Constant Nieuwenhuys
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Constant Anton Nieuwenhuys (July 21, 1920 – August 1, 2005) was one of the foremost innovators of Unitary Urbanism. Generally known simply as Constant, in 1948 he founded the Experimentele Groep Holland with Corneille, Karel Appel and his own brother, Jan Nieuwenhuys. They then went on to link up with Christian Dotrement, Joseph Noiret, Belgium and Asger Jorn, Denmark to form CoBrA. Scorched Earth I (1951) is one of his noted works from this period. Artist also well known for his life-long work New Babylon, a series of models, collages and other projects related to his theories of urban development and social interaction.
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- "Creation and revolutionary struggle have the same objective: the realisation of life."
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