Jan Goossen

Jan Goossen (1937 in Maracaibo, Venezuela – 2005 in Goes, Netherlands) was a Dutch sculptor.
He followed his studies at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam (1956–1961), and achieved an architecture bachelor’s degree at the Heald College of Engineering of San Francisco (1965–1967). In addition he received several stipendia to travel abroad (Maison Descartes Paris 1961-2, finalist Zellerbach competition San Francisco 1965, Stipendium C.R.M. 1973, and travel grant 1978). During his training period, he specialised as sculptor, designer and draftsman.
Goossen’s work can de defined as non-figurative, geometric and abstract, with a focus on people and their relationship with the industrial world. As a result, the pieces display always intricate plays of horizontal and vertical lines, which create spatial tissues where the light penetrates. All these angularities are emphasized by the hard colours like bright red that Goossen uses.
The sculptures from Goossen, Jan can...