Disclosure of ‘Pivotting Construction', 1956

1956

Disclosure of ‘Pivotting Construction'(destroyed), made for the municipal housing company in Amsterdam, 1956

Ettore Sottsas, Gil Wolman, Elena Verona, Asger Jorn and Constant, 1956

1956

Fltr: Ettore Sottsas, Gil Wolman, Elena Verona, Asger Jorn and Constant at restaurant Bruno during the congress Mouvement pour un Bauhaus imaginiste in Alba 1956.

Het technicisme

1956

This hitherto unpublished text by Constant probably dates from 1956. Thematically it has a strong affinity with ‘Tomorrow Life Will Reside in Poetry’ from the same year.

Photo of Space Circus [I] by Bram Wisman

1956

Ruimtecircus [I] (1956-1961), photographed by Bram Wisman in 1956. 

For some models—including this one—the year of production is a period, either because it is an estimation or because adjustments were made to the model later on. 

Pinot Gallizio in Alba, 1956

1956

NB: We do not have a version fit for print of this image

Pinot Gallizio with the gypsies in Alba, 1956

1956

Pinot Gallizio with the gypsies at their camp on the river banks of river Tanaro in Alba, 1956.

NB: Not available in high res!

Ruimtecircus projected on Museumplein, 1961

1956

Photomontage by Jan Versnel, Amsterdam. Circa 1961. Constant's Ruimtecircus projected on Museumplein with the Rijksmuseum in the background, circa 1961

Walter Olmo, Piero Simondo, Guy Debord, Pinot Gallizio and Constant, Alba, 1956

1956

F.l.t.r. Walter Olmo, Piero Simondo, Guy Debord, Pinot Gallizio and Constant in Alba.

Constant playing guitar in Seville, 1955

1955

Constant playing guitar in Seville, 1955

Constant playing guitar, ca 1955

1955

Circa 1955

NB: We do not have a version fit for print of this image.

Constant playing guitar, circa 1955

1955

ca 1955.

NB: We do not have a version fit for print of this image.

Eva Nieuwenhuys with baby buggy

1955

Constant his daughter Eva Nieuwenhuys with baby buggy walking in the Henry Polaklaan.

ca 1955

NB: We do not have a version fit for print of this image.

 

Kunst en leefruimte

1955

This text has its origin in a declaration of principles for the journal Art et Habitat, which Constant and Stephen Gilbert intended to devote to the ‘synthesis of the arts’ (1953). The journal was never published, however, and Constant revised and developed the text in 1955

Model voor speelplastiek, 1955-2

1955

Model voor speelplastiek, 1955

Photo of play object "De Spin" ("The Spider"), which was commissioned by the Amsterdam Municipality and placed at several locations in the city, being Sarphatipark, Vondelpark, Woestduinstraat, Gijsbrecht van Aemstelpark and Martin Luther Kingpark. Photographed by Victor Nieuwenhuys in 1955. 

Monument voor de wederopbouw E55 R'dam [II], 1955

1955

Photomontage of Monument for the Reconstruction E55 Rotterdam, 1955

Monument voor de wederopbouw E55 R'dam [I], 1955

1955

Monument for the Reconstruction E55 Rotterdam, 1955