Saskia Noor van Imhoff, #+12.00, Installationsansicht Burg Bentheim, 2013 / Installation view Bentheim Castle, 2013, Foto / Photograph: Gert Jan van Rooij

2013

Dutch artist Saskia Noor van Imhoff (born 1982 Mission, Canada) has been awarded the Ruisdael Stipend 2013. The selection of the grant holder was extensively discussed as regards the location, the exhibition spaces at Bentheim Castle, as well as the regional and binational context. The jury was unanimously persuaded by the high aesthetic and conceptual quality of the artist’s work. Saskia Noor van Imhoff’s artistic practice is characterized by an analytical investment in systematic and encyclopedic processes. Thorough archival research settles into complex three-dimensional installations, which allow viewers a new experience of the space and its material properties.

The jury encompassing Dirck Möllmann, Institut für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Steiermark, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Roland Nachtigäller, MARTA Herford, Veronika Olbrich, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, and Willem de Rooij, artist, Berlin, met on August 28, 2012. The selection was made from three candidates recommended by Willem de Rooij. The committee members included Erbprinz Carl Ferdinand zu Bentheim und Steinfurt, Hubert Winter, chairman of the Grafschafter Sparkassenstiftung, and Bernhard Jansen, Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim.

From 8 July to 27 October 2013 Saskia Noor van Imhoff presents her works along with an artist’s book at Bentheim Castle. The exhibition will be curated by Dirck Möllmann in collaboration with Veronika Olbrich. Click here for more information and the invitation.

Saskia Noor van Imhoff, #+12.00, Installationsansicht Burg Bentheim, 2013 / Installation view Bentheim Castle, 2013, Foto / Photograph: Gert Jan van Rooij

Saskia Noor van Imhoff, #+12.00, Installationsansicht Burg Bentheim, 2013 / Installation view Bentheim Castle, 2013, Foto / Photograph: Gert Jan van Rooij

Saskia Noor van Imhoff, #+12.00, Installationsansicht Burg Bentheim, 2013 / Installation view Bentheim Castle, 2013, Foto / Photograph: Gert Jan van Rooij

Saskia Noor van Imhoff, #+12.00, Installationsansicht Burg Bentheim, 2013 / Installation view Bentheim Castle, 2013, Foto / Photograph: Gert Jan van Rooij

Saskia Noor van Imhoff, #+12.00, Installationsansicht Burg Bentheim, 2013 / Installation view Bentheim Castle, 2013, Foto / Photograph: Gert Jan van Rooij

Saskia Noor van Imhoff, #+12.00, Installationsansicht Burg Bentheim, 2013 / Installation view Bentheim Castle, 2013, Foto / Photograph: Gert Jan van Rooij

Saskia Noor van Imhoff, #+12.00, Installationsansicht Burg Bentheim, 2013 / Installation view Bentheim Castle, 2013, Foto / Photograph: Gert Jan van Rooij

Saskia Noor van Imhoff, #+12.00, Installationsansicht Burg Bentheim, 2013 / Installation view Bentheim Castle, 2013, Foto / Photograph: Gert Jan van Rooij

Saskia Noor van Imhoff, #+12.00, Installationsansicht Burg Bentheim, 2013 / Installation view Bentheim Castle, 2013, Foto / Photograph: Gert Jan van Rooij

Saskia Noor van Imhoff, #+12.00, Installationsansicht Burg Bentheim, 2013 / Installation view Bentheim Castle, 2013, Foto / Photograph: Gert Jan van Rooij

Saskia Noor van Imhoff, #+12.00, Installationsansicht Burg Bentheim, 2013 / Installation view Bentheim Castle, 2013, Foto / Photograph: Gert Jan van Rooij

Saskia Noor van Imhoff, #+12.00, Installationsansicht Burg Bentheim, 2013 / Installation view Bentheim Castle, 2013, Foto / Photograph: Gert Jan van Rooij

Saskia Noor van Imhoff, #+12.00, Installationsansicht Burg Bentheim, 2013 / Installation view Bentheim Castle, 2013, Foto / Photograph: Gert Jan van Rooij