Artists Space

Pieter Holstein
The Waterfall

January 6 – February 10, 1979

A long roll of paper is hung from the ceiling to the floor. The paper is filled with different symbols in a square grid format.
Pieter Holstein: The Waterfall. Installation view, Artists Space. 1979. [A long roll of paper is hung from the ceiling to the floor. The paper is filled with different symbols in a square grid format.]

Dutch artist, Pieter Holstein will install a work titled The Waterfall. The three-dimensional installation is constructed of drawn objects which cascade toward the viewer from the ceiling of the room. The work takes its name from the form of the piece which, to Holstein, bears a physical and spiritual resemblance to an actual waterfall.

Pieter Holstein, while showing for the first time in New York City, has shown in a number of galleries and museums in Europe including the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Gemeente Museum in the Hague, the Kunsthaus in Lucerne and Galleriet in Lund, Sweden. He is best known for his anecdotal drawings and graphics.

Programming at Artists Space is supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.