 Forma Lucis III Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht
1987 Forma Lucis IV Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam
1989 Vision and Revision Danforth Museum Boston
1989 Video-Skulptur: retrospektiv und aktuell 1963-1989 Kölnischer Kunstverein & Dumont Kunsthalle Köln
1989 25 Jahre VideoSkulptur Kongresshalle Berlin
1990 Dutch Interiors Biennale Tokyo Tokyo
1990 IMAGO, fin de siècle in Dutch contemporary art KunstRAI Amsterdam
Video Art Festival de Locarno[45] Locarno
1991 Hara Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo
Dom Kultúry Bratislava
Műcsarnok[46] Budapest
Palau de la Virreina Barcelona
1992 Edifício da Alfândega[47] Porto
1993 Taipei Fine Arts Museum Taipei
1991 Poliset Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea Ferrara
1991 Negen[8] Witte de With Rotterdam
9 artisti olandesi contemporanei[48] Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci Prato
10 junge Künstler aus den Niederlanden Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen Düsseldorf
1992 Negen Provinciaal Museum Hasselt
1993 Right of Speech Noordbrabants Museum Den Bosch
1995 Triennale Kleinplastik 1995: Europa - Ostasien. SüdwestLB Forum Stuttgart
1996 De Muze als Motor De Pont Museum Tilburg
1999 Glad IJs Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
2000 Galerie Gmurzynska Köln
2002 Collectie Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum De Lakenhal Leiden
2002 Beelden in de Nieuwe Kerk Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
2004 De 80-jaren Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht
2007 2MOVE/ Migratory Aesthetics[49] Sala Verónicas and Centro Párraga Murcia
2008 Zuiderzeemuseum Enkhuizen
Stenersen Museet Oslo
Solstice Arts Centre Navan
Belfast Exposed Belfast
2008 Creatures from the Collection and Other Themes[50] Huis Marseille Amsterdam
2008 Inertia[51] W139 Amsterdam
2010 Digital? Analogue![52] Huis Marseille Amsterdam
2011 Convolution Kernel 2[53] Galerie Paul Andriesse Amsterdam
2020 Meanwhile...[42] Slewe Gallery Amsterdam

Artist books

Greenish (1983), loose leaves, 24 x 20 cm.[54]

Binntal (2021), MunkenPolar paper, Glama paper, 84p, Swiss binding, (ZwaanLenoir) 29,5 x 21 cm.[55]

List of Literature

Alphen, Ernst van. “Slow Seeing. Grasping the Image and the Way We Process It.” Roos Theuws, 2014.

Alphen, Ernst van. “Traag kijken: beeldontleding door Roos Theuws.” De Witte Raaf, juli-augustus 2014.

Bal, Mieke. "Activating Temporalities: The Political Power of Artistic Time" Open Cultural Studies 2, no. 1 (2018): 84–102. https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0009

Bal, Mieke. “Roos Theuws.” Art in America, September 25, 2014. ARTnews.com.

Coelho, Nio, Possel, Rodrigo, Velthoven (1990). IMAGO, fin de siècle Dutch contemporary art. Amsterdam: Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst/Stichting Mediamatic Foundation.

Fuchs, Rudi. “Stille aandacht.” De Groene Amsterdammer, September 14, 2016.

Massiac, Alix de. “40 Jaar Metropolis M – In gesprek met Roos Theuws.” Metropolis M, October 16, 2019. www.metropolism.com

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