Overview

Nelleke Beltjens, a young artist from The Netherlands, makes formalist sculptures of steel and concrete or wood and plaster. The diminutive works in this show are about relationships. Together, two separate,interlocking steel forms make one piece. Another piece is made from concrete and steel, fused. In yet another, lines of intense color run vein-like through a white plaster form. Over and over Beltjens explores spaces between forms and the interface of contrasting material, creating relationships between the unrelated and raising the questions, “What separates? What makes a whole?”

Works
  • NELLEKE BELTJENS The Owner, 2002-03 wood/plaster/pigment 3.5 x 3.75 x 2.375 inches 8.89 x 9.525 x 6.0325 cms
    NELLEKE BELTJENS
    The Owner, 2002-03
    wood/plaster/pigment
    3.5 x 3.75 x 2.375 inches
    8.89 x 9.525 x 6.0325 cms
  • NELLEKE BELTJENS Pretext, 2002-03 wood/plaster/pigment 2.5 x 3.25 x 2.25 inches 6.35 x 8.255 x 5.715 cms
    NELLEKE BELTJENS
    Pretext, 2002-03
    wood/plaster/pigment
    2.5 x 3.25 x 2.25 inches
    6.35 x 8.255 x 5.715 cms
  • NELLEKE BELTJENS Bewildered Illusion, 2002-03 wood/plaster/pigment 3.5 x 3.75 x 2.5 inches 8.89 x 9.525 x 6.35 cms
    NELLEKE BELTJENS
    Bewildered Illusion, 2002-03
    wood/plaster/pigment
    3.5 x 3.75 x 2.5 inches
    8.89 x 9.525 x 6.35 cms
  • NELLEKE BELTJENS Boiling Streams, 2002-03 wood/plaster/pigment
    NELLEKE BELTJENS
    Boiling Streams, 2002-03
    wood/plaster/pigment
  • NELLEKE BELTJENS Turning Home, 2002-03 wood/plaster/pigment
    NELLEKE BELTJENS
    Turning Home, 2002-03
    wood/plaster/pigment
  • NELLEKE BELTJENS Music and verse, 2002-03 wood/plaster/pigment 2.3125 x 2.5 x 1.75 inches 5.87375 x 6.35 x 4.445 cms
    NELLEKE BELTJENS
    Music and verse, 2002-03
    wood/plaster/pigment
    2.3125 x 2.5 x 1.75 inches
    5.87375 x 6.35 x 4.445 cms
  • NELLEKE BELTJENS Drunk with dust, 2002-03 wood/plaster/pigment 1.875 x 2.25 x 3.125 inches 4.7625 x 5.715 x 7.9375 cms
    NELLEKE BELTJENS
    Drunk with dust, 2002-03
    wood/plaster/pigment
    1.875 x 2.25 x 3.125 inches
    4.7625 x 5.715 x 7.9375 cms
  • NELLEKE BELTJENS Joyously travelling, 2002-03 wood/plaster/pigment 1.25 x 2.0625 x 2 inches 3.175 x 5.23875 x 5.08 cms
    NELLEKE BELTJENS
    Joyously travelling, 2002-03
    wood/plaster/pigment
    1.25 x 2.0625 x 2 inches
    3.175 x 5.23875 x 5.08 cms
  • NELLEKE BELTJENS Marvelous mountain, 2002-03 wood/plaster/pigment 1.5625 x 3.75 x 2 inches 3.96875 x 9.525 x 5.08 cms
    NELLEKE BELTJENS
    Marvelous mountain, 2002-03
    wood/plaster/pigment
    1.5625 x 3.75 x 2 inches
    3.96875 x 9.525 x 5.08 cms
  • NELLEKE BELTJENS Glance, 2002-03 wood/plaster/pigment 1.1875 x 3 x 2.0625 inches 3.01625 x 7.62 x 5.23875 cms
    NELLEKE BELTJENS
    Glance, 2002-03
    wood/plaster/pigment
    1.1875 x 3 x 2.0625 inches
    3.01625 x 7.62 x 5.23875 cms
  • NELLEKE BELTJENS For a while, 2002-03 wood/plaster/pigment
    NELLEKE BELTJENS
    For a while, 2002-03
    wood/plaster/pigment
  • NELLEKE BELTJENS One to go, 2002-03 wood/plaster/pigment 2 x 2.75 x 2.375 inches 5.08 x 6.985 x 6.0325 cms
    NELLEKE BELTJENS
    One to go, 2002-03
    wood/plaster/pigment
    2 x 2.75 x 2.375 inches
    5.08 x 6.985 x 6.0325 cms
  • NELLEKE BELTJENS For a while, 2002-03 wood/plaster/pigment
    NELLEKE BELTJENS
    For a while, 2002-03
    wood/plaster/pigment
  • NELLEKE BELTJENS One to go, 2002-03 wood/plaster/pigment 2 x 2.75 x 2.375 inches 5.08 x 6.985 x 6.0325 cms
    NELLEKE BELTJENS
    One to go, 2002-03
    wood/plaster/pigment
    2 x 2.75 x 2.375 inches
    5.08 x 6.985 x 6.0325 cms
  • NELLEKE BELTJENS Subtle grace, 2002-03 wood/plaster/pigment 1.0625 x 2 x 1.25 inches 2.69875 x 5.08 x 3.175 cms
    NELLEKE BELTJENS
    Subtle grace, 2002-03
    wood/plaster/pigment
    1.0625 x 2 x 1.25 inches
    2.69875 x 5.08 x 3.175 cms
  • NELLEKE BELTJENS As it seems, 2002-03 wood/plaster/pigment 2.25 x 2.75 x 2 inches 5.715 x 6.985 x 5.08 cms
    NELLEKE BELTJENS
    As it seems, 2002-03
    wood/plaster/pigment
    2.25 x 2.75 x 2 inches
    5.715 x 6.985 x 5.08 cms
  • NELLEKE BELTJENS Condensation of unnamable things, 2001 steel
    NELLEKE BELTJENS
    Condensation of unnamable things, 2001
    steel