Sonsbeek '66: 5e Internationale beeldententoonstelling
27 May - 25 September 1966
Work committee responsible for the selection of artworks
J.C. Heyligers (chairman)
L.P.L. Braat
Prof. H.L.C. Jaffé
Carel Kneulman
Rudi Oxenaar
Piet Slegers
G.J.L.M. ter Burg (secretary, Gemeentemuseum Arnhem)
Theme
The fifth Sonsbeek differs from the previous triennial editions in a number of ways. First, for the first time, the working committee responsible for selecting artworks is made up half of people from art institutes and half of sculptors. In the run-up to the exhibition, they face new challenges. For instance, in selecting artworks, they have to take competition into account: the Venice Biennale in 1964 and 1966. A bigger challenge is the ambition to give a more convincing overview of contemporary developments in sculpture compared to previous editions. This proves a complicated task, as all kinds of new movements manifest themselves in the 1960s.
What the artists have in common is that they are trying to bring art out of "its lofty isolation", according to Dutch proffessor Hans Jaffé in the catalogue's introduction. The boundary between viewer and artwork blurs both literally - pedestals disappear - and figuratively. This gives artists more freedom to experiment with new techniques and materials. Sonsbeek '66 shows a greater variety of sculptures, in terms of materials, techniques and styles.
Artists
- Henri-George Adam
- Robert Adams
- Hans Aerschbacher
- Mari Andriessen
- David Annesley
- Kenneth Armitage
- Jean Arp
- Joannis Avramidis
- Kiek Bak
- Marius van Beek
- Rudolf Belling
- Raffael Benazzi
- Miguel Berrocal
- Max Bill
- Hendrik Boekenoogen
- Michael Bolus
- Antoine Bourdelle
- Constantin Brancusi
- Will Brüll
- Alexander Calder
- Christos Capralos
- Fred Carasso
- Anthony Caro
- Ted Carasso
- Andrea Cascella
- Baldaccini César
- Lynn Chadwick
- Riccardo Cordero
- Wessel Couzijn
- Joseph Csaky
- Hubert Dalwood
- Eugène Dodeigne
- Raymond Duchamp-Villon
- Max Ernst
- Vincent Esser
- Martin Etienne
- Lucio Fontana
- Lotti van der Gaag
- Pablo Gargallo
- Henri Gaudier Brzeska
- Alberto Giacometti
- Julio González
- John Grosman
- Ben Guntenaar
- Reinhout d’Haese
- Roël D’Haese
- Etienne Hadju
- David Hall
- Erich Hauser
- Fri Heil
- Dame Barbara Hepworth
- Auke Hettema
- Jochen Hiltmann
- Rudolf Hoflehner
- Pieter d’Hont
- Cor Hund
- Jean Ipoustéguy
- Robert Jacobsen
- Adam Jansma
- Herman Janzen
- Gooitzen de Jong
- Nic Jonk
- Jacques Jutte
- P.W. Killaars
- Phillip King
- Carel Kneulman
- Norbert Kricke
- Hildo Krop
- G.A.J. de Laaf
- Berto Lardera
- Henri Laurens
- Titus Leeser
- Wilhelm Lehmbruck
- Jacques Lipchitz
- Hubert van Lith
- Nel van Lith
- Bernard Luginbühl
- Aristide Maillol
- Charles Malfray
- Marino Marini
- Umberto Mastroianni
- Roberto Matta
- Bernard Meadows
- Jan Meefout
- Luciano Minguzzi
- Arie Molendijk
- Henry Moore
- Jaap Mooy
- Robert Müller
- Jan van Munster
- Mario Negri
- Theo Niermeyer
- Isamu Noguchi
- Baronesse Charlotte D. van Pallandt
- Marta Pan
- Theresia van der Pant
- Eduardo Paolozzi
- Karl Pelgrom
- Alicia Penalba
- Pearl Permuter
- Antoine Pevsner
- Pablo Picasso
- Ian Pieters
- Arnaldo Pomodoro
- Willem Reyers
- Germaine Richier
- George Rickey
- Günther Ris
- Auguste Rodin
- Cornelius Rogge
- Tim Scott
- Renée Sintenis
- Piet Slegers
- Francesco Somaini
- L.H. Sondaar
- Arthur Spronken
- François Stahly
- Hans Steinbrenner
- Piet van Stuyvenberg
- Shinkichi Tajiri
- William Tucker
- William Turnbull
- Arthur Varela
- Gerrit Veenhuizen
- Hans Verhulst
- Mary Vieira
- Claude Viseux
- Carel Visser
- André Volten
- Erwin de Vries
- Leo de Vries
- Ludwig Oswald Wenkebach
- Johannes Wertheim
- Han Wezelaar
- Isaac Witkin
- Jos Wong Lung Hing
- Derrick Woodham
- Fritz Wotruba
- Rik Wouters
- Hans Ydo
- Ossip Zadkine
- Jack Zajac
- Johan van Zweden
- Henk Zweerus
- Constant Nieuwenhuys
Locations
Sonsbeek park
Publications
Catalogue
Sonsbeek ’66, 1966
Design: Paul Schulz
Publisher: Vada, Wageningen

Facts and Figures
267 artworks • 149 artists • 86.662 visitors
Still visible in Arnhem

Piet Slegers, Evolutie, 1966
Location: Walburgstraat near city hall