Golden Dawn Folkert de Jong

 

For his US solo debut, de Jong will present a new sculptural installation of life-sized figurative polyurethane foam, rubber, and paint sculptures. For the past 4 years, de Jong's sculptural practice has addressed his interest in the fascination we have for obsessions and his response to what motivates the characters, which he often makes up, that populate his world of religious zealots, military generals and their followers, politicians, historical figures and sometimes just the passive bystanders. The works in Golden Dawn continue this exploration with sculptures that are on one hand monumental in scale, yet made of fragile and vernacular materials.

 

Folkert de Jong (b. 1972, lives/works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands) received his degree in art from the Rijksakademie van beelbende in 2000. He is the recipient of the 2003 Prix De Rome for sculpture, Recent exhibitions: "Medusa's First Move: The Council", Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK; "Shoot the Freak", Museum het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands; and, "The Zine UnBound: Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies", Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco. Upcoming exhibition at the Kunsthalle Winterthur, Switzerland. De Jong has been featured in Artforum, Sculpture USA, KM Magazine, Metropolis M, and the first monograph of his was recently published by Nai publishers entitled "Folkert De Jong: Shoot the Freak" and is available in the US through D.A.P.

 

Golden Dawn by Folkert de Jong will be on view at Peres Projects, Los Angeles (969 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, CA 90012) through December 17, 2005.