Artist Information:
Luit Dejo Toyist Artist
Emmen,
Netherlands
Member Since: Oct 2003
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Artist Statement:
Ten years ago, on 24 February
1993, the Toyism art movement
was first introduced to the
Dutch public.
The foundation of Toyism in
1992 reinstalled regulation
into art after individualism
had reigned supreme for years.
A manifesto containing some 25
rules underlay this art
movement. The past ten years
have seen exhibitions in
(among other places)
Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht,
Rotterdam, Roermond,
Maastricht, Groningen,
Dusseldorf and New York, with
the one at the World Fine Art
Gallery on Broadway, opened by
ew York’s city manager Carlos
Cuevas, standing out as
special.
During the past ten years
several works were executed in
commission for various
institutions, companies and
organisations, including
Aegon, Delta Lloyd, Rabobank,
the cover of the NCRV TV-guide
Eastern 1995 edition, a book
cover for an art lexicon, and
more. Right from the start,
newspapers and magazines have
published on Toyism, ranging
from various stories in the
Dagblad van het Noorden,
Brabants Dagblad and Haagse
Courant to editorials in art
magazines and a full-colour
page in Trouw newspaper on the
occasion of the exhibition in
New York.
Originally, three artists
instaged Toyism; Dejo, Blaak
and Leth.
This figurative style had its
origin in the urge for ...
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Luit Dejo Toyist Artist's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Luit Dejo Toyist Artist's Portfolio. Browse Dejo Toyist Artist's body of work: Ten years ago, on 24 February 1993, the Toyism art movement was first introduced to the Dutch public.
The foundation of Toyism in 1992 reinstalled regulation into art after individualism had reigned supreme for years.
A manifesto containing some 25 rules underlay this art movement. The past ten years have seen exhibitions in (among other places) Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Roermond, Maastricht, Groningen, Dusseldorf and New York, with the one at the World Fine Art Gallery on Broadway, opened by ew York’s city manager Carlos Cuevas, standing out as special.
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