Rob Scholte
Rob Scholte (born 1958 in Amsterdam); is a Dutch artist. He lives and works in Tenerife Punta del Hidalgo Spain and Netherlands in Bergen
Life
Rob Scholte had since 1988 a visiting professor at numerous academies such as the Rietveld Academy, the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. From 1993 to 1998 he taught as a professor of painting at the School of Art Kassel. From 1999 to 2001 at the Artesis Hogeschool Antwerpen. Rob Scholte is the father of two children and married since 2006 with Lijsje Snijder.
Assassination
On November 24, 1994 Rob Scholte lost both legs by the explosion of a car bomb on the chassis of his blue BMW in the Laurierstraat in Amsterdam. The writer Joost Zwagerman In 1989 his novel " gimmick " was published, in which he portrayed the art scene in Amsterdam as a melting pot of drugs, gambling debts and money laundering. This novel was at the time of the attack on Rob Scholte a breeding ground for rumors of all kinds, and it circulated theories about connections Rob Scholtes in the seedy underworld of the Amsterdam underworld. The attack was seen as retaliation for that he had not complied with certain obligations.
Rob Scholte suspected the culprit among his fellow artists.
"To my mistakes, it was that I was not modest ," he says self-critical. "I provoked my friends. Envy came on. Hatred. Holland is a country without mountains. If there is too high also grows, it is nuked. "
He spoke publicly against accusations from fellow artists, such as the poet Koos Dalstra, which in turn sued him for libel and won the case. Rob Scholte instructed the detective Jeroen van Oostveen, to collect more information. To date, the assassination has not been definitively elucidated; the investigation was discontinued in 2002.
The official police investigations assume that the attack was in force a lawyer named Oscar Hammerstein, who also drove a blue BMW 325i, yet also with a similar number plate as Scholtes car. These similarities should have led to confusion on the part of the perpetrator, especially as the other BMW was parked near the Laurierstraat.
Works (selection)
Operation
The carefully painted works produced by his assistants and signed by both the wizard as well as him.
Solo exhibitions (selection )
- 2012 Mount Lucifer in paradise Galerie Frank Taal, Rotterdam
- 2011 Rob Scholte Zakdoeken Project Space, Amsterdam
- 2009 Lucifer in paradise Gallery Scala, Berlin
- 2008 Rob Scholte Mount Lucifer Kunstbunker - Forum for Contemporary Art, Nuremberg
- 2007 Rob Scholte Galería Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- 2006 Rob Scholte Heitsch Gallery, Munich