Frans Mossou

Dutch, 1936 -2021

Frans Mossou was born in 1936 in Vught, the Netherlands, he lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

His work is concerned with the disconnection of light from its medium and utilize it as an independent pictoral device. His research started in the late 50's and developed over the course of the 60's. The works produced in this period included pieces in which particular forms were cut out from a composition on canvas, or reliefs were embossed into paper, both making light an active and independent part of the medium. His compositions have always consisted of geometric forms in black and white color schemes as to keep from illusionist or aesthetic results.

It was in the 60's that his work was discovered by artist Jan Schoonhoven and later Ad Dekkers, who both admired his work and saw strong similarities with the ideas and methods of their movement; the Dutch Nul-Groep. Later, in the 1990's Frans Mossou started producing shaped canvases combined with TL tubes constructed on a wall in a geometric shape, adding physical light directly into his work.

Exhibitions include: Nederlandse Beeldhouwkunst, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, the Netherlands (1969); Galerie Orez, the Hague, the Netherlands; Third British International Print Biennale, Bradford, United Kingdom (1972); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1974); Galerie Nouvelles Images, the Hague, the Netherlands (1976); Eindhoven Lichtstad, Eindhoven, the Netherlands (1979); Stichting Burcht, Leiden, the Netherlands (1987); Technische Universiteit, Eindhoven, the Netherlands (1992) and Galerie Vroomans, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1996)

He is represented is in major Dutch collections, including: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Van Abbe Museum, Einhoven; Centraal Museum, Utrecht; A.M.C. Collection, Amsterdam.

Frans Mossou, Licht- Donkerprent no.2, 1972

Frans Mossou, Licht- Donkerprent no.2, 1972

screenprint on paper
48 x 46 cm

Available artworks

Frans Mossou, Kinetisch Lichtobject 1968 - 2010, 2010

Frans Mossou, Kinetisch Lichtobject 1968 - 2010, 2010

acrylic on panel, artificial light
diameter: 80 cm
Frans Mossou, Polair Lichtobject, 1995

Frans Mossou, Polair Lichtobject, 1995

crylic on panel, artificial light
180 x 180 cm
Frans Mossou, Polair Lichtobject,1993

Frans Mossou, Polair Lichtobject,1993

1993, linen, acrylic and artificial light, 120 x 120 cm
Frans Mossou, Schaduwobject, 1985

Frans Mossou, Schaduwobject, 1985

wood, led
approximately 100 x 125 x 5 cm
Frans Mossou, Schaduwobject, 1985

Frans Mossou, Schaduwobject, 1985

wood, led
approximately 100 x 100 x 5 cm
Frans Mossou, Licht- Donkerprent no.2, 1972

Frans Mossou, Licht- Donkerprent no.2, 1972

screenprint on paper
48 x 46 cm
Frans Mossou, Druk Lichtprent no. 46, 1971

Frans Mossou, Druk Lichtprent no. 46, 1971

embossing on paper
29.5 x 29.5 cm
edition of 15
signed Frans Mossou
Frans Mossou, Untitled, 1968

Frans Mossou, Untitled, 1968

acrylic on linen
41 x 52 cm

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