page_title: Rob Scholte
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caption_attribution_description: English: Dutch contemporary artist Rob Scholte during a lecture given as part of the incubate pirate conference in the midi theatre in Tilburg, the Netherlands
context_page_description: Rob Scholte is a Dutch contemporary artist. From 1977 to 1982 he studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam. His work consists of reproductions of images from the media and from art history. He lives and works in Den Helder.
  His work has been shown in Galerie Witteveen Amsterdam, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Groninger Museum; Fries Museum, Paleis Huis ten Bosch, Nagasaki, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Grey Art Gallery, New York, Museum Van Bommel-Van Dam, Venlo, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Aperto, Venice, Boijmans Van Beuningen; Documenta, Kassel, São Paulo Art Biennial, Venice Biennale.
  In 1994 Scholte lost both his legs when a bomb exploded under his car. In 1995 a molotov cocktail was thrown through the window of his house in Tenerife.
context_section_description: Rob Scholte (born June 1, 1958 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch contemporary artist. From 1977 to 1982 he studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam. His work consists of reproductions of images from the media and from art history. He lives and works in Den Helder.
  His work has been shown in Galerie Witteveen Amsterdam (2004, 2005, 2006), Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen (2005), Groninger Museum (2002); Fries Museum (2000), Paleis Huis ten Bosch, Nagasaki (1995), Sprengel Museum, Hannover (1994), Grey Art Gallery, New York (1993), Museum Van Bommel-Van Dam, Venlo (1992), Kunsthaus Hamburg (1991), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1990), Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (1989), Aperto, Venice (1988), Boijmans Van Beuningen (1988); Documenta, Kassel (1987), São Paulo Art Biennial (1985), Venice Biennale (1990).
  In 1994 Scholte lost both his legs when a bomb exploded under his car. In 1995 a molotov cocktail was thrown through the window of his house in Tenerife.
caption: Rob Scholte giving a lecture during the incubate pirate conference 2010 in Tilburg, Netherlands
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