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Ton van Kints | cv | text   Studio Ton van Kints photo: Thijs Quispel   exhibition view, galerie van den Berge. 2007     'Aardappelveld X' (2009) Lacquer, latex, graphite, board, 74 x 125 x 1,5 cm     'Koekoeksnest Logo III' (2007) Epoxy, multiplex     'Koekoeksnest, gepolderd XXVII' (2007) Epoxy, lacquer, multiplex     'Geschoven glas 4' (2008) Red lead, glass, beechwood, 23 x 22 x 2,5 cm.     'In spin 3' (2004) Lacquer, acrylate, staples, chestnut triplex, diameter app. 69 cm.     Studioview       'In spin 5' (2006) Lacquer, glass tissue, plywood, diameter app. 75 cm.       'Koekoeksnest, gepolderd en gaaf 2' Marker, 2 x DD lacque, epoxy, plywood, diameter app. 99 cm.       'Koekoeksnest, gepolderd, raster 4' (2009) DD lacquer, epoxy, underlayment, diameter app. 70 cm.     'Koekoeksnest, gepolderd, wit blauwe lijn mal' (2008) Epoxy on birch plywood, diameter app. 59 cm.     Koekoeksnest, gepolderd XXVII (2007) epoxy, paint, plywood     Volo di rondini 2, (1996-1999) Oilstick, paint, glue, staples on wood, 87 x 122 x 2 cm.     Ant Family 5, (2002) Paint on wood, 69 x 57 x 2 cm     Ant Family 4 (2002) Acrylic on hardboard, 62 x 36 x 1,5 cm.     It takes two to tango 1 (1997) Acrylic, silicone glue on wood, 45 x 60 x 1 cm.     Roccocokruis (1999-2002) Acrylic, staples on wood, 68 x 63 x 1,5 cm.     The image of the artist who must first destroy before being able to create is one that can be applied without reservation to Ton van Kints. His work is marked by methods that can be called both destructive and constructive in the same breath. Van Kints saws sheets of wood into simple and separate sections, only to reconstruct them as he found them. At times the lines he saw are straight, but just as often they are curled and decorative. The sections are subsequently stapled together, and the sawcuts sealed. The panels which result have the air of being torn apart and repaired at the same time. What remains is a drawing formed from nervous patterns of lines and scars, made by the spoors left in the wood. Many of the panels are monochromatic, but occasionally Van Kints draws a grid into the image with an electric router. By virtue of the pattern this extra ‘drawing’ introduces, and the differences in colour and physical depth a router cuts brings with it, a more dynamic image emerges. However, the complexity of the image is always tempered by the legibility of the action. The simplicity of method and clarity of conception evident in this work increase our surprise at the results. For even more striking than the unexpected richness of possibility and variation, is the work hushed esthetical sense. Constructions that at first appear simple, even rickety, reveal themselves on closer inspection to be lively and concentrated — even capricious — exchanges between line, colour, material and space. Leo Delfgauw
Ton van Kints CV
Ton van Kints (1955) education 1974 — 1979 Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Den Haag MO - tekenen A & B (highest qualification in the Arts) 1981- 1982 Pratt Graphic Center, New York Solo & duo exhibitions
1985	Gallery van Kranendonk, The Hague Gallery Apicella, Bonn
1986	Gallery van Kranendonk, The Hague
1987	Galleria Spazio Temporaneo, Milan
1989	Gallery Tendres Stocks, Delft
1990	Gallery Tendres Stocks, Delft
1991	The Hague Centre of Actual Arts, The Hague
1994	De ezel en de peen (‘The donkey and the carrot’), Toussaintkade, Stroom hcbk, The Hague Atists centre, Bergen, Bergen
1995	Gallery Ramakers, The Hague
1996	Gallery ramakers, The Hague
1997	Gallery Ramakers, The Hague
1998	Gallery van den Berge, Goes
2000	Doppo zimbabwe, Gallery Ramakers, The Hague
2001	'Doppo Doppo Zimbabwe', Gallery van den Berge, Goes
2002	'Emulsion', Gallery van den Berge (with Jus Juchtmans & Klaus Kröger)
2003	Gallery Ramakers, The Hague
2004	Gallery van den Berge, Goes (with Frank Halmans)
2006	Porter's Gate and cukoo's nest', Pulchri Studio, The Hague
2007	Gallery van den Berge, Goes (with Maurice van Tellingen) Gallery Ramakers, The Hague
Group exhibitions
1982	Novo Arts, New York ‘American Print Exhibition’, Caracas
1983	Royal Grant for Painting, Palace on the Dam, Amsterdam The Hague Centre of Actual Arts, The Hague
1984	Royal Grant for Painting, Palace on the Dam, Amsterdam
1985	‘Jonge schilders in Zuid Holland’ (‘Young Painters in South Holland’) travelling exhibition in The Netherlands
1986	‘Zônes’, Aorta, Amsterdam
1987	Royal Grant for Painting, Palace on the Dam, Amsterdam
1988	‘A choice of actual arts in The Hague’, Haagse Kunstkring, The Hague
1992	‘Haagse kopstukken’ (Kingpins of The Hague), artoteek, The Hague ‘Instrumenten van de geest’ (Instruments of the spirit), new wing of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam ‘Stadscollectie op zicht’ (‘Municipal collection on approval’), Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
1994	‘Den Haag Vandaag’ (‘The Hague Today’), SR Gallery Ramakers, The hague
1995	Gallery van den Berge, Goes ‘Stadscollectie’ (Municipal Collection of The Hague’), Haags Gemeentemuseum, The Hague
1996	Lovekins & Muffaroo , (with Richard Brouwer), Gallerie Luxus, The Hague ‘Salon des Invités’, De gele rijder, Arnhem ‘Weatherview’ , Norwich Gallery, Norwich
1998	‘View Indicator 6’, Gallery van den Berge, Goes ‘Rasters’, Gallery Ramakers, The Hague Buro Empty, Amsterdam. (with Jan van der Ploeg and Machiel van Soest) ‘Suburban Options, photography and urbanisation’, Nederlands Foto Instituut (Dutch Photo Institute) Rotterdam
1999	‘‘Suburban Options’, de Singel, Antwerpen Gallery van den Berge, Goes. (with Elspeth Diederix, Loek Grootjans and Marc Nagtzaam) ‘Nineteen-ninety-nine’, Gallery Ramakers, The Hague
2000	‘Actuele schilderkunst’ (‘Actual painting’), de Vrije Akademie, Den Haag ‘Works on paper’, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe ‘The African Ton & Ton Show’, National Gallery of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (with Ton Kraayeveld) KunstRAI/Art Amsterdam, Gallery van den Berge, Amsterdam ‘10 years Gallery van den Berge’, Gallery van den Berge, Goes
2001	ART Frankfurt, gallery van den Berge KunstRAI Amsterdam, Gallery van den Berge KunstRAI Amsterdam, West Art of Now Award Booth 'Bricolage', Wetering Gallery, Amsterdam (with Marc Nagtzaam) 'Summershow', Gallery Ramakers, The Hague
2002	'Summershow'. Gallery Ramakers, The hague
2003	'The New View Indicator I', Gallery van den Berge, Goes ART Brussels, Gallery van den Berge ART Rotterdam, Gallery van den Berge KunstRAI Amsterdam, Gallery Ramakers In Situ Gallery, Aalst (B)
2004	'Welcome to 2004', Gallery Ramakers, The Hague ART Brussels, Gallery van den Berge ART Rotterdam, Gallery van den Berge 'Expanded painting', In Situ Gallery (wirth a.o. Frank Braggiand) 'Jahresgaben', Verein für Original-Radierung, München 'Haagse boekvormgeving na 1945', Museum Meermanno, The Hague 'Werken/Works 1984-2003', Gallery Ramakers, The Hague
2005	'15 years Gallery van den Berge', Goes 'The Circle', Gallery Ramakers, The Hague 'Quantum vis', RC de Ruimte, IJmuiden (groupshow with 70 artists) 'Niets is wat het lijkt', Gallery Ramakers, The Hague 'Koekoeksnest', Gallery Ramakers, The Hague 'Bricolage', Gallery Clement, Amsterdam
2006	ART Rotterdam, Gallery van den Berge 'Cukoo's nest/recent works' Gallery Arti Capelli, Den Bosch KunstRAI AMsterdam, Gallery Ramakers 'Wintershow', Gallery Ramakers, The Hague
2007	ART Rotterdam, Gallery van den Berge 'De keuze van Lucassen', Gallery Ramakers, The Hague Art Amsterdam, Gallery van den Berge 'Cucoo's nest II', Gallery Ramakers, The Hague Still thinking about a title, galerie van den Berge
Bibliografie
	1985 ‘Ton van Kints’, brochure Culturele Raad Zuid Holland, J. J. van Kranendonk 1987 ‘Ton van Kints’ brochure (eigen publicatie), J. J. van Kranendonk 1988 ‘Spazio Temporaneo’, NRC Handelsblad, J Luis (14-01) ‘Un Olandese a Busseto’ Gazetta di Parma, G. Coppi (23-07) 1989 ‘Een keuze uit actuele Haagse Kunst’, catalogus Haagse Kunstkring, H. Paalman 1990 ‘De objecten van Ton van Kints’, catalogus Tendres Stocks, Delft, G. Middag Couleur Locale, De Volkskrant, P. Depondt (17-03) 1991 ‘Over de objecten van Ton van Kints’, catalogus ‘Losse tentoonstellingen’, HCAK, Den Haag, G. Middag 1993 Ton van Kints, ‘De ezel en de peen’ catalogus Stroom HCBK, Den Haag, H. Oerlemans 1994 Geer, C. v.d. 'zagen' Haagsche Courant 4 februari 1995 ‘Ton van Kints, Werken 1994-95’ (eigen publicatie), Ph. Peters ‘Voor de stad en de wereld’, catalogus Stadscollectie 1995, Stroom HCBK, Den Haag, D. Ruyters ‘Weatherview’, catalogus Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag en Norwich School of Art & Design, Norwich, L. Delfgaauw 1997 ‘Het werk van Ton van Kints’, (eigen publicatie), L. Delfgaauw ‘Grimmig’, Haagsche Courant, R. van Put 1998 ‘Eigenzinnig zaagt Ton van Kints door de schilderkunst’, PZC, N.Out 1999 ‘De beglazing van mijn atelierplafond’ (eigen publicatie) 2000 Ton van Kints, Kunstbeeld, H. Hoeneveld 2002 'Confrontatie met een antischilder', PZC, Ernst-Jan Rozendaal 2003 'Ton van Kints, werken/works', Ph. Peters, R. van Put, G. Middag, (monografie (72 pag.) i.s.m. galerie van den Berge, galerie Ramakers, Stroom hcbk 'Ton van Kints tekent met de decoupeerzaag', Haagsche Courant, Herman Rosenberg 'Drei maler-trialog der Differenzen' (catalogus 'Emulsion') Prof. Dr. Hermann Korte 'Kleur en nog eens kleur', Dagblad de Morgen, Luk Lambrecht 'Spookachtig blauw, NRC Handelsblad, Edo Dijksterhuis 2004 Jahresgaben 2004, Verein für Original-Radierung, München 2005 'Geprepareerde panelen en een museumpje op instorten', PZC, Ernst-Jan Rozendaal 'Koekoeksnest', NRC Handelsblad,  'Voorkeur galerie', Onno Schilstra 2006 'Het onder-gewone', Lilly van Ginneken, Ph. peters, M. van der Laar, 55 kunstenaars uit Den Haag, Strooom HCBK 2007 'Voorkeur galerie', NRC Handelsblad, (de keuze van Lucassen, galerie Ramakers)
Public collections
	Gemeente Museum Den Haag Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken Fortis Bank Gemeente Amsterdam Cordaid Hivos, The Hague Art Bank, The Hague Stedelijk Museum Schiedam CALDIC Collection
Commissions and prizes
	1991 ‘Twee Vazen’ (‘Two Vases’) installation in Johan de Witthuis, The Hague 1995 ‘Wateringseveld 2000’, Photographical vision, Stroom HCBK, The Hague 1998 Jacob Hartogprize 1998, Pulchri Studio, The Hague 2000 Working period, exhibition and workshops, national Gallery of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (invited by HIVOS and Artoteek The Hague) 2001 'Patchwork', Art assignment, Cordaid building, The Hague
Sideline
	1989-1990 Commission member ‘Geschenk kunstwerk Provincie Zuid-Holland’, Woerden 1991 Guest professor Minerva Academy, Groningen Since 1990 Professor drawing/painting Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Hague 1996- 1999 member of the Jury Ouborgprize, The Hague