Gerardus Johannes (Geert) Lap (born Venlo, 24 December 1951- 26 April 2017
) was a Dutch ceramist, known for his new approach to ceramics characterized as clay minimalism.
Life and work
Geert Lap studied at the
AKV St. Joost from 1974 to 1976, and at the
Gerrit Rietveld Academie
The Gerrit Rietveld Academie, also known as Rietveld School of Art & Design and Rietveld Academy, is an art academy in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was founded in 1924 and offers programs in fine arts and design.
History
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is from 1976 to 1979 under
Jan van der Vaart. The first two years in Amsterdam Lap shared a studio with
Barbara Nanning, and in 1980 he started his own studio in Amsterdam in his basement apartment. In 1985–86 he lectured at the
Design Academy Eindhoven
Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE) is an interdisciplinary educational institute for art, architecture and design in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The work of its faculty and alumni have brought it international recognition.
History
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and from 1985 to 1987 also at the
Minerva Academy in Groningen.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art recapitulated, that "his earliest works—pure cylindrical forms usually associated with functionality but devoid of spouts, handles, and surface decoration—presage his future ceramic output, although now he has exchanged porcelain for stoneware, a material which he feels is sturdier and allows for sharper forms. Lap works in traditional methods making vases, bowls, and dishes, although he is not concerned with their usability. Each piece is one-of-a-kind and made by his own hand. Color and form are integral."
The ''Ceramics, Art and Perception'' journal characterized Geert lap as a "lonely traveller in the field of contemporary Dutch ceramics." They further explained that "Dutch ceramics is as versatile as international ceramics and, at the moment, shows a tendency to the bold, sculptural and narrative postmodernism, whereas Geert Lap has found his power in the consistent exercises in restraint."
[''Ceramics, Art and Perception.'' Nr 29-30, 1999. p. 70]
Gallery
File:Geert Lap - Kom op smalle voetring met grijsgroen, gemêleerd glazuur met een vlek, 1989.jpg, Bowl with small foot ring gray green, 1989
File:Vaas met trechtervormige kraag, 1992.jpg, Vase with as met funnel-shaped collar, 1992
File:Geert Lap - Vaas in terra kleur met bolle buik, 1990-2000.jpg, Vase in terra color with bulging belly, 1990-2000
File:Containervorm uit serie van 99, 1993 (1).jpg, Container shape from series of 99, 1993
File:Containervorm uit serie van 99, 1993 (2).jpg, Container shape from series of 99, 1993
File:Containervorm uit serie van 99, 1993 (3).jpg, Container shape from series of 99, 1993
File:Containervorm uit serie van 99, 1993 (4).jpg, Container shape from series of 99, 1993
See also
*
List of Dutch ceramists
References
Further reading
* Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen, Geert Lap (1988). ''Geert Lap: de gedraaide vorm.''
* Allaard H. Hidding, Geert Lap, Museum het Princessehof, Nederlands Keramiek Museum (Leeuwarden) (1993). ''Geert Lap: 99 varieties.''
External links
*
Geert Lapat corunum-ceramics.nl.
*
Lap, Geert, Capriolus Collectable CeramicsWorks of Geert Lapat
Keramiekmuseum Princessehof.
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1951 births
Living people
Dutch ceramists
Gerrit Rietveld Academie alumni
People from Venlo
AKV St. Joost alumni