<strong>JEN ALKEMA</strong> <br> Works & ProjectsIntroduction by Brigitte van der Sande Edited by Oscar Riera Ojeda Photography by Wim Hanenberg, Alexander van Berge If we see minimalism as a derivative of modernism in art, architecture and music, Jen Alkema is not a minimalist. If, however, minimalism is regarded as a way of thinking shared by numerous cultures throughout the ages, Jen Alkema is a minimalist pur sang. His minimalism goes beyond an economy of language and material; it is a way of

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art movement that rejected the extreme tenants of the avant garde and its praise of machinery

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//The house is a reduced expression of sheer material and absolute form

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