2024
Upcoming…
Unseen Amsterdam
Unbound
I am delighted to participate in Unseen/JanKnegt Gallery once again, showcasing new work alongside some of my earlier pieces. Additionally, I am contributing to Unbound at the Transformatorhuis, where I will be presenting a large installation.
Janknegt Gallery
Westergas
19- 22 September
For Unbound, I created an installation consisting of five suspended, life-sized, vertical images of church windows printed on voile. These blurred representations of stained glass, featuring flowers and landscapes, are arranged to create the sensation of standing within a chapel. The title draws inspiration from Claude Debussy’s composition La cathédrale engloutie, based on an ancient Breton myth of a submerged cathedral off the coast of the legendary city of Ys.
Ys was a city built on reclaimed land, safeguarded by a dike. As the city descended into moral decay—marked by luxury, corruption, greed, and vanity—a catastrophic storm struck, engulfing Ys, drowning its inhabitants, and submerging the once-great city beneath the sea. The story of Ys remains strikingly relevant today.
Studio view with a part of ‘La cathédrale engloutie’
Lippstadt, Germany
The Lippstadt based light art project „Lichtpromenade Lippstadt“ has its 20th anniversary this year. To celebrate this momentum there’ll be a show with all the artists involved. The curator Dirk Raulf has chosen different locations in the city.
In 2021 I was commissioned to make ‘Fenster’ for the former synagogue.
My installation ’the Reading Room’ will be on show in the old museum villa from the 16th century with it’s impressive ceilings.
The exhibiton runs from Thursday October 3 till Thursday October 31.
Thursday the 3rd at 16.00 the show will be opened by Roland Nachtigäller, the director of Insel Hombroich.
Meanwhile
De troost van schoonheid
A group show with Warffemius, Rian Peeperkorn, Ronald van der Meijs, Annesas Appel, Sabrina Charehbili. Annet Neijmeijer, Frits Nolte. Thijmen van Kooij, CellaVie L*A*B, Janine Eshuis, Koen Ebeling Koning, Sari Piek, Anton Havelaar, Suus Kooijman and Lynne Leegte.
Curated by Artvark
Rietveldpaviljoen Amersfoort
29 August – 6 October
Overview of the show here together with paintings by Warffemius.
‘Banquet’ is installed once again and works well with the glass facade of this Rietveld pavilion.
The residents
The Amsterdam University Library is undergoing a huge transformation.
A former hospital is being converted into a modern library and study center.
The Iconic staircase in the building has been renovated and I was asked to come up with a proposal for an artwork. This has resulted in The residents. Books of alabaster are set in the wall of the staircase, referring to the collection, knowledge, the past and progress.
This fantastic assignment from the UvA is being supported by the Mondriaan Fonds.
Due to corona there have been setbacks in the building process.
The planned opening of the whole complex is 2025.
Museum MORE
Great news: the museum for modern realism in Gorssel has acquired ‘Cardigan’, the alabaster version my grandmother used to wear. The sculpture is there to stay.
©Museum MORE. Fotografie: Eva Broekema
Past
AkzoNobel Art Foundation has acquired my work. It is such an honour to be in their impressive collection.
Hester Alberdingk Thijm and Augusto Pereira Silva came for a studio visit and chose one of the waves and commissioned me to make an artwork with alabaster. The result is a combination of waves and shells. Photography and sculpture forming a whole.
Hester and Augusto stayed for ages in and out of the studio and meanwhile our cat pinched Augustos’ sandwich.
This studio visit was memorable.
The waves 2023
‘Water onder vuur’ showcased contemporary art and design meeting with landscapes and maritime paintings by Dutch and Flemish artists from the 16th and 17th century. An exhibition reflecting on water‘s beauty, power and mystery as well as its scarcity and abundance.
Together with Malin Persson and Urban Reef we exhibited our work in this beautiful monumental mansion on the Herengracht. Jacky Simons curated the show.
Kunsthandel P de Boer
Herengracht 512
1017 CC Amsterdam
April 5 – May 5 2024
Seascape (2024)
alabaster, mirrors, tables
102 x 130 x 245 cm
PAN Amsterdam
19 – 26 November 2023 in the RAI
Kunsthandel P. de Boer known for their collection of Dutch and Flemish masters had a special section in their booth at the PAN: the Wunderkammer. Some of my alabaster sculptures were on show in this beautiful setting.
www.pan.nl
www.kunsthandelpdeboer.com
Biennale Noordwijk
hosted site specific artworks in and around Noordwijk.
My work ‘Reflection’ was specially made for the impressive church in De Zilk.
Heilig Hart van Jezuskerk
Beeklaan 13
De Zilk
Interview:
https://biennalenoordwijk.nl/blog/lynne-leegte-biedt-troost-liefde-en-een-boodschap-doe-iets
Unseen Amsterdam, photography fair at the Westergas in Amsterdam 21- 24 September 2023.
Carla van de Puttelaar, Jackie Mulder and I showed our works in the booth hosted by JanKnegt Gallery.
Works from two series of mine were presented there for the first time.
The series ‘Stilllife with shells’ is derived from the paintings by the Dutch artist Adriaen Coorte (1665- 1707). I have always admired the work of this painter. One of my favorites is the one of the asparagus hanging in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. To me his masterly way of working with light seemed to match with the light sensitivity of alabaster. This resulted in the asparagus sculpture I made in 2021. Coorte has also painted a series with shells, each unique one carefully placed on a stone surface. In his days shells were precious and unusual exotic objects, coming from overseas. They showed the wealth of the owner. Nowadays the situation has changed. Because of extinction one isn’t allowed to take shells out of their habitat. In a sad way they’ve become precious again.The shells I use as models are the ones I found when I was young and living in the tropics. Remaking them in alabaster, these shells are future fossils.
Water has always been one of the four elements that has fascinated me. Combining different disciplines, I’ve finally found a way to solidify this intriguing everchanging form of nature. The waves series is painting and sculpting with light, having the historic marine paintings by Van de Velde & son and the seascapes by William Turner in the back of my mind.
By portraying the sea by brush strokes of pure vaseline, it’s an oil painting, only with a difference.
Fantastic voyage
In Ruurlo Castle I had a solo exhibiton with a selection of sculptures and photos in seven rooms and the elegant staircase of the castle. It was a mixture of old and new artworks and some had actually been made for specific spaces. The exhibition has ended, but the spirit of the show will be continued in a book, a new venture.
www.museummore-kasteelruurlo.nl/tentoonstelling/lynne-leegte
This exhibiton was supported by
Stichting Stokroos www.stokroos.nl
Frame Products www.frameproducts.nl
Ruijgrok Piezografie www.piezografie.com
De Beeldhouwwinkel www.beeldhouwwinkel.nl
Van Oorschot, bouw- en klusbedrijf www.van-oorschot.com
Eiso Bergsma producten van plexiglas www.eisobergsma.nl
Very honoured to have my picture taken by Koos Breukel.
It appeared in his portrait series in Het Parool.
Setdesign
In 2015 I did the setdesign for The Olieworstelaar with stand-up comedian Erik van Muiswinkel. He had asked me again for ‘Mooien ligjes in de lugt’. In this show he brought us the diversity of the Dutch language with his own amusing anecdotes and texts by collegues. For me it was a perfect chance to try and capture sounds and sentences. With aluminium bent in all kinds of angles combined with clever lighting by Dirk Blom, new lines took shape.
The group show is a focus on Dutch contemporary art.
Abbaye Saint André – Centre d’art contemporain
Meymac France
March 18- June 19 2023
