Carel Visser: aluminium reliefs,1965-68

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Carel Visser (b. 1928 Papendrecht, The Netherlands – d. 2015 Le Fousseret, France) studied architecture as well as Drawing and Sculpture at The Hague, and throughout his career has been an extremely popular and well-respected artist in The Netherlands having had a large retrospective at The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam in 1960, as well as having a number of museum and gallery presentations and Bienniale participations, but rarely exhibited in the UK. Working in geometric abstraction, experimenting with balance and symmetry Visser formed dynamic metal structures developing the principles of De Stijl, and cites Brancusi, Giacometti and Constant in particular as great influences on his work. A member of NUL (the Dutch ZERO contingent) with artists such as Schoonhoven, Peeters and Dekkers who pushed Minimalism ahead in painting and sculpture. In the mid-sixties Carel Visser started working on a series of aluminium wall pieces and completely abandoned the floor.--Mayor Gallery website.