Arne Quinze
Arne Quinze was born in 1971 in Belgium and lives and works in Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium.
2010
Red Beacon, public installation, Jing’An Sculpture Park, Shanghai, China
Camille, public installation, Rouen Impressionné, Rouen, France
Dune, private installation, Ghelamco, Knokke, Belgium
My Home, private installation, Pastorale, Reet, Belgium
2011
Stilthouse & Rock Strangers, private installation, Art Curial, Donjon de Vez, France
Inner Lines, public installation, Art Curial, Paris, France
Eden Park Memory, private installation, Art Curial, Paris, France
Rock Strangers, virtual installation, Becks Art Fund, Statute of Liberty New York City, USA
Rocks Strangers, public installation, VinExpo, Bordeaux, France
Rocks Strangers, private installation, Raeren, Belgium
My Home My House My Stilthouse, Louisiana Museum, Humlebeak, Denmark
2012
Rocks Strangers, public installation, Beaufort04, Ostend, Belgium
Pulse, private installation, Marbella, Spain
2013
Tribute to Alexander Calder, public wooden installation, Mamac, Nice, France
Chaos Wind, public metal installation, Kerry Group, Shanghai, China
In the eighties he began working as a graffiti artist but he never finished an official art education. Quinze creates large and small sculptures, drawings, paintings, and large-scale installations. Smaller works, sketches, and drawings are the basis for research for his large installations. Recurring fundamentals in his work are the use of multiple types of wood, including salvaged wood; electrical colors in fluorescent paint; and themes referring to social interaction, communication, and urbanism. For some time he has been doing research towards large steel installations.
What drives Quinze is the belief in the possible realization of an idealistic society where all individuals communicate and interact. In his work, communal activities flourish and social cohesion is the norm: he tries to evoke communication and human interaction. His installations are built to provoke reaction and to intervene in the daily life of passersby confronted with his sculptures. His unconventional public installations have challenged perceptions in the city centers of Belgium (Cityscape, The Sequence), Germany (The Traveller), France (Camille, Rock Strangers), Lebanon (The Visitor), China (Red Beacon) and the USA (Uchronia, Timegate), among others.