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The incomplete embroidered dial on a clock, a stream of numerous distorted mirrors scattered on the floor, alabaster female portraits conveying beauty but also a feeling of unease deriving from the missing parts.
Some objects are portrayed in photos: a hairbrush with a cascade of long wavy tresses interacting with its wooden background; a cast of a foot amongst contorted books on a table. The use of light gives it the appearance of a seventeenth century Still Life. One is aware of the influence of the anatomy book “De humani corporis fabrica” (1543) by Andreas Vesalius and the waxworks of “La Specola” a natural history museum in Florence in the series of anatomical studies.
The photos and sculptures of Lynne Leegte evoke images of the past. A sense of nostalgia for old-fashioned craftsmanship which is enhanced by the use of luxurious materials like silk and alabaster.
In preparation for the photos, Leegte constructs a set in her studio figuring herself when applicable or using casts of her own body in combination with carefully selected accessories.The human body and its dimensions are a central part of her work. Her work is realistic and often reminiscent of periods in art history such as the Renaissance.
This link with the past arouses an awareness of fleeting beauty and the fragility of life.
 photo: Michiel van Nieuwkerk
1965 Luton (GB)
1983-1988: Art Academy Minerva in Groningen, the Netherlands
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| 2008 |
'Wij Waterlanders' (set design) with Calefax Reedquintet and baritone Marc Pantus
Art Amsterdam, Reuten & Reuten gallery, RAI Amsterdam
'Leegte' with Jan Robert Leegte at the Grunerie, Oegstgeest |
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| 2007 |
'Requiem voor...', installation in the Grote or Saint Gudula Church, Lochem
Solo
exhibition Reuten & Reuten gallery, Maastricht
Lighten up, group exhibition, de Bagagehal Loods 6, Amsterdam
The selection, group exhibition Galerie Air, Lochem
Assignment artwork for Knokki audio technologies, Amsterdam
Solo exhibition Galerie Air, Lochem
R & R, Maastricht, group exhibition
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| 2006 |
Promenade (set design
and video concept) for Ode aan de vrouw with Calefax Reedquintet
Costume/props for Sirene, a childrens’ performance with music composed
by Huba de Graaff
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| 2005 |
Design
for primary school De Linderte in Raalte |
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| 2004 |
Assignment artwork for the foundation Kunstwerk Loods 6, Amsterdam
Set design and costumes for Festival Adventures with Cappella Amsterdam
and Electra Ensemble, commissioned by Korzo music productions Den Haag
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| 2003 |
Hortus, assignment from the Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst for the
residential/ nursing home Torendael, Amsterdam
‘De nieuwe Binnenwand’, video Wall for CBK Rotterdam
Set design and costumes for the chamber opera Het monster met de twee ruggen
with music by David Dramm and libretto by Hafid Bouazza
with pianoduo Post & Mulder, Charlotte Riedijk en Jenny Haisma
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| 2002 |
Non-Members Only, group exhibition Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam
‘Weekend van de fotografie’ with Juul Hondius/ assignment for
ten photographs, SBK, Amsterdam
Costumes for De Nieuwe Kollektie V, theatrical music by pianoduo Post & Mulder
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| 2001 |
Assignment for an artwork for FNV Mondial
Costumes for De Nieuwe Kollektie IV, theatrical music by pianoduo Post & Mulder
Set design and costumes for The Hammerhead Arias by David Dramm, with Anne
La Berge and the Aurelia Saxophone Quartet
Legs, Assignment for primary school De Heksenketel, Assen through the agency
of Kunst en Bedrijf
Costumes for De Nieuwe Kollektie III, theatrical music by pianoduo Post & Mulder
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| 2000 |
Assignment
for the conference Lightness by Doors of Perception in the RAI,
Amsterdam
Costumes for De Nieuwe Kollektie II, theatrical music by pianoduo Post & Mulder
Kangoeroe 4 group exhibition, Grafisch Atelier, Utrecht
Kangoeroe 3 group exhibition, Vier de Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam
Mauerschau group exhibition, de Bagagehal Loods 6, Amsterdam
Costumes for De Nieuwe Kollektie I, theatrical music by pianoduo Post & Mulder
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| 1999 |
Oratio pro domo, group exhibition, Loods 6, Amsterdam
Assignment for the firm Mediamatic, Amsterdam
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| 1998 |
Kangoeroe
2 group exhibition, formally Albert Heijn KNSM island, Amsterdam
Kangoeroe group exhibition, Vrieshuis Amerika, Amsterdam
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| 1997 |
IJ-Burg
solo exhibition, Vrieshuis Amerika, Amsterdam |
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| 1995 |
Residence
no. 9, group exhibition, Loods 6, Amsterdam
1995 La soglia interna group exhibition Museo Nazionale di Antropologia e Etnologia,
Florence (I)
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| 1994 |
KunstRai,
Galerie Serieuze Zaken, group exhibition, Amsterdam (with N. Brunklaus)
Galerie Serieuze Zaken, Amsterdam, group exhibition
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| 1993 |
Loods
6, solo exhibition, Amsterdam (with N. Brunklaus)
Hortus Botanicus, group exhibition, Haren (with N. Brunklaus)
North Dakota Museum of Art, solo exhibition in collaboration with Nicolette
Brunklaus, Grand Forks, ND, USA
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| 1992 |
Schouten & de Vries, group exhibition, Haarlem
Soggetti di Frontiera group exhibition Fortezza da Basso, Florence (I)
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| 1991 |
Galleria Container, group exhibition, Florence (I)
Solo exhibition Schouten & de Vries, Haarlem
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| 1990 |
Galleria
Container, group exhibition, Florence (I)
Salon de Debutanten, group exhibition, Slagharen
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| 1989 |
Galleria
Container, group exhibition, Florence (I) |
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| 1988 |
Start,
group exhibition, Centraal Beheer, Zeist |
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