Joop Beljon
site-specific OUTDOOR SCULPTURE
The sculptor Lucien den Arend met Joop Beljon for the first
time in 1965 during an international sculpture symposium at
California State University at Long Beach - the first of its
kind in the United States. Lucien den Arend was studying there
at that time; fifteen years later he taught at the Royal Academy
of Art in the Hague under Beljon's direction.
Joop Beljon's hearts join those which Sam Rodia
made throughout the
Watts Towers
The university museum's collection of outdoor
sculpture began in 1965 with this international sculpture symposium
(June 21st through August 14th at California State College at
Long Beach, as the name was at that time) - the first of its
kind in the United States. Supported by innovative partnerships
with local industries, each artist completed one work, which
became the property of the university. The result included 10
works spread throughout the 322-acre campus. The collection
currently includes works by Kengiro Azuma, J. J. Beljon, Andre
Bloc, Woods Davy, Guy Dill, Kosso Eloul, Clare Falkenstein,
Bryan Hunt, Robert Irwin, Gabriel Kohn, Piotr Kowalski, Robert
Murray, Terry Schoonhoven, Richard Turner, and Michael Davis.
Recently, works of Maren Hassinger, Eugenia Butler, and Frederick
Fisher have enhanced the collection since then.
From:
UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM,
CSU LONG BEACH
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
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