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Now on display: Object art in Puppetmasters expo at Museum Jan Cunen, Oss (NL)

TAMTAM’s theatre performances are crossovers between theatre and visual arts. So it’s not surprising that Gérard Schiphorst and Marije van der Sande also make visual art with found objects. Object art. Often their work has a high level of theatricality. The performance has come to a standstill and goes on in the imagination of the viewer. Some of the works on display are still for sale.

Discarded
The beauty of the ephemeral and the talents of the discarded are the ingredients of both the performances and the visual work. Both arise from the material. The objects are stored in TAMTAM’s extensive collection of worthless items. When new work is created, there are object auditions to discover their talents, the stories and content hidden within the objects and materials themselves.

Watching with a different eye
The resulting work allows the viewer to see the things that seem worthless in a different way. At TAMTAM, they are treated with care and given a new life as stars in the theater or leading actors in visual work. And so, the transformation of what most people pass by, what lay in the gutter, on the street in the rain, in a corner of a shed amidst the trash, becomes visible. Once admitted to the shelter for orphaned objects, they can recover and have hope for a new future. The final works immerse the viewer in the story behind these things. They have the feel of theatre scenes that have come to a standstill. And just like in the performances, the viewer is invited to create their own story in their own minds.

Connected content
We live in a time when people can be discarded at will, hunted down as scum, a time when a human life can suddenly prove worthless. The connection with the worthless material in Studio TAMTAM’s work is quickly made. The care, attention, and love with which

Exhibitions
The object art can regularly be seen at exhibitions. Some examples from the past: Tafelhalle (Nürnberg, Germany), Kröller-Müller Museum (Otterlo), Oerol (Terschelling), Concordia (Enschede), Kunstenlab (Deventer), DRU factory (Ulft). Gallery De Kunsten (Deventer), Bergkerk (Deventer), Bookstore Praamstra (Deventer), Park Randenbroek (Amersfoort), MIMIK (Deventer), Museum Jan Cunen (Oss)

In 2021, TAMTAM realized a theatrical installation in the new Toy Museum in Deventer, which also includes visual work.

Check the photo page with artworks here

Object art highlight

Studio TAMTAM object art exhibition at Museum Eicas this summer

19 January 2026

GREAT NEWS!!!

Studio TAMTAM object Art summer exhibition at Museum EICAS in Deventer.
From May 3rd to September 15th, 2026.
What an exciting project to be preparing!
It is a retrospective exhibition of art by Studio TAMTAM and props and sets by TAMTAM objektentheater.
Over the past decades, we have created both object art and unique set pieces based on found objects.
We will fill the entire basement of EICAS with an adventurous exhibition about how we, the creators of TAMTAM: Gérard Schiphorst and Marije van der Sande, give found objects a new dimension.

Museum EICAS is a museum dedicated to the Zero Art movement.

At the same time the other floor of EICAS will be exhibiting work by the last surviving Dutch Zero artist, Jan Henderikse, who also works with found objects. Together, they guarantee a very exciting exhibition!

More object art pictures
more object art
Object Art at Puppetmasters expo in Jan Cunen Museum, Oss
Object art exposition in MIMIK, Deventer (NL)
Time Is On Our Side Object art installation
Animation movie FIRE! (20009)