Bibliography
In de spiegel kijken en beginnen
2009
CID: 2020
Review of the exhibition Met eigen ogen – zelfportretten in de Nederlandse moderne kunst at the Noord-Brabants Museum. Constant's self portrait is mentioned in the fifth paragraph.
Cobra: a Short Animated History
2009
CID: 6580
A brief animated history of the avant-garde artist's group CoBrA (Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam). COBRA was formed by Karel Appel, Constant, Corneille, Christian Dotremont, Asger Jorn, and Joseph Noiret in 1948 in the Café Notre-Dame, Paris. They'd sign their manifesto 'La Cause Était Entendue. They split up in 1951.
Constant y La Internacional Situacionista
2009
CID: 2238
Article by Ethel Baraona Pohl on the website www.archdaily.cl, March 2009.
Liefde voor het leven
2009
CID: 2019
Interview with Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst on her book Constant, de late periode.
Architectural Positions
2009
CID: 7765
The book 'Architectural Positions On Architecture, Modernity and the Public Sphere' presents the views of 36 international architects who, over the past fifty years, have made their voices heard in the debate on the public sphere. They include Luis Barragán, Peter Eisenman, Louis Kahn, Rem Koolhaas, Leon Krier, Daniel Libeskind, Aldo Rossi, Bernard Tschumi and Oswald Mathias Ungers. The essays in this book give an overview of the past fifty years of architectural discourse on this theme.
Cobra | The Cobra Collection
2009
CID: 2378
A selection of historical documentations about Cobra, 5 dvd's with 12 hours and 15 minutes of material. Including the films Cobra, een opstand tegen de orde, De werkelijkheid van Karel Appel en Ik ben er alleen als ik achter mijn doek sta by Jan Vrijman.DVD 2: Karel Appel - Constant Nieuwenhuys
Intensely Dutch
2009
CID: 473
Published to accompany the exhibition Intensely Dutch at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 5 June-23 August 2009
La Nueva Babylonia
2009
CID: 2446
3 text by Constant translated from the French translations in Jean Clarence Lambert's book New Babylon: Art et Utopie edited by Gustavo Gili.
- Nueva Babilonia: una ciudad nómada (1974), p.6-49
- La intensificación del espacio (1974) [It is an extract from the final section of “New Babylon: A Nomadic Town”], p. 49-50
- Descripción de la zona amarilla (1960), p. 51-54
- Auto-diálogo a propósito de Nueva Babilonia (1971), p. 55-64
Met eigen ogen
2009
CID: 7775
Catalogue for the exhibition Met eigen ogen: Zelfportretten in de Nederlandse moderne kunst, held from 21 May till 30 August 2009 at the Noordbrabants Museum (Den Bosch, NL).
Constant in het atelier - opening speech
2008
CID: 7608
A speech by Constant's friend Hein van Haren on the occassion of the opening of the exhibition Constant in het atelier at Stedelijk Museum Schiedam from December 13, 2008 till March 22, 2009 and the presentation of the book Constant, de late periode by Trudy van der Horst.
Constant was zijn tijd vooruit
2008
CID: 2018
Interview with Trudy Nieuwenhuys-van der Horst on her book Constant, de late periode.
In het atelier: tegen de stroom in naar essentie
2008
CID: 2017
Article on the oeuvre exhibition Constant in het atelier in Stedelijk Museum Schiedam.
Constant, de late periode
2008
CID: 2478
A review of the book Constant, de late periode, 2008 on the website of De Eerste Bergense Boekhandel.
Nalatenschap Cobra-schilder Constant naar Schiedam
2008
CID: 2016
Article on the long-term loan of the collection to the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam.July 27, 2008
Valse Constant te koop op Marktplaats
2008
CID: 2014
Report on the authors pursuit to get the false art work taken off the website.
CoBrA
2008
CID: 7742
Catalogue to the exhibition CoBrA from October 9 - November 29, 2008 at Biasutti & Biasutti Gallery in Turin, Italy.
COBRA (Schone Kunsten, Brussel)
2008
CID: 7872
Publication accompanying the COBRA exhibitoin at Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van Belgie, Brussels (7 November 2008 - 15 February 2009) and COBRA & Co. Prenten en Drukwerk at Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels (7 November 2008 - 4 January 2009).
CoBrA: as cores da liberdade
2008
CID: 7876
Catalogue for the travelling exhibition 'CoBrA: as cores da liberdade,' which was held from 6 March till 11 May, 2008 at Centro Cultural Caixanova (Vigo, ES); from 15 May till 22 June, 2008 at Kiosco Alfonso XIII (A Coruña, ES); and from 26 June till 27 July, 2008 at Centro Social Caixanova (Pontevedra, ES).
Cold War Modern
2008
CID: 2910
Catalogue with the travelling exhibition Cold War Modern | Design 1945-1970 at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Constant, De late periode
2008
CID: 60
The publication of this book accompanied the exhibition Constant in het atelier at the Stedelijk Museum Schiedam in 2008-2009.
Megastructure Reloaded
2008
CID: 7748
Catalogue with exhibition with similar title at Ehemalige Staatliche Münze from September 20 till November w, 2008. Urban designs such as Plug-in City by Archigram, La Ville Spatiale by Yona Friedman, and the New Babylon by former CoBrA painter Constant were some of the architectural incunabula of the sixties. Architecture, pop culture, art, and rebellion were uniquely combined with the visions of the Metastructuralists.
XXste eeuw
2008
CID: 7479
Catalog with the exhibition XXste eeuw opening on November 8th, 2008 at Gemeentemuseum Den Haag [Kunstmuseum Den Haag].