A body of work inspired by the Sputnik launch and the Space Race.
Paintings inspired by the tension between nature and civilization.
Paintings that invite the viewer to move and discover the image from a different angle.
Hans Zandvoort
1928–2013
Hans Zandvoort at work, Paris, 1961
Photograph by Sara Facio
Hans Zandvoort (1928–2013) was a Dutch-born artist whose work developed across more than five decades in the Netherlands, France, Senegal, the United States and Mexico.
After moving to Paris in 1956, he developed Spoutnik (Sputnik), an early body of work responding to the imagery of satellites and the emerging Space Race. His work subsequently moved toward abstraction in paintings he called Opposition, followed by his later exploration of anamorphosis and the relationship between painting, viewer and space.
“Each work I now make took more than 50 years to complete.”
– Hans Zandvoort, 2011