marc ruygrok: typographic sculptures

‘xyz’ by marc ruygrok, 1999 (mdf-wood / lacquer)

while some sculptors use the human form or abstract shapes as their medium, dutch artist marc ruygrok uses letters and words in his typographic works.  since the beginning eighties, letters and words have been the core elements of ruygrok’s monumental, site-specific sculptures.

http://www.ruygrok.com

‘hij gij mij zij wij jij’ by marc ruygrok, 2002 (bronzed brass) located in deventer, netherlands

sketches of ruygrok’s work

‘wat er is (what there is)’ by marc ruygrok, 2002 (bronzed brass, stainless steel) located in nijmegen, neterlands

‘en 1 of’ by marc ruygrok, 1993 (bronzed copper) located in the hague, netherlands

‘somewhere-elsewhere-anywhere-everywhere-nowhere’ by marc ruygrok, 2003 (bronzed brass) located at the dutch-german-british embassy

‘hier (here)’ by marc ruygrok, 2002 (bronzed brass) located in houten, netherlands

‘waar is het / is het waar  (where is it / is it true )’ by by marc ruygrok, 1999 (copper) located in amersfoort, netherlands

‘a+o’ by marc ruygrok, 1986 (wood, acrylic, metal)

‘anxiety’ by marc ruygrok, 1981 (steel)