Kunstner i fokus
Peter van Ardenne's Assembled Worlds
20. juli 2026
Peter van Ardenne has spent decades exploring how we make and preserve things. Born in Indonesia, he worked across theatre, antiquities, and design criticism before turning to art-making in 2005. His assemblages bring together disparate objects—materials salvaged and collected—to create small, intimate worlds. There's wit in these pieces, and an eye for unexpected combinations. Van Ardenne approaches each work with the curiosity of someone who has spent a lifetime studying craft and design, seeing possibility in what others might overlook. Based in De Bilt, he continues to build these singular, mysterious compositions that invite us to look closely and imagine.
blue fox · 2019 · 30×25 cm
hell's angel · 2017 · 15×20 cm
Isphahan · 2014 · 15×19 cm
Aapje grijpgraag · 2006 · 10×24 cm
blind owl · 2018 · 15×20 cm
legless dead pope going for a stroll · 2021 · 16×30 cm
Fingerspitzen · 2015 · 23×41 cm
Vliegpaard- Flying Horse · 2015 · 27×45 cm
peter van ardenne
Netherlands