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.

Pieter Holstein: The Walterfall Press Release

Pieter Holstein: The Waterfall Exhibition Catalogue

Pieter Holstein: The Waterfall Credo

Frank, Peter, "Funky Funky But Small." Village Voice. January 22, 1979. Print. 69.

Zimmer, William, "Drawn and Quartered." The Soho Weekly News. January 18, 1979. Print. 26.

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

    A man stands on top of a rock formation. Water from a nearby stream falls over the rock formation into a shallow pool. Text at the top of the image reads,
    Pieter Holstein: The Waterfall. Postcard, Artists Space, 1979. [A man stands on top of a rock formation. Water from a nearby stream falls over the rock formation into a shallow pool. Text at the top of the image reads, "Pieter Holstein Presents: The Waterfall."]