Weert, 1969
Job Smeets (Weert, 1969) is a pioneer in the field of conceptual and sculptural art and design. In 1998 he founded Studio Job, which is now based in the Netherlands and Belgium. In these 25 years, the studio has been involved in more than 400 shows. It is regarded as a leader in contemporary art and sculpture and has become one of the largest one-artist studios in Europe. At the moment, more than 25 people are involved.
Traditional artisans such as sculptors and specialists in bronze casting, stained glass making and hand painting work in the studio alongside experts skilled in the use of lasers and 3D printing. In Smeets’ work, technology, science, design and art come together as examples of what can be described as Gesamtkunstwerk – a total work of art or an all-encompassing art form.
Job Smeets uses humor as a means of addressing serious topics such as capitalism, taste and the legacy of art and design. He created a genre he calls “non-modernism.” His idiosyncratic, high-profile works are characterized by pop-cultural, cartoonish allusions and lavish embellishments.
Often described as “Gothic Gothic,” Studio Job’s pieces are imaginative while remaining on the right side of kitschy. Job sees his oeuvre as a continuation of a European tradition. The results vary from works of art in the Metropolitan Museum in New York to the national stamp of the Netherlands featuring the Dutch king (forty million pieces produced).
polished bronze
2008
16 x 24 x 2 cm
Edition 6 + 2 AP
€ 1.900
Polished bronze
2008
16 x 7 x 25 cm
Edition 50 + 4 AP
€ 3.500
polished bronze
2001
45 x 15 x 15 cm
Edition 50 + 4 AP
€ 3.900
Wood, cardboard, finished with paper, handpainted
2023
205 x 80 cm
Edition Unique
€ 3.000
Polished bronze, hand paint
2018
15 x 15 x 48 cm
Edition 6 + 2 AP
€ 4.000
Polished bronze, glass
30 x 13 x 4 cm
Edition 8 + 2 AP
€ 5.000
Polished bronze, hand paint
2016
25 x 25 x 20 cm
Edition 8 + 2 AP
€ 7.500
Hand drawn drawing including slurry frame
2018
52 x 43 cm
Edition Unique
€ 9.000
Polished bronze, hand paint
2019
40 x 40 x 10 cm
Edition 8 + 2 AP
€ 9.000
polished bronze
2019
65 x 43 x 19 cm
Edition 8 + 2 AP
€ 9.000
Hand drawn drawing including slurry frame
2019
58 x 45 cm
Edition Unique
€ 9.000
Polished bronze, wool
2021
48 x 22 x 47 cm
Edition 6 + 2 AP
€ 11.000
Glazed ceramic
2019
51 x 33 x 20 cm
Edition 8 + 2 AP
€ 11.000
Polished bronze, hand paint
2019
30 x 30 x 70 cm
Edition Unique
€ 12.000
Polished bronze, hand paint
2019
40 x 40 x 10 cm
Edition 8 + 2 AP
€ 12.000
Polished bronze, leather
2008
63 x 56 x 16 cm
Edition 6 + 2 AP
€ 14.000
polished bronze
2019
20 x 20 x 70 cm
Edition 8 + 2 AP
€ 14.000
Hand drawn drawing including slurry frame
2016
90 x 60 cm
Edition Unique
€ 14.000
Hand drawn drawing including slurry frame
2016
76 x 62 cm
Edition Unique
€ 15.000
polished bronze
2019
90 x 25 x 20 cm
Edition Unique
Sold
Hand drawn drawing including slurry frame
2017
92 x 78 cm
Edition Unique
€ 15.000
polished bronze
2019
65 x 15 x 60 cm
Edition 8 + 2 AP
€ 15.000
Handknotted Wool
2018
250 x 350 cm
Edition 10
€ 16.000
polished bronze
2019
40 x 40 x 135 cm
Edition 8 + 2 AP
€ 17.000
polished bronze
2015
25 x 12 x 19 cm
Edition 6 + 2 AP
€ 17.000
Hand drawn drawing including slurry frame
2019
106 x 85 cm
Edition Unique
€ 17.000
Polished bronze, hand paint
2021
75 x 19 x 35 cm
Edition 8 + 2 AP
€ 17.000
polished bronze
2018
25 x 30 x 50 cm
Edition 8 + 2 AP
€ 17.000
Rosewood
2008
102 x 55 x 92 cm
Edition 6 + 2 AP
€ 18.000
Rosewood
2008
98 x 44 x 198 cm
Edition 6 + 2 AP
€ 18.000
Mirror and bicycle tire
2018
140 x 95 x 10 cm
Edition Unique
€ 19.000
Hand drawn drawing including slurry frame
2016
65 x 80 cm
Edition Unique
€ 19.000
Hand drawn drawing including slurry frame
2018
100 x 74 cm
Edition Unique
€ 19.000
Rosewood, fabric
2016
102 x 66 x 64 cm
Edition Unique
€ 25.000
Hand drawn drawing including slurry frame
2015
210 x 105 cm
Edition Unique
€ 30.000
Hand drawn drawing including slurry frame
2016
115 x 170 cm
Edition Unique
€ 35.000
polished bronze
2019
40 x 130 x 120 cm
Edition 8 + 2 AP
€ 37.000
Table and 6 chairs
2023
105 x 280 x 70 cm
Edition Unique
€ 38.000
polished bronze
2003
190 x 150 x 25 cm
Edition 6 + 2 AP
€ 40.000
Polished and patined bronze
2022
65 x 50 x 93 cm
Edition 3 + 2 AP
€ 40.000
Wood, aluminium, bronze, perspex, clockwork
2011
230 x 47 x 106 cm
Edition Unique
€ 45.000
polished bronze
2010
50 x 50 x 110 cm
Edition 6 + 2 AP
Price on request
Faience, hand painted, 24k gold, lustre
2004
180 x 47 x 137 cm
Edition Unique
€ 60.000
Val Saint Lambert Crystal, polished bronze, indian rosewood
2010
210 x 65 x 53 cm
Edition Unique
€ 225.000