Constant Nieuwenhuis
Constant Anton Nieuwenhuis (born
1920) is one of the foremost innovators of Unitary Urbanism. Generally known simply as
Constant, in
1948 he founded the Experimentele Groepe de Hollande with Corneille and
Karel Appel. 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.
Quote:
"Creation and revolutionary struggle have the same objective: the realisation of life."