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Glass Fragile Handle With Care
2009
Martijn Sandberg has designed a typographic pattern for the glass of the Stadshoven Weidevenne Apartment Building, Purmerend, the Netherlands.
A sequence of letters in a point raster materializes on the transparent glass of the gallery and balconies: 'Glass Fragile Handle With Care'.
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'Glass Fragile Handle With Care'
Stadshoven, Purmerend/ NL |
I Will Survive
2008
'I Will Survive' is a freestanding, golden-coloured artwork, designed by Martijn Sandberg for the LOC Building in Hardenberg, the Netherlands. It is located at the Mulopad, between the new building and the old cemetery adjacent to it.
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'I Will Survive', 2008
LOC Hardenberg/ NL |
Forever in Stone
2008
The site-specific artwork 'Forever in Stone' by Martijn Sandberg, is an integral part of the architecture of the district Olympisch Kwartier, Amsterdam. Steel clinkers form the pixels of a typographic pattern in the brickwork of the planters, meandering along the plinths of the housing blocks throughout the district.
The artist allows the stones to speak. Those who listen, hear the endless song that is written in stone: 'Stoned Forever', 'Forever Stoned', 'Stoned Again' and 'Again'.
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'Forever in Stone', 2008
Olympisch Kwartier, Amsterdam |
Sorry No Image Yet
2008
Aluminium laser-cut 'Sorry No Image Yet', from the 'Cut Paintings', Black Series 2008.
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'Sorry No Image Yet', 2008 |
Sorry No Pics Today
2008
Aluminium lasercut 'Sorry No Pics Today', from the 'Cut Paintings', Black Series 2008.
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'Sorry No Pics Today', 2008 |
Too Busy To Paint
2008
Aluminium laser-cut 'Too Busy To Paint', from the 'Cut Paintings', Black Series 2008.
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'Too Busy To Paint', 2008 |
Pas op! Kunst!
2008
Martijn Sandberg has created the work 'Pas op! Kunst!' (2008) specifically for showing on LED-screen, at the invitation of the Museum De Paviljoens in Almere for the Dropstuff.nl project, which can be seen in 2008 on different locations in the Netherlands.
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'Pas op! Kunst!', 2008
Dropstuff.nl, Almere/ NL |
'Wasted Time And Money' 2008 |
Wasted Time And Money
2007
'Wasted Time And Money', canvas created by Martijn Sandberg, placed along the Europaweg, Apeldoorn/ NL. ‘Prelude 2007’, from July to September 2007.
The work was originally displayed on the façade of Beekpark 28, Apeldoorn, from 6 May to 23 June 2007 as part of the ‘Billboard’ series at CBK/ Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Apeldoorn/ NL.
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'Wasted Time And Money', 2007 |
Paint It Black
2007
Aluminium laser-cut 'Paint It Black', from the 'Cut Paintings', Black Series 2007.
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If These Walls Could Speak
2007
Martijn Sandberg has designed the site-specific artwork 'If These Walls Could Speak' for the walls lining the lift shaft at the Amsterdam Public Library’s new location at Oosterdokseiland (OBA, Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam).
Sandberg selected a range of titles from every section of the library’s collection; he has compiled a typographic design from them, to be lit and visible through the glass rear wall of the lift.
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'If These Walls Could Speak' 2007
Centrale Bibliotheek, Amsterdam |
Hallo, Is Daar Iemand?
2007
'Hallo, Is Daar Iemand?' by Martijn Sandberg is located in the new district of Floriande in Hoofddorp/ NL. The piece of artwork will consist of two free standing walls 4.5 metres high and respectively 24.5 metres and 14.5 metres in length.
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'Hallo, Is Daar Iemand?' 2007
Floriande, Hoofddorp/ NL |
Cut The Crap
2006
Aluminium laser-cut 'Cut The Crap', from the 'Cut Paintings', Black Series 2006.
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Verzenddozen / Parcel Post Boxes TNT Post NL
2006
The design of the motif for the seven parcel post boxes by the Amsterdam visual artist Martijn Sandberg consists of two layers. The basis is a grey raster pattern, derived from the familiar packing material plastic bubble foil.
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'Parcel Post Boxes', 2006
Royal TNT Post/ NL |
Loading Please Wait
2006
Two black & white spreads 'Loading Please Wait' by Martijn Sandberg in book edition 'Vis à Vue’, 'a visual manual for visual culture'. Publisher: Foundation Onomatopee.
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'Loading Please Wait', 2006
Spread 1/2, Vis à Vue |
That's All Folks!
2006
Aluminium laser-cut 'That’s All Folks!', from the 'Cut Paintings', Black Series 2006.
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'That's All Folks!', 2006 |
'I Am Still Alive' (Gold Edit), 2005 |
Whatever
2005
Black & white spread 'Whatever', artist's contribution in DAMn° Magazine, issue no. 4, November/ December 2005.
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'Whatever' 2005
Spread, DAMn Magazine no.4 |
Zakelijke Postzegels 2005 / Business Stamps 2005
2005
TPG Post has issued two business stamps on 24 May 2005, that are designed by Martijn Sandberg. Postage value of the stamps is 39 euro cents, or 78 euro cents respectively. The stamps are printed on rolls of 100 self-adhesive stamps.
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'Zakelijke Postzegels', stamps, 2005
Royal TPG Post BV/ NL |
Forever Young
2005
'Forever Young' by Martijn Sandberg is a site-specific artwork integrated in the new OSG Singelland College building in Drachten, the Netherlands. The artwork is a point relief design which is applied to the entire facade of a kidney-shaped school building situated on the roofed-over central square of the state comprehensive school.
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'Forever Young', 2005
OSG Singelland, Drachten/ NL |
I Want More Space, Zuiderkerkprijs 2004
2004
The artwork 'I Want More Space' for the Zuiderkerkprijs 2004 is an omen, writing on the wall. The work may be seen as a ‘window’ looking out upon architecture and, as letters upon the wall, entering into relationship with it.
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'I Want More Space', 2004
Zuiderkerkprijs 2004 |
No ID
2004
Installation view of poster 'No ID' by Martijn Sandberg in the backlit City Information Panel (MUPI) at the Rokin, as part of the exhibition ‘Migrating Identity’, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam.
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'No ID' 2004
Installation view. |
No Image No Message
2003
Fluorescent 'No Image No Message' wastepaperbasket series, made of folded 'No Image No Message' posters.
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'No Image No Message' 2003
Fluorescent wastepaperbasket #1. |
No Image No Message
2003
Fluorescent spread 'No Image No Message' in the art supplement of newspaper de Volkskrant, Thursday June 26.
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'No Image No Message' 2003
Spread, Volkskrant. |
No Image No Message
2003
Permanent installation 'No Image No Message'.
Location: Pizzart Café, Fribourg, Switzerland.
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'No Image No Message' 2003
Pizzart Café, Fribourg/ CH. |
No Image No Message
2002
Poster 'No Image No Message', at 50 backlit City Information Panels (MUPI) in city Haarlem/ NL.
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'No Image No Message' 2002 |
No Image No Message
2002
Silver plastic bag 'No Image No Message',
distributed by Dutch warehouse Hema, Haarlem.
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'No Image No Message' 2002
Plastic bag. |
Power To The People
2000
Site-specific artwork 'Power To The People'.
Location: transformer station Hoofddorpplein, Amsterdam.
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'Power To The People', 2000
Hoofddorpplein, Amsterdam |
We're Only In It For The Money
2000-2002
The project 'We’re Only In It For The Money' (2000) consists of his own designed cupro-nickel coin, produced by the Royal Dutch Mint Utrecht, and the floorpiece that was realized with the first thousand coins as site-specific installation at SVB Bank Zaandam.
In 2002 Sandberg produced a special brass-nickel edition of the coin which was first introduced into the monetary system during the auction ‘Sold’ at Christie’s Amsterdam as money to buy consumptions and the catalogue.
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'We're Only In It For The Money' 2000
Coin, cupro-nickel edition. |
'We're Only In It For The Money' 2000
Installation view. |
No Image No Message
2001
Aluminium laser-cut 'No Image No Message' #1 and #6, 2001,
from series of six, each 100cm x 100cm x 3cm.
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'No Image No Message' #1 2001 |
Image Messages
2002
Installation view 'No Image No Message', solo exhibition 'Image Messages'.
Galerie Markus Richter, Berlin/ D, 2002.
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'No Image No Message' 2002
Installation view |
Pretty Vacant
2001
Phosphorescent aluminium sign 'Pretty Vacant' (#1),
in the dark and by daylight.
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'Pretty Vacant' #1 2001
(by night) |
No Image No Message
1999
'No Image No Message', eight artist-pages in magazine 'If/Then', issue no.1, 1999.
Publisher: BIS Publishers/ Dutch Design Institute, Amsterdam.
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'No Image No Message' 1999
'If/Then', issue no.1 |
No Image No Message
1998
Reflective aluminium sign 'No Image No Message',
in the dark and by daylight.
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'No Image No Message' 1998
(by night) |
'No Image No Message' 1998
Installation view |
A (is for Anarchy)
1998
By designing a fluorescent dress-code and a new ‘Anarchy’ icon as origin to form a punk-band, Martijn Sandberg created the ingredients for his performance in blacklight-setting, called 'A'.
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'Blacklight White Light' 1997
Installation view. |
'Energizer (Go Retro)' 1997 |
