{"id":2284,"date":"2026-01-12T11:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/?post_type=exhibitions&p=2284"},"modified":"2026-02-17T12:11:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:11:51","slug":"jan-van-scorel","status":"publish","type":"exhibitions","link":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/tentoonstelling\/jan-van-scorel\/","title":{"rendered":"From water to land"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jan van Scorel, P\u00e9 Okx and the changing landscape<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
October 10, 2026 to February 28, 2027<\/h5>\n\n\n\n


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What influence do you as a human being have on the landscape around you? Can you change it, and if so: how? These are questions that undoubtedly went through the mind of sixteenth-century Renaissance artist Jan van Scorel (1495-1562). Questions that feel surprisingly topical again today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was precisely from this line of thought that the versatile artist developed a surprising and ambitious plan for the embankment of the Zijpe in the last phase of his life. This former wetland had been under water at high tide for centuries, making life there uncertain and vulnerable. With his imagination, Van Scorel designed a visionary plan to make this landscape livable. The original design, normally kept in the National Archives, is the starting point of this special exhibition on the struggle against water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the impressive, historic design of Van Scorel<\/em> you will discover how artists have been contributing with imagination to the transformation of water to land for centuries. The exhibition invites you to look differently at landscape, water and human actions, and to think about their influence on your own living environment: today and in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to impressive historical works, including artworks, designs and monumental maps, you will be introduced to the work of contemporary artist P\u00e9 Okx<\/strong>.<\/em> He takes you into the landscape of today. Imagination is also central to his work: he looks at nature with a poetic eye and transforms it into image and form. In dialogue with the historical ideas of Van Scorel <\/em>emerges a contemporary reflection on landscape and change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During your visit, you will take a journey from past to present. . A digital experience bridges the historical work of Jan van Scorel <\/em>and the contemporary work of P\u00e9 Okx<\/em>. The project is being developed by technology partner Hypersolid<\/strong><\/em>, in collaboration with high school students, who contribute ideas about the form, stories and experience of this digital world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Practical information<\/strong>
The exhibition will be on view from Oct. 10, 2026, through Feb. 28, 2027, at Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This exhibition is made possible thanks to the support of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jan van Scorel, P\u00e9 Okx en het veranderende landschap 10 oktober 2026 t\/m 28 februari 2027 Welk invloed heb je als mens op het landschap om je heen? Kun je dit veranderen, en zo ja: hoe? Het zijn vragen die ongetwijfeld door het hoofd van de zestiende-eeuwse renaissancekunstenaar Jan van Scorel (1495\u20131562) zijn gegaan. Vragen die... Read more \"<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2317,"menu_order":5,"template":"","class_list":["post-2284","exhibitions","type-exhibitions","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibitions\/2284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibitions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exhibitions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibitions\/2284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2443,"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibitions\/2284\/revisions\/2443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stedelijkmuseumalkmaar.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}