Jan Henderikse (Delft, 1937) began his career as an
informal painter. In 1960 he co-founded the Dutch Zero
group and began experimenting with assemblages and
the impact of large numbers of common objects such as
corks, produce crates, crates of beer, licence plates and
money. In the mid-1970s he became involved in film-
making, the publishing of limited editions, photo
sequences and installations of found and rejected
photographs.
Henderikse shamesly uses whatever materials come his
way. The originality of his work lies in its method: serial
composition and his presentation of slices of reality
without further comment. Searching for his materials
amongst cast-off and the coincidental, he long preferred
the relics of 'small' human needs. In his more recent
works, however, he has occupied himself more with the
threatening aspects of major world events.
Jan Henderikse lives and works in Antwerp (Belgium)
and Brooklyn, New York (U.S.A.)
Jan Henderikse
