Jan van Munster (1939-2024) was a graduate of the Rotterdam Academy of Fine Arts and the Institute for Crafts Education in Amsterdam, later known as the Gerrit Rietveld Academy.
His recurring theme was energy; temperature, magnetism, radioactivity, and electricity served as the point of departure for numerous works that aimed to reveal the invisible. His creations can be found in various locations both nationally and internationally and are included in (inter)national collections.
Jan van Munster was the founder and creator of the concept behind the IK Foundation.
“… He crafts sculptures and spatial installations that manifest contrasts, such as light and darkness, attraction and repulsion, and warmth and cold. On his ice sculptures, the humidity in the room becomes visible through the freezing of water particles in the air onto the cooled, copper parts of the object. The industrial-looking compressors provide the perfect contrast to the layers of sparkling, white ice crystals. As Paul Klee famously stated, ‘Art does not represent the visible, it makes visible.’
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