In Retrospect
2011
Until April Joanne and I made preparations for our 4th China-journey in April/May and I took part in the following group exhibitions:
January 9 - February 6, 'New Members', Art Centre Bergen
January 15 - February 6, Dutch Watercolourists Circle, Pulchri Studio, The Hague
February 12 - March 27, Dutch Circle of Drawing Artists, Museum Rijswijk
February 13 - May 12, 'Gallery Kokon 40 Years', Tilburg
April 9 - May 15, Members of the Dutch Watercolourists Circle, Gallery De Kapberg, Egmond aan den Hoef
In April and May we travelled in China; from Beijing to Taiyuan, Pingyao and Luoyang. It was extremely busy in this part of China so we decided to go Westwards.
Near Tian Shui is the mountain Maji Shan where we were overwhelmed by the early Buddhist art in this serene environment.
After having revisited the marvellous exhibits in the Gansu Provincial Museum in Lanzhou we went to Xining, the thriving capital of Qinghai province.
We had some unforgettable days, staying on the shore of Qinghai Hu, the immense saltwater lake in this magic area – the foothills of the Himalaya.
Back home I was invited to take part in the 'East/West' Exhibition (China/Holland) in Pulchri Studio, The Hague ( July 9 – 28).
Then preparations for my solo exhibition in one of the cabinets of the Belvédère Museum in Heerenveen took up most of my time.
In October I took part in the group exhibition of the Dutch Circle of Drawing Artists at the Haagse Kunstkring.
This Fall, the Prints Cabinet of The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam completed the documentation of the complete collection of my graphic work and bibliophile books, donated to the Cabinet by my friend Bram den Blaauwen. The formal tranfer of this collection is now legally finalised.
The first half of 2010
During the first months of 2010, besides working on paintings and watercolours, I prepared the drawings which were to accompany a series of quatrains by Wang Wei and Pei Di, for the latest bibliophile production by Atalanta Pers in Baarn, titled: "By the River Wang".
The two 7th/8th century Chinese poets wrote the poems as a dialogue, and similarly, René Bakker and I made the images to accompany the texts. The book was presented at Gallery Josine Bokhoven in Amsterdam on 25th April, to much acclaim. Silvia Marijnissen, translator of these poems, held an interesting exposé on her translation. For detailed information, see By the River Wang.
At the Dutch Watercolourists exhibition, 6-23 March, in The Hague Art Society venue, several of my latest watercolours were on display.
At the end of March Joanne and I spent a busy museum and theatre week in London.
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Gallery Kokon (Tilburg) an exposition of drawings opened on May 16, in which I participated. The next exposition in this special series will follow in early 2011.
At the end of May we left Egmond aan Zee for a 3-week train/boattrip to Scandinavia.
After the summer I participated in a group exposition of the Dutch Circle of Drawing Artists at "Achter de Zuilen", Bloemendaal.
More work was shown at Gallery De Kapberg (Egmond aan den Hoef, 9 Oct - 14 Nov) at a joint exposition with ceramists Netty van den Heuvel and Bente Hanssen.
I became a member of the Artist's Centre Bergen. Early January 2011 an exposition with work of new members will open at the centre (Plein 7, Bergen) for which I will submit a selection of drawings and paintings.
2009
The Dutch Circle of Drawing Artists held a comprehensive group-exhibition in Pulchri Studio in the Hague from August 30th until September 20th. I took part with 5 brush drawings.
The Tate Gallery in London informed me at the beginning of September that one of my prints from the Museum's collection had been selected for reproduction in the Tate Desk Diary 2010. This silkscreen print Island I from 1977, can also be found on the Tate Gallery website.
City Museum Woerden held the opening of the exhibition The landscape of the spirit, the spirit of the landscape on the 16th October. Four of my water colours are on display in this Dutch Water Colourists Circle exhibition which can be visited until 17th January 2010.
My painting The night, the path, the green mountains was hung as a temporary exhibit in Museum Belvédère in Heerenveen during autumn. It is a recently completed canvas (2009).
Gallery Josine Bokhoven in Amsterdam opened with my solo exhibition on 20th September. The exhibition closed half November after being extended for a week.
At the end of 2009 preparations were commenced for the bibliophile book The River Wang based on poems by the poets Wang Wei and Pei Di from the Chinese Tang Dynasty (8th C) . The book will be produced in close cooperation with Rene Bakker and published by Atalanta Press during 2010.
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2008
At the beginning of the year the Prints Cabinet of the University Library of Leiden aquired 3 of my artist's books from 3 different periods - "Franz K." (1975), "Undestined" (1995) and "Water"(2007). (See under Artist's books on this site).These aquisitions complement the collection of my work already present in the library.
From half February until May I had an extended solo exhibition in Gallery Kokon in Tilburg.
At the end of March the last (group) exhibition in Gallery Eewal in Leeuwarden opened due to their move to Amsterdam. In Tübingen, alas, Gallery Jochen Höltje closed down, also with a large group exhibition. With the closures of the galleries in Leeuwarden and Tübingen comes an end to many years of pleasant and fruitful cooperation.
In May and July my work was displayed at expositions held by The Dutch Circle of Watercolourists in Pictura in Groningen and the Artscentre KCH in Haarlem, respectively.
From September on all my attention was focused on renovating and moving house and studio from Amsterdam to Egmond aan Zee, 55 KM's north of Amsterdam.
2007
In January I took part in the “Wintersalon” in Galerie Kokon, Tilburg.
The artist’s book “WATER”, in an edition of 40 (see also Artist’s books), was presented at the opening of my exhibition of new work in Galerie Josine Bokhoven (March/April). This was a very successful exhibition and the book “WATER” was received with much enthusiasm.
In March/April 5 of my watercolours were displayed at an exhibition organized by the Dutch Watercolourists in Museum Waterland in Purmerend in North Holland.
Gallery Jochen Höltje (Tübingen, Germany) showed work at Art Karlsrühe (Germany), also in March.
In May and June the journey around and through the Taklamakan Desert was undertaken. The rock formations, the sand hills, the sand- and dust-storms, the large and small oases, amongst many other things, left such deep and lasting impressions that it took until August before I had ordered them in my mind to such an extent that I could start working with them. See the article Travelling in Xinjiang (China) 2007 on this website.
A selection from these new Taklamakan and Dunhuang drawings, plus numerous other works, were shown at the Gallery Eewal, Leeuwarden, exhibition which opened on December 8th. This gallery, alas, is closing its doors in Leeuwarden in April 2008.
2006
During 2006 the catalogue "De Kracht van de Beperking - Hans Landsaat, werken op papier, 1995-2005" (The Power of Restraint - Hans Landsaat, Works on Paper, 1995 - 2005) was presented as the third publication in the 'Series of Drawings' (Derby Pier Publishers in collaboration with SBK-Amsterdam). The retrospect was edited and prefaced by Rob Perrée; it can be ordered at
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Consequently there were solo exhibitions in Gallery 59, Amsterdam, in Gallery 14-16, Het Posthuys, De Koog, Texel, and in Gallery 21, De Meerminnen, Dordrecht.
There was also participation in the group exhibition "Nieuwe Schatten uit de Kunst-Uitleen" (New Treasures of the Art-Loan System), in Groningen. In June/July there was an exhibition of paintings in Egmond aan de Hoef, North Holland.
"Holterdiepolder/Holderdepolder", a book comprising silkscreens by Hans Landsaat and 4 poems in German by Richard Pietraß (Berlin), with a Dutch translation by Stefaan van den Bremt (Brussels), was on display at Buchhandel "Die Weiße Rose", Rozengracht 166, Amsterdam.
At the studio preparations were started for the artist’s book titled 'WATER'.
2005
From September 2004 until end January 2005 we travelled through China and Australia. The Chinese observations and impressions of Bruny Island (Tasmania) in particular resulted in a large number of drawings, followed by paintings. A selection of the work was exhibited for the first time at Gallery Josine Bokhoven in April/May 2005, see the review by Hans Sizoo.
After the removal of the studio to Amsterdam-Osdorp expositions took place at Gallery Eewal in Leeuwarden (September 2005) and Gallery Kokon in Tilburg (October 2005).
In November 2005 I participated in the exposition of the Dutch Watercolourists Circle in the Amstel Church in Amsterdam.
2004
The exhibition "Unterwegs" opened on February 21st, 2004 in Galerie joho, Tübingen (Germany). The opening speech was held by Professor Dr. Chr. Theuerkauff, Berlin (see speech in German). This was the second exhibition in this new gallery and it lasted until March 21st. Also on February 21st a review of a number of bibliophile editions was to be seen in Gallery Druck und Buch, also in Tübingen.
During the 2004 Whitsun weekend the studio was open to the public as part of the 20th Open Studio Route Western Islands Amsterdam.
2003
At Gallery Josine Bokhoven, Amsterdam, at the exhibition starting in December 2002, a certain change was to be seen in Landsaat's work. Besides several works titled "Travelling Backwards", a great deal of the work on view originated from a trip through Mongolia in the spring of 2002. Besides paintings there were drawings in pencil and chalk. This exhibition had as theme "The amazing simplicity of the landscape". In March/April 2003 Landsaat exhibited at Gallery Eewal in Leeuwarden and in July at Gallery Meinhold in Berlin.
In the spring of 2003 the artist's book "Holterdiepolder-Holterdepolder", a portfolio with four separate pages of poems by the Berlin poet Richard Pietrass, translated into Dutch by the Flemish poet Stefaan van Bremt and illustrated by Landsaat was presented at Gallery Josine Bokhoven. In July the presentation took place in Galerie Meinhold in Berlin and in October 2003 it was presented in "Wortraum", Winterhausen (near Würzburg), also in Germany.
2002 and earlier
The title of numerous paintings and drawings made after 1999 is "Travelling Backwards". This title was also the theme of several exhibitions in Germany (Galerie joho, Tübingen, and Zehdenick, north of Berlin), in Sweden, in the Konsthallen I Hishult (catalogue available) and of a comprehensive show in the Kunsthal De Remise in Amsterdam. In conjunction with this last exhibition an artist's book was presented, the leporello "Travelling Backwards" (22x266 cm. unfolded in a cover, 23x22 cm.). In 2001 a series of large rectangular triptyches was started a number of which were also to be seen at this show.
In the Netherlands gallery exhibitions took place in Leeuwarden, Tilburg and Amsterdam.