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Paul Panhuysen

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Gender: Male
Country: Denmark
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Paul Panhuysen, Dutch visual and sound artist, born August 21, 1934, in Borgharen, The Netherlands, died January 29, 2015, in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Panhuysen studied painting and monumental design at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht and art sociology at the University of Utrecht from 1954 till 1959. He's been a director of the Fine Arts Academy in Leeuwarden; and a curator for the Den Haag City Museum and for the Van Abbe Museum in Eindhoven. In 1965 he founded the artist group "De Bende van de Blauwe Hand." This group closely related to Fluxus, presented exhibitions, environments and happenings in museums and galleries. In 1968, he founded the Maciunas Ensemble and began performing experimental music. Paul Panhuysen has been concentrating on sound art, which has come to occupy an important place in his visual art work. He has performed his Long string installations during concerts or exhibitions since 1982 in Boston, Washington D.C., Dresden, Berlin, Hannover, Linz, Ferrara, Barcelona, Lodz, Warsaw, Moskow, Paris, New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, Kobe, Kyoto, Lyon, Rome, Prague and Mexico-city. Performances was set up in indoor or outdoor spaces and was always taking fully advantage of site specific sound and architectural properties. In 1980, Paul Panhuysen founded Het Apollohuis: a plateform for sound and visual arts, exhibitions and new music concerts.
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