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Niek Kemps: Sculpture-Architecture Hybrids with Photographic Surfaces

artist · 2026-04-24

Niek Kemps creates works that defy simple description, positioned between sculpture and architecture through deliberate scale and perspective games. His volumes are sometimes covered with photographic images, related or not to the installation site, and coated in dark, glossy glazes.

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  • Niek Kemps' works are intermediate between sculpture and architecture
  • The works are based on scale and perspective games
  • Some volumes are covered with photographic images
  • The images may or may not relate to the installation site
  • The surfaces are coated with dark, shiny glazes
  • The works are impossible to describe simply

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