Taxat is a stainless steel sculpture representing a spatial translation of the double cross (mathematical form). You think you see stacked cubes, but once you get closer you see the open structure. It is a powerful image created by Rotterdam artist Woody van Amen. The theme of stacked crosses has played a major role in Van Amen's work since the turn of the century. They seem to be a logo or symbol without referring to an existing source, and are interesting for Van Amen because of this emblematic form, who has been working with a pop art-like visual language since the 1960s. Taxat is a gift from the initiators Stichting Taxat. The statue was unveiled on 29 January 2004 by mayor Opstelten.
Woody van Amen (Eindhoven, 1936) studied at the Rotterdam art academy and was a student of artist Louis van Roode. In 1961 Van Amen traveled to New York and there came into contact with the art movement Popart. On his return to the Netherlands, he was soon nicknamed 'Father of Dutch Pop Art'. Since the 1970s, he has incorporated visual elements in his paintings that caught his eye during his travels abroad. Van Amen mixes various techniques in his work and makes paintings, sculptures, drawings, photos and collages. His paintings and objects are figurative and recognizable. In 1993 Woody van Amen received the Chabot Prize. He lives and works in Rotterdam.
Taxat is a stainless steel sculpture representing a spatial translation of the double cross (mathematical form). You think you see stacked cubes, but once you get closer you see the open structure. It is a powerful image created by Rotterdam artist Woody van Amen. The theme of stacked crosses has played a major role in Van Amen's work since the turn of the century. They seem to be a logo or symbol without referring to an existing source, and are interesting for Van Amen because of this emblematic form, who has been working with a pop art-like visual language since the 1960s. Taxat is a gift from the initiators Stichting Taxat. The statue was unveiled on 29 January 2004 by mayor Opstelten.
Woody van Amen (Eindhoven, 1936) studied at the Rotterdam art academy and was a student of artist Louis van Roode. In 1961 Van Amen traveled to New York and there came into contact with the art movement Popart. On his return to the Netherlands, he was soon nicknamed 'Father of Dutch Pop Art'. Since the 1970s, he has incorporated visual elements in his paintings that caught his eye during his travels abroad. Van Amen mixes various techniques in his work and makes paintings, sculptures, drawings, photos and collages. His paintings and objects are figurative and recognizable. In 1993 Woody van Amen received the Chabot Prize. He lives and works in Rotterdam.
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