Maurice Agis, Peter Jones / Spaceplace

«The 1967 Sikkens Prize was awarded to the British artists Peter Jones and Maurice Agis. Their shared fascination for colour and constructivism led them to a collaboration and to the creation of their ‘spaceplaces’, for which they received the Sikkens Prize. The board formulated the reason for awarding the Sikkens Prize to Maurice Agis and Peter Jones as follows: “For their conception of spatial structures, characterized by the interrelationships between planes, lines and colour, which determine the spatial orientation, inspiring human movement within this; and for the significance of these conceptions for an understanding of movement and change in a three dimensional reality as a totality of space and time.” Spaceplace Following the awards, the opening of the “Spaceplace” exhibition took place in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam on the work of Agis and Jones. Modern man needs spaces where it is possible to be together with others, according to the explanatory text in the press. This refers to public places such as the Monument on the Dam, where office workers eat their lunches, lovers embrace and protests are organized. The Spui, with the Lieverdje, is another place like this. In the Vondelpark there is a “speakers’ corner” and happenings can take place or there may be a love-in. Therefore there is a need for this sort of space, for a “spaceplace”.» sikkensrize.org