Thomas William (Thom) Puckey (Bexleyheath, England, 23 May 1948[1][2]) is a British sculptor living in Amsterdam and Tuscany.[3] He was awarded a master's degree in 1975 at the Royal College of Art, after studying fine art at Croydon College of Art.[4] He moved to the Netherlands in 1979.[2]
In 1990 he had a solo exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, where several of his works are in the permanent collection.[5][6] He has shown his work in solo exhibitions at various well-known galleries and museums in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and Italy. [7][8][3][9][10]
He has taught art at several art academies in the Netherlands, including the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (1987 -1995) as a sculpture tutor, and AKV St. Joost (1997 - 2013) as a fine art tutor.[11][12][2][1] In recent years, he has been a guest professor at various art academies and universities in China. His works are included in numerous international private and museum collections,[13][14][15][16] and commissioned public sculptures are prominent in several cities in the Netherlands.[17][18][19][20] In 2017 he completed a monument to Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, placed opposite the parliament buildings in The Hague.[21][22][23][24]
In 2013 he designed a 5 euro commemorative coin in the Netherlands with the Peace Palace as subject.[25]
In 1986 Puckey was awarded the Sandberg Prize (Netherlands) for Fine Art by the city of Amsterdam.[1]
Artistic career
editPerformance
editFrom 1972-1980 Puckey worked as a performance artist, forming the duo "Reindeer Werk" together with Dirk Larsen. Reindeer werk worked, performed and exhibited throughout Europe and North America, and participated in Documenta VI in 1977.[26][27] Another of their highlights was their five days and nights long project 'A Prediction' at De Appel in Amsterdam (1978).[28][29]
Sculpture
editSince 1983 he has worked as a sculptor, first with optical/abstract sculptures. Later his sculptures became increasingly more figurative, his recent bronze and particularly marble sculptures strongly referring to 19th-century Realism. The models for these laborious works have always been specific people, and traditional methods of casting, carving, and finishing were used in their production.[22][2][29][30]
The realistically modeled or carved female nudes, precisely executed down to the most intimate detail, in striking poses with weapons, are depicted on everyday objects such as mattresses, pillows and furniture. The contrast between the nudity referring to classical antiquity, and the brutal-looking contemporary military technology collapses classical studio techniques with art-historical legacies and contemporary political implications.[2][29]
Analogue photography
editSince 2016 Puckey has been concentrating more on black-and-white analogue photography, working solely in his own darkroom and studio and shooting, developing, and printing the photographs himself. The images are initially composed with great precision but then often thrown open to chance, using long shutter speeds and mobile lights or a mobile camera. In his complex and strange photographs, light, time and spatiality often seem to achieve an importance equal to the portrayed scene or subject.[29][2][31]
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Reindeer Werk in performance (1975) Thom Puckey and Dirk Larsen. Galerie St. Petri, Lund, Sweden. Photographer - Angela Spanswick -
The Lens Trees (1989) Thom Puckey. Binnengasthuisplein, Amsterdam -
The husband of the Doll (1991) Thom Puckey. International Sculpture Collection -
Monument for J.W. Thorbecke (2017) Thom Puckey. Carrara marble and Stainless Steel. Tornooiveld, Den Haag. Commissioned by the City of The Hague -
Maenad (2023) Thom Puckey. Analog print from single negative - gelatin silver photo paper 48 x 38,4 cm
References
edit- ^ a b c RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History)
- ^ a b c d e f Website of Thom Puckey
- ^ a b "thom puckey- apearences". anniegentilsgallery. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Thom Puckey – St. Moritz Art Academy". Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ Grrr.nl. "Thom Puckey". www.stedelijk.nl. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ Hofland, Gerhard (29 October 2011). "Thom Puckey & Michael Kirkham & Johan Tahon: Love and Cruelty". MutualArt. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024.
- ^ Hohental, Diana. "Artists". Hohental und Bergen. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023.
- ^ "Exhibited artists". gerhardhofland.com. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "HERE WE ARE – Exhibition #6 // Heikki Marila & Thom Puckey | 26 May - 10 July 2022". MPV Gallery. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ Hendrix, Niek (13 November 2013). "Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch; Thom Puckey – 11 Easy Pieces, Love & Self-Damage". Lost Painters (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 February 2024.
- ^ "Thom Puckey". www.kunstbus.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Catalogus | Beauty of Violence". catalogue.garagerotterdam.nl. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Ondergrondse fontein | Museum Arnhem". Collectie Gelderland (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "M.T. met pistool van Thom Puckey". Museum MORE (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "Museum Beelden aan Zee - Virtuele tentoonstelling: Thom Puckey, I.S. with Beretta 92 Semi-automatic, 2011". collectiebeeldenaanzee.nl. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "Thom Puckey". www.muhka.be. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "Sandra Smets". sandrasmets.nl. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Lens Trees | UvA Placemaking". placemakingamsterdam.nl. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ Kunst, Beeldende; Rotterdam, Openbare Ruimte. "The Husband of the Doll". BKOR. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ Amsterdam. "Buitenkunst Amsterdam". Amsterdam.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ Gayer, John (23 March 2018). "Thom Puckey". Sculpture. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ a b van Roosmalen, Arno (2017). "A Matter of Time. Thom Puckey and the Thorbecke monument" (PDF). Stroom. pp. 3–33. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Thorbecke monument | DenHaag.com". denhaag.com (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Monument voor Thorbecke". Buitenkunst Den Haag (in Dutch). Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Dutch 5 Euro coin celebrates Peace Palace". CoinsWeekly. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "documenta 6 - Retrospective - documenta". www.documenta.de. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Reindeer Werk (Tom Puckey & Dirk Larsen) - M HKA Ensembles". ensembles.mhka.be. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "A prediction – 5 days and Nights at de Appel - Archive - de Appel Amsterdam". www.deappel.nl. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Atelierbezoek Thom Puckey, door het beeld bekeken". Mister Motley (in Dutch). 10 July 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "Stroom - A Matter of Time. Thom Puckey and the Thorbecke monument". www.stroom.nl. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ "▷ Thom Puckey | Buy Original Art Online | Artsper". ▷ Artsper | Buy Original Art Online - Artworks: Paintings, Photos and More. Retrieved 21 February 2024.