{"id":290,"date":"2026-11-06T17:55:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T16:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peterklashorst.com\/life-and-work\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T04:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T03:35:12","slug":"life-and-work","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/peterklashorst.com\/en\/life-and-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Life & Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Painter, sculptor, musician and writer: Peter Klashorst (1957\u20132024) lived many lives in one. These chapters follow him from the Rietveld Academy and the New Wild Ones to New York, the After Nature collective, Africa and Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Early years and the New Wild Ones<\/a><\/h3>\n\n

1957\u20131985<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Rietveld Academy, a new wave band and two major prizes before the age of 27.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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New York and After Nature<\/a><\/h3>\n\n

1985\u20131990s<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Chasing success in New York, then painting in the streets, on trains and in nightclubs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Africa<\/a><\/h3>\n\n

Late 1990s\u20132000s<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Senegal, Kenya and the Gambia: portraits, nudes and painted wooden sculptures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Asia<\/a><\/h3>\n\n

2000s\u20132024<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Bangkok, Pattaya and Phnom Penh, and the S-21 portraits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\"Work<\/a><\/figure>\n\n

Kunstkannibaal: the writer<\/a><\/h3>\n\n

2011<\/em><\/p>\n\n

A picaresque novel in the tradition of Jan Cremer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\"Work<\/a><\/figure>\n\n

Ideas and technique<\/a><\/h3>\n\n

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Car paint on PVC, Rembrandt’s imperfection and a lifelong dialogue with art history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chronology<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Exhibitions & press<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Biography<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Shop the collection<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Painter, sculptor, musician and writer: Peter Klashorst (1957\u20132024) lived many lives in one. These chapters follow him from the Rietveld Academy and the New Wild Ones to New York, the After Nature collective, Africa and Asia. Early years and the New Wild Ones 1957\u20131985 Rietveld Academy, a new wave band and two major prizes before […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-290","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/peterklashorst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/peterklashorst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/peterklashorst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/peterklashorst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/peterklashorst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/peterklashorst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":360,"href":"http:\/\/peterklashorst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/290\/revisions\/360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/peterklashorst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}