ART–OTH–SCH

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Jan Schoonhoven

Systems of Clarity

ART–OTH–SCH

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Jan Schoonhoven

ART–OTH–SCH

Index Code:

ART–OTH–SCH

Orgin:

Delft, Netherlands

Field Notes:

light as order · paper as architecture · repetition as calm

Defining Moment:

Early 1950s — light as structure; form became language

Jan Schoonhoven

(

1914–1994

)

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Schoonhoven built a world of white reliefs and quiet grids.

Paper, cardboard, and shadow become rhythm — order made tactile.

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In his world, light is measure and repetition devotion.

Structural Focus

Reduction with Atmosphere

Form is reduced without becoming cold or purely rational. Minimal means are used to produce calm, resonance, or emotional density.

In Jan Schoonhoven’s work, this approach appears where relief surfaces register quiet variation through repetition.

Position

Reduction with Atmosphere

Form is reduced without becoming cold or purely rational. Minimal means are used to produce calm, resonance, or emotional density.

In Jan Schoonhoven’s work, this approach appears where relief surfaces register quiet variation through repetition.

Constructed Surfaces

Surfaces are built through layering, joining, and controlled fabrication.

Systems of Clarity

Order and coherence arise through disciplined systems and constraints.

Proportion organizes coherence through measured intervals, scale, and relation.

Structure holds the work through rules, joins, and controlled relationships between parts.

Form operates as a site for material, perceptual, and conceptual inquiry.

Light, surface, and repetition reset perception through reduction and neutrality.

Geometry and logic replace expression and illusion.

Observartory

Jan Schoonhoven — Reliefs

Structual Relations

The following practices are connected through shared structural decisions in form, material, and spatial logic.

Light as movement

Geometry as ethics

In Dialogue

Reflection as order

Günther Uecker

Repetition as discipline