Remakes

Remakes from the sixties (1995-2011)

In April 1966, the International Gallery OREZ held Henk Peeters’ solo exhibition ‘La dernière exposition”. Peeters wrote a short text prior to the exhibition: ‘The works exhibited are intended only as examples of mass-produced articles . . . which can be ordered in any size and any colour desired.’ A stamp on the back left room to fill in by hand the dates of design and manufacture and the number of the work – even though the edition was unlimited. Peeters announced the incineration of the original once the first ‘mass-produced article’ was sold and prepared a short text that was supposed to be read out: ‘The age of the unique work of art is over. . . . from now on I will no longer sign any work.’ The exhibition was the ultimate consequence of Peeters’ efforts to finish with authenticity, uniqueness and the status-dependent work of art. The exhibition at OREZ was the unofficial end to the international ZERO movement and the end of Peeters‘ activities as creating artist. At the end of 1966 Peeters destroyed all his “original” works and focused exclusively on his teaching at the Academy of Arts. The "remakes" are “original” copies made by Henk Peeters after his early works and where exhibited 2006 in Galerie De Zaal Delft.The numbers are not always correct, as Peeters did not care so much any longer: the edition was anyway endless! Shortly before his death Peeters and Tijs Visser decided to remake pyrographies especially for museums, in the same format as his largest works from the sixties.

Pirografy, 2004, design 1960, edition no 1 of ~, 9 soot spots behind transparant plastic on white foil on stretcher, 40x40cm

Pirografy, 2006, design 1960, edition no 2 of ~, 9 soot spots behind transparant plastic on white foil on stretcher, 40x40cm

Pirografy, 2006, design 1960, edition no 3 of ~, 9 soot spots behind transparant plastic on white foil on stretcher, 40x40cm

Pirografy, 2006, design 1960, edition no 4 of ~, 9 soot spots behind transparant plastic on white foil on stretcher, 40x40cm, collection Prinsenhof Delft

Pirografy, 2006, design 1960, edition no 1 of ~, 36 soot spots on white foil on stretcher, 40x40cm

Pirografy, 2006, design 1960, edition no 2 of ~, 64 soot spots behind transparant plastic on white foil on stretcher, 40x40cm

Pirografy, 2006, design 1960, edition no 3 of ~, 64 soot spots behind transparant plastic on white foil on stretcher, 40x40cm, collection Prinsenhof Delft

Malevitch, 1999, design 1962, edition no 1 of ~, square of cotton wool behind voile on grey fond on stretcher, 40x40cm

Wattenvierkant, 1999, design 1962, edition no 2 of ~, square of cotton wool behind voile on grey fond on stretcher, 40x40cm

Malevich Negativ, 2006, design 1962, edition no 3 of ~, square of cotton wool behind voile on grey fond on stretcher, 40x40cm, collection Prinsenhof Delft

Malevitch, 1999, design 1962, edition no 14 of ~, square of cotton wool behind voile on grey fond on stretcher, 40x40cm

Groot Wattenvierkant, 2006, design 1962, edition no 1 of ~, square of cotton wool behind voile on light grey fond on stretcher, 40x40cm

Wattenbollen, 2006, design 1961, edition no 1 of ~, 9 spheres of cotton wool behind voile on light grey fond on stretcher, 40x40cm

Wattenbollen, 1999, design 1961, edition no 12 of ~, 16 spheres of cotton wool behind voile on grey fond on stretcher, 40x40cm, collection Prinsenhof Delft

Wattenstroken, 1999, design 1961, edition no 1 of ~, 3 bands of cotton wool behind voile on grey fond on stretcher, 40x40cm

Wattenbollen, 2006, design 1961, edition no 3 of ~, 9 spheres of cotton wool behind voile on light grey fond on stretcher, 40x40cm, collection Prinsenhof Delft

Wattenbollen, 200, design 1962, edition no 5 of ~, 16 spheres of cotton wool behind voile on grey fond on stretcher, 40x40cm

Wattenstroken, 2000, design 1962, edition no 6 of ~, 4 bands of cotton wool behind voile on grey fond on stretcher, 40x40cm, collection Prinsenhof Delft

Wattenbollen, 2000, design 1961, edition no 11 of ~, 9 spheres of cotton wool behind voile on grey fond on stretcher, 40x40cm, collection Prinsenhof Delft

Wattenbollen, 1999, design 1961, edition no 1 of ~, 9 spheres of cotton wool behind voile on grey fond on stretcher, 40x40cm

Lolita Detail, 1997, design 1965, edition no 2 of ~, pink painted foam on wooden panel, 37x32x10cm

Lolita Detail, 1999, design 1965, edition no 10 of ~, pink painted foam on wooden panel, 40x40x10cm, collection Prinsenhof Delft

Lolita Detail, 1999, design 1965, edition no 21 of ~, pink painted foam on wooden panel, 40x40x10cm

Lolita Detail, 1999, design 1965, edition no 20 of ~, pink painted foam on wooden panel, 40x40x10cm

Roze Handschoen, 1985, design 1963, edition no 2 of 6, pink household glove on glossy pink fabric on stretcher, 35x33cm

Roze Handschoen, 1985, design 1963, edition no 3 of 6, pink household glove on glossy pink fabric on stretcher, 40x40cm

Rode Handschoen, 1999, design 1963, edition no 1 of ~, red household glove on glossy red fabric on stretcher, 40x40cm, collection Prinsenhof Delft

Lolita-Top, 1995, design 1965, edition no 5 of ~, voile on white fond with two nails on wooden panel, 20x40cm

Kate, 2000, design 1962, black artificial curly hair on black fond on stretcher, 40x40cm, collection Prinsenhof Delft

Jennifer-2, 2000, design 1962, black artificial curly hair on black fond on stretcher, 40x40cm

Witte Veertjes, 2000, design 1962, edition no 1 of ~, white feathers on white foil on stretcher, 40x40cm

Witte Veertjes, 1999, design 1962, edition no 6 of ~, white feathers on white foil on stretcher, 40x40cm, collection Prinsenhof Delft

Zwarte veertjes, 2006, design 1962, edition no 7 of ~, black feathers on black felt on stretcher, 40x40cm, collection Prinsenhof Delft

Zwarte Veertjes, 2000, design 1962, edition no 1 of ~, black feathers on black felt on stretcher, 40x40cm, private collection

Kunstgras, 2000, design 1962, edition no 1 of ~, artificial grass on stretcher, 30x30cm, private collection

Kunstgras, 1999, design 1962, edition no 49 of ~, artificial grass on stretcher, 40x40cm, collection Prinsenhof Delft

Witte Poederdons, 2000, design 1986, edition no 2 of ~, white powder puff on black fond on stretcher, 40x40cm

Witte Poederdons, 2006, design 1986, edition no 1 of ~, white powder puff on black fond on stretcher, 40x40cm

Rode Vacht, 2000, design 1962, edition no ? of ~, red artificial fur on stretcher, 40x40cm

Rode Vacht, 2000, design 1962, edition no 1 of ~, red artificial fur on stretcher, 40x40cm, collection Prinsenhof Delft

Tombeau de Manzoni, 1999, design 1965, edition no 1 of ~, braided lacquer foil on stretcher, 40x40cm

Tombeau de Manzoni, 1999, design 1965, edition no 5 of ~, braided lacquer foil on stretcher, 40x40cm

Pirografy, 2011, design 1960, soot spots on white foil on stretcher, 180x90cm.

Pirografy, 2011, design 1959, soot spots on white foil on stretcher, 180x90cm.

Pirografy, 2011, design 1960, soot spots on white foil on stretcher, 180x90cm.

Pirografy, 2011, design 1959, soot spots on white foil on stretcher, 180x90cm.

Pirografy, 2011, design 1960, soot spots on white foil on stretcher, 180x90cm.

Pirografy, 2011, design 1961, soot spots on white foil on stretcher, 180x90cm.