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KUNSTRAI AMSTERDAM 2024
Klaas Gubbels turned 90 in January this year. Still in his studio 7 days a week. Just as passionate and every painting is still a battle. Major exhibition this spring in Museum Arnhem. A special film, television and also a new book!! And... a solo exhibition at...
Wonderwood at PAN 2023: ‘Nothing is whiter than the memory of whiteness’
WonderWood Amsterdam presents special works of art in white at PAN 2023 under the title 'Nothing is whiter than the memory of whiteness'. White is light, pure, neutral and timeless. The color white radiates calmness and white is the color of perfection. WonderWood...
Grete Jalk Chair in Exhibition Centraal Museum: ‘Stoel neemt Stelling’
The exhibition 'Stoel neemt stelling' can be seen in the Centraal Museum in Utrecht from September 23, 2023. The exhibition is an ode to the chair. Makers and users show the many forms and meanings of this piece of furniture. From revolutionary production methods and...
KunstRAI Amsterdam 2023
We are excited to invite you to visit us at KunstRAI 2023! WonderWood is participant of this wonderful art fair for contemporary art from 3 - 7 May! We will be presenting works of art by Jeroen Henneman, Klaas Gubbels, Melvin Anderson, Antonius Driessens and Egmond...
WonderWood at PAN 2022: Nothing Hotter than Dutch Love
WonderWood is celebrating this autumn (the 23rd anniversary) in the gallery as well as at the PAN fair. For its 13th PAN, WonderWood has invited 13 designer and artist friends for Nothing Hotter than Dutch Love. The title comes from a work by artist Mark Brusse....
The DAAF: First online fair for WonderWood
WonderWood will present a selection of 21 works of art and design at the online art fair The DAAF! Thursday 7 April 2022 the 2nd edition of The DAAF, The Online Dutch Art & Antiques Fair opens at 16.00 hrs CET. The fair closes at Sunday April 10 at 21.00 hrs CET....
Eric Mathijsen: From apprentice to master
It's a beautiful story. Eric Mathijsen worked as a young artist for Jaap Egmond (1913-1997). Jaap Egmond (as well as contemporary Jan Schoonhoven) is known for his papier-mâché reliefs. But Jaap Egmond also made sculptures from steel and Mathijsen cut and welded the...
Melvin Anderson: Unique vases from Murano
Melvin Anderson is a gifted and renowned glass designer. Especially for Wonderwood, Melvin has designed 5 unique transparent vases with a beautiful opalescent shine. Some of these vases are no less than 45 cm high! It is a small miracle that master glassblower Andrea...
Optical Illusions by Antonius Driessens
Ton (Antonius) Driessens is a Dutch artist who lives and works in France, not far from Nîmes. His trompe-l'oeil (literally: deceive the eye) objects are made of weathered, often centuries-old wood that comes from empty old castles. The objects suggest to be...
About praying mantises and fishing poles: rare original lamps from the 50s
The famous praying mantis lamp is a French design by Jean Rispal from 1950. This lamp, also known as the 'mante religieuse' lamp, is inspired by the shapes of a praying mantis. The stand is made of walnut and the lampshade is made of pleated rhodoid. Each praying...
Egmond Atelier and papier-mâché
Jaap Egmond (1913-1997), like his world-famous colleague Jan Schoonhoven (1914-1994), made reliefs in papier-mâché. The French term papier-mâché literally means chewed paper. Jaap Egmond approached his reliefs mathematically. Beforehand he made drawings in notebooks...
Icons of lounge chairs in plywood
The French word ‘plier’ means to fold. The English word ‘ply’ means layer. Plywood literally means layers of wood. The word plywood is a collective name for furniture that consists of sheets of thin layers of wood (veneer), which are glued together and then bent,...