Peter Klashorst (born Peter van de Klashorst; born 11 February 1957) is a Dutch

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

, and

photographer A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographe ...

Biography

Klashorst was always based in the

Tabakspanden The Tabakspanden are a group of buildings standing on the Spuistraat in central Amsterdam, adjacent to the Keizerrijk and Wijdesteeg alleyways. Named after a former owner, the speculator Hendrik Tabak, they were mostly squatted from 1983 onward ...

on the

Spuistraat The Spuistraat in downtown Amsterdam connects the Hekelveld to the Spui. It runs roughly north to south, parallel to the Singel and the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal. At the Royal Palace of Amsterdam, the Spuistraat crosses the Raadhuisstraat and P ...

in Amsterdam. But he's also produced works in cities such as

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...

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and

Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (; km, ភ្នំពេញ, ) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic, indus ...

. In 2011 he did one of his last self organised shows at the

Tuol Sleng The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum ( km, សារមន្ទីរឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ទួលស្លែង) or simply Tuol Sleng ( km, ទួលស្លែង, link=no, ; lit. "Hill of ...

, S21 the former Khmer Rouge prison (Cambodia). In honour of the victims of the

Khmer Rouge The Khmer Rouge (; ; km, ខ្មែរក្រហម, ; ) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. ...

’s terror and genocide that took place from 1975 to 1979 in Cambodia, Peter Klashorst created an impressive and sometimes very confronting set of around 50 paintings. The show got world wide attention (

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and Herald Tribune).

Prizes

*1982 Johan en Titia Buning-Brongers Prize *1983 Royal Prize for Free Painting (Netherlands)

Work by Peter Klashorst

File:Heaven above (by Peter Klashorst).jpg, ''Heaven above'' File:Find the differences (painting by Peter Klashorst).jpg, ''Find the differences'' File:Gesluierd3.jpg, ''Gesluierd'' File:Backtowel.jpg, ''Delicious female buttocks''

Bibliography

* Steef Davidson, red., Peter Klashorst, tekeningen: ''Poëzie explosie : 23-5, 30-5, 6-6 1979'', Amsterdam, 1979 * Peter Klashorst; samenst. Timo van der Eng, Theo van der Hoeven; red.: Marleen Buddemeijer: ''Schilderen met acryl'', Utrecht, 1997, * Mieke Rijnders, Geurt Imanse: ''Over schilderkunst; Pieter Holstein, René Daniels, Peter Klashorst'', 1983. * Paul Groot et al.: ''After nature'', Amsterdam, 1989, catalogus uitgegeven ter gelegenheid van de tentoonstellingen van Bart Domburg, Jurriaan van Hall en Peter Klashorst in de galerieën Jurka, Hans Gieles en Torch te Amsterdam. * Robert Vuijsje: ''King Klashorst'', Amsterdam, 2005, * Peter Klashorst: ''Castles in the Air'', Bangkok, 2010, * Peter Klashorst: ''Kunstkannibaal'', 2012,

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Klashorst, Peter 1957 births Living people Dutch painters Dutch male painters Photographers from Amsterdam Dutch sculptors Dutch male sculptors People from Velsen People with HIV/AIDS Dutch contemporary artists