Theo Kley

Theodorus Johannes "Theo" Kley (30 December 1936 – 15 October 2022) was a Dutch visual artist.

In 1968 Kley founded the Eksoties Kietsj Konservaatoriejum and in 1969 he was one of the founders of the Insektensekte. He worked together with the dentist-artist Max Reneman and the violinist Hub Mathijsen. Their work was photographed by Cor Jaring. In 1969, together with Roelof Kiers (VPRO) and others, he wrote the television opera Moeder wat is er mis met deze planeet (translanted: Moeder what's wrong with this planet). In 1971, together with Max Reneman, Robert Jasper Grootveld, Hub Mathijsen and others, he founded the "Deskundologisch Laboratorium".

In 1972, together with Guus Boissevain, Aad van der Mijn, Rudolf Stokvis and the poet Leo van der Zalm, he founded the .

Kley died in Amsterdam on 15 October 2022, aged 85.

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Category:1936 births
Category:2022 deaths
Category:Artists from Rotterdam