The emergent ‘artistic object’ in the post-conceptual condition

In his research project Jack Segbars investigates the question of where the ‘object’ of art finds itself. Segbars researches the fabric of the art object’s configuration in the contemporary art field through his own artistic practice, as well as through theoretical means.

Jack Segbars (1963, NL) studied fine art at AKV/St.Joost Den Bosch. He is primarily engaged with the conditions and parameters through which the concept of art is created. To this end, Segbars has investigated the different forms and positions that shape artproduction and that are at play in the formation of the notion of art: autonomous visual art, art in public space (including the neon text, Van Alles Is Weer Waardeloos/ everything is worthless again), the role of language and theory in the art discourse and the role of the curator. The interconnections between the different positions (critic, writer, curator and visual artist) are explored as artistic investigation. In 2009 he produced the publication Rondom-All around the periphery (Onomatopee) that deals with the overlap of positions and domains. This publication was produced in conjucuntion with an exhibition addressing the relationship between the visual image an it’s textual derivatives. In 2012 this was followed by Inertia, a travelogue of visits to Palestine in which the interrelations between art and politics are researched. Next to his praxis as visual artist, Segbars regularly writes reviews and articles on art and art-related subjects a.o. for Metropolis M.

Selected projects:

• Rondom, DCR The Hague, with Fucking Good Art, BAVO, Empathy™, QS Serafijn, Domeniek Ruyters / Frances Stark, Maarten Steenhagen, Paul Kuypers
• Art Against Culture, Pictura Dordrecht in coöperation with Maarten Janssen, with Lidwien van de Ven, Jeroen Bosch, Friederike Feldmann a.o.
• Cut for purpose, Curious Little Sister rents an office, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
• Hey You!, 1646 The Hague, a project with Marijn van Kreij and Nickel van Duijvenboden on the interaction between the original and reflection.
• As curator in the Brak-programma he worked with a.o.: Martijn Hendriks, Dieter Roelstraete, gerlach en koop, Evi Vingerling and Nickel van Duijvenboden

Jack Segbars lives and works in Rotterdam.