Luut de Gelder

Luut de Gelder (1942) studied, together with Eja Siepman van den Berg, at the Rijksacademie in Amsterdam. De Gelder has always remained true to herself and her own ideas. It is therefore hard to find an outside influence, from teachers or fellow students, in her work. De Gelder is a true stonemason, but also models sculptures to be cast in bronze. While cutting in a stone, she enters into a dialogue with the material. She has used one theme for her entire life: the female fragment, the woman’s lap. Her work is characterised by this specific theme, as well as contrast in the stone. These contrasts are often to be found in the finishing, in the skin of the material. Some parts of the sculpture remain rugged and unpolished, others have been made even and soft to emphasise the vulnerability of the lap.