Maarten Baas is a renowned artist and designer, whose work emerges from the intersection of these fields. Known for his craftsmanship and public works as much as for conceptual art, installation and performance, Baas embodies an unruly intellectualism and theatrical flair. Enthralled by the concept of time, Baas’ engagement with the fourth dimension permeates much of his work across media as divergent as video and performance, sculpture and set design. Above all, what emerges is a respect for the abstractions and multiplicities of time, and the way it takes shape within the mind of the individual.
Baas was born in 1978 in the Netherlands. Amongst many public and private collections, Baas’ work is found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. In 2016, Baas was awarded the Artprize for his Real Time Sweepers Clock. In 2012, two of the artist’s series, ‘Smoke’ and ‘Clay’, were listed in the New York Times ‘Top 25 Design Classics of the Future’, and in 2009 Baas was named Designer of the Year at Design Basel/Miami. Baas lives and works in the Netherlands.
