NATURE OBJECT #24 ACEC, APELDOORN, 2024

    NATURE OBJECT #24   Location: ACEC, Apeldoorn Part of the exhibition: Windless (curated by Wilfried Nijhof) Date: February 24 – April 7, 2024     NL   In een tentoonstellingsruimte die gekenmerkt wordt door utilitaire rechtlijnigheid wilde BruggemanRead more…

IMPACT LANDGOED DE HANGAR, ARNHEM, 2023

        IMPACT   Location: Landgoed de Hangar (Culturele Buitenplaats Koningsweg), Koningsweg 23a, Arnhem, the Netherlands Website Landgoed De Hangar: click here Date: May 2023 – ungoing Thanks to: Jurgen Uffink (production on location) and the generous supportRead more…

SPILL LANDGOED DE HANGAR, ARNHEM, 2022

    SPILL   Location: Landgoed de Hangar (Culturele Buitenplaats Koningsweg), Koningsweg 23a, Arnhem, the Netherlands Project information: Landgoed de Hangar – testsite voor de kunsten – Date: April 2022 – ungoing Photography: Jeroen Musch (spring) Frank Bruggeman (summer)  Read more…

NATURE OBJECT #23 ROTTERDAM, 2022

    NATURE OBJECT #23   Location: Studio, Rotterdam Date: December, 2022 Photography: Scott van Kampen Wieling   Compostion with French flowerpot and plants climbing frame in combination with seasonal leftovers.

Frank Bruggeman

AMARYLLIS STUDIO, ROTTERDAM, 2017

      AMARYLLIS   Date: March 2017 Description: Assembly of flower baskets in the shape of a flower arrangement with the bulbs of five species of Amaryllis Photography: Kees Hummel          

NATURE OBJECT #18 ART AMSTERDAM, 2016

      NATURE OBJECT #18   Location: Art Amsterdam Date: May 2016   On the continuum from flower piece to landscape, Bruggemans so-called “nature objects” must be situated somewhere between flower piece and garden. By all standards these natureRead more…

FLOWERPIECE RIJKSMUSEUM, AMSTERDAM, 2014

      FLOWERPIECE   Location: Entrance hall Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Date: October, 2014 Description: Composition with black metal containers and season related flowers and plant material Photography main photo: Janine Schrijver (location: studio Rotterdam)            

MoSSU GARDENMANIA, EINDHOVEN, 2014

    MoSSU (Mobile Seed Swop Unit)   Location: Gardenmania, Eindhoven Event: Dutch Design Week Date: October 2014     NL Frank Bruggeman herkent bij Gardenmania een zelfde benadering van tuinieren als hij zelf voorstaat: speels en zonder duidelijke hiërarchie,Read more…

IN SITU RADBOUD UMC, NIJMEGEN, 2014

        IN SITU   Location: Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, the Netherlands Commissioned by: Radboud Kunst & Cultuur (Let Geerling) Date: September 18, 2014 Photography: J.W. Kaldenbach To start the new cultural season in the hospital Radoud UMC theRead more…

NATURE OBJECT #14 SALON BJ, BEIJING, 2013

        NATURE OBJECT #14   Location: Beijing, China Event: Salon Beijing Date: September, 2013 Description: Composition with the local vegetation and artificial plant materials and artefacts Photography: J.W. Kaldenbach              

VERBODEN LANDSCHAP G.A.N.G. , ARNHEM, 2013

    Locatie: Arnhem Datum: Juni – September, 2013 Opdrachtgever: Stichting G.A.N.G.   Stichting G.A.N.G. is een cultureel projectbureau dat zich richt op de ontwikkeling van onze omgeving en het landschap. G.A.N.G. heeft de ambitie om aan de noordrand van Arnhem een 21eRead more…

HORTUS VU AMSTERDAM, 2013

        HORTUS VU   Location: TAAK, Amsterdam Date: October, 2013 Event: Expert meeting on the future of Hortus VU that in its survival is threatened Description: Installation with a selection of succulents from the Hortus VU  Read more…

Frank Bruggeman

JANSEN VAN WELTEN ARTICLE, 2013

  [color-box]     JANSEN VAN WELTEN APPLE VARIETY FROM LIMBURG GOES BACK TO ITS ROOTS by FRANK BRUGGEMAN. Article about the seemingly lost apple variety from Welten nearby Heerlen, the Netherlands. Published in Club Donny #10 in cooperation withRead more…

NATURE OBJECT #13 GARAGE, ROTTERDAM, 2013

      NATUREOBJECT #13   Location: GARAGE exhibitionspace, Rotterdam Group exhibition: On the edge Date: September – October 2013 Photography: Bas Czerwinski Installation with exhaustpipe vase and two fence post driver vases

FLOWER SHOVEL GORKYPARK, MOSCOW, 2013

    FLOWERSHOVEL   Location: Gorkypark, Moscow Cultural event: Nederland – Rusland jaar Commissioned by: The Dutch embassy Date: Date: May, 2013 In cooperation with: Wendel ten Arve, Eric Roelen and the gardeners of the parc.     NL   FlowershovelRead more…

EXHAUSTPIPE VASES OBJECTS, 2012

        EXHAUSTPIPE VASES   Exhauspipe vase ‘Astra’ (edition of five) Date: 2012 Dimension: H85cm W45 cm Material: Metal coated   Exhaustpipe vase ‘Romax’ (edition of five) Date: 2012 Dimension: H145cm W55cm Material: Metal coated   Price information:Read more…

ONTMOETINGSTUIN PUTTERSHOEK, 2012

      ONTMOETINGSTUIN   Assignement for a garden in which local residents and pupils of primary schools can participate. The design refers both to the agricultural area as well as to the new architecture from immediate area. A selectionRead more…

Frank Bruggeman

MUFLERVASE ZEEUWS MUSEUM, 2011

    MUFLER VASE   Description: Composition of diverse exhaustpipes and muflers with a high gloss blue coating, Purchased by: Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg Size: H220 cm – W90 cm Date: 2011      

Frank Bruggeman

GROUNDABOUT MU, EINDHOVEN, 2009

        GROUNDABOUT   Location: MU exhibition space, Eindhoven Date: September 4 – October 4, 2009 Realisation in cooperation with Ernst van der Hoeven Description: Urban sensibility of green spots in and around Eindhoven. The photo’s are printedRead more…

FLOWERPIECE HANGING AMSTERDAM, 2007

        FLOWERPIECE HANGING ‘FLYING PARROT’   Location: DROOG exhibition space, Amsterdam Date: May 2007 Dimension: H300cm, B150cm Materials: Tulip ‘Flaming parrot’, Amaryllis, Fritillaria imperialis and diverse branches

CATALPA ST-MICHELSGESTEL, 2007

    CATALPA   Location: St-Michelsgestel Group exhibition: Landsporen Date: September – November 2007     NL   Bossen, maïsvelden, open weilanden en een enorme solitaire eik: het Noord-Brabantse landschap in een notendop. Frank Bruggeman plaatst een exotische boom genaamdRead more…

NATURE OBJECT #2 Brutto Gusto, Berlin, 2007

      NATURE OBJECT #2   Solo exhibition: Wild-Branch Scenery location: Brutto Gusto fine_arts, Berlin Date: 2007 Dimension: 180 cm x 60 cm Material: Pedestal, plastic vases, floral foam and a local wild plant (Artemisia vulgaris)      

Frank Bruggeman

CASE STUDIES DESIGNHUIS, 2010

      CASE STUDIES   Location: Designhuis, Eindhoven Group exhibition: KLEUR Date: March 2010 Descriprion: Installation with a selection of blue coated case studies