Tom Claassen

Large sculptures 

Tom Claassen is best known for his works placed in public spaces, such as the elephants along the motorway, the seated men at Schiphol Airport and his sculpture Mikkel at festival Lowlands.

The large format of the works make them impossible to miss as a viewer. They often have round, soft shapes and are mostly executed in hard materials such as bronze, wood, aluminium, plastic and concrete. Claassen constantly plays with sculptural concepts such as space, scale, perspective and volume. With minimal features, the form gains maximum effect and stimulates the imagination. They balance on the border of figuration and abstraction, of appearing and disappearing.

For children

Discover the images of Tom Claassen with a treasure hunt of his work, especially for children between 6 and 10 years old. Little ones can colour in Claassen's Rabbits and Elephants at Studio aan Zee. For youngsters, there is a quiz, downloadable on their own phones, with questions about the colourful sculptures.