J. Beljon

Joop Beljon

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site-specific OUTDOOR SCULPTUREThe sculptor Lucien den Arend met Joop Beljon for the first time in 1965 during an international sculpture symposium at California State University at Long Beach - the first of its kind in the United States.Lucien den Arend was studying there at that time; fifteen years later he taught at the Royal Academy of Art in the Hague under Beljon's direction.
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Joop Beljon's hearts join those which Sam Rodia made throughout the Watts Towers
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The collection currently includes works by Kengiro Azuma, J. J. Beljon, Andre Bloc, Woods Davy, Guy Dill, Kosso Eloul, Clare Falkenstein, Bryan Hunt, Robert Irwin, Gabriel Kohn, Piotr Kowalski, Robert Murray, Terry Schoonhoven, Richard Turner, and Michael Davis.

Joop Beljon's homage to Sam Rodia - the creator of Watt's Towers
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There it was that I first met Joop Beljon, a well known Dutch sculptor.I talked with him about the technique of casting concrete and constructing the forms, which were quite complicated in the homage to Sam Rodia sculpture" Years later I met him again as a colleague and member of the Dutch Sculptor's Association and I taught at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, where he was director.

With this international sculpture symposium - the first of its kind in the United States the university museum's collection of outdoor sculpture began.Supported by innovative partnerships with local industries, each artist completed one work, which became the property of the university.The result included 10 works spread throughout the 322-acre campus.The collection currently includes works by Kengiro Azuma, J. J. Beljon, Andre Bloc, Woods Davy, Guy Dill, Kosso Eloul, Clare Falkenstein, Bryan Hunt, Robert Irwin, Gabriel Kohn, Piotr Kowalski, Robert Murray, Terry Schoonhoven, Richard Turner, and Michael Davis.