biografía de KOBE (1950-2014)

Personal data

Birth : 09/04/1950
Sex : M

Representatives

Morren Galleries – Utrecht, Netherlands
Robinson Art Gallery – Knokke-Heist, Belgium

Education

Plastic Arts (specializing in sculpture) – From 09/25/1972 to 06/30/1974
Hoger Sint-Lucas Instituut – Ghent & Brussels, Belgium

KOBE [ 1950-2014 ]

Professional data

Work and Life

Kobe was a Belgian sculptor, know for his instantly recognizable bronze and marble sculptures.
Two themes dominated his creations: the female figure in all its simplicity and mystery, and horse as a symbol of strength, companionship and connection.
The simplicity radiating from Kobe’s sculptures conceals their ingenious nature. It is extremely difficult, time and again to express this extreme compactness of feeling or emotion in a sculpture when you negotiate the tightrope of board, wide and thin, narrow at the same time. Within an invisible boundary Kobe searched for the maximum expressiveness.

Work

Categorie and medium


Sculpture-Volume :

Signatures, monograms, symbols

KOBE [ 1950-2014 ]

Works

"Voor Eevwig Vriendjes" (Forever friends)
Date of creation : 2010
Medium : Bronze
Size : 44 x 25 x 13 cm
 
"Meditatie" (Meditiation)
Date of creation : 2010
Medium : Bronze
Size : 24 x 30 x 16 cm
 
"Tête" (Head)
Date of creation : 2009
Medium : Bronze
Size : 23 x 27 x 8 cm
 
"La demoiselle des étangs" (The Lady of the ponds)
Date of creation : 2007
Medium : Marble
Technical data : Statuario
Size : 73 x 70 x 26 cm
 
"Zoals een Pijl" (Like an Arrow)
Date of creation : 2006
Medium : Bronze
Size : 17 x 25 x 6 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2019

Kobe – Bronze Sculpture
Morren Galleries – Utrecht, Netherlands
11/03/2018 – 12/30/2018

2017

Kobe “Woman”
Robinson Art Gallery – Knokke-Heist, Belgium
04/01/2017 – 04/07/2017

2016

Kobe “Ingenious Simplicity”
Robinson Art Gallery – Knokke-Heist, Belgium
12/17/2016 – 12/25/2016

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Group exhibitions

2019

Triennal of Sculpture
Gallery Campo & Campo – Antwerp, Belgium
02/01/2019 – 03/16/2019

FIRST ART FAIR
Amsterdam, Netherlands
01/16/2019 – 01/20/2019

2018

Beelden in Bleeld – Bronzen in Groot & Klein
Morren Galleries – Utrecht, Netherlands
01/28/2018 – 04/01/2018

2017

Painting By Karel Appel & Sculpture By Kobe
Robinson Art Gallery – Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium
10/28/2017 – 11/05/2017

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