Elisabeth Samsonhuis 2026Bas-relief in salvaged wood, #153, 135 x 155 x 15cmAssignment. Private collection, Noordwijk, Netherlands. The house on Wagenwegstraat 22 in Paramaribo in Surinam was built in 1740. Until recently it was in a poor state, like many of the historic buildings in that town. After extensive renovations the Elisabeth Samson Huis is about … Continue reading "Elisabeth Samsonhuis"
Gutted (Lamborghini Espada) 2025Bas-relief in salvaged wood, #152, 238 x 136 x 17cm
Apex (Velodrome) 2025Bas-relief in salvaged wood, #151, 205 x 110 x 16cm This work is based on wooden racetracks like speedway and motorcycle tracks and bicycle velodromes, and specifically on the Vigorelli velodrome in Milan.
Baal 2025Bas-relief in salvaged wood, #150, 106 x 106 x 15cm In August 2015 in the ruin city of Palmyra in modern day Syria, the 1st century temple of Baal was demolished with the use of explosives by Salafi jihadist militant organization ISIS.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Bel Baal was built (in part) from the front door of a house … Continue reading "Baal"
Tideland 2 (de Slufter) 2024Bas-relief in salvaged wood, #148, 61 x 61 x 9cm Part of the Alluvial Plain exhibition at Ron Mandos gallery, Amsterdam in December 2024.
Tideland 1 (de Slufter) 2024Bas-relief in salvaged wood, #148, 61 x 61 x 9cm Part of the Alluvial Plain exhibition at Ron Mandos gallery, Amsterdam in December 2024.
S.T. (de Slufter) 2024Bas-relief in salvaged wood, #147, 41 x 41 x 9cmCollection of Gerco de Ruijter, Schiedam, The Netherlands …
Gadani 2024Bas-relief in salvaged wood, #146, 174 x 130 x 14cmPrivate collection, Netherlands. On November 1 2016 an exploding gas tank led to an enormous fire on the oil tanker Aces at Gadani Ship Breaking Yard, Gaddani, Las Bela, Balochistan, in Pakistan. Officially there were 26 workers dead and 58 injured, but there are those … Continue reading "Gadani"
Dürerhaus 2024Bas-relief in salvaged wood, #145, 157 x 113 x 11cmCollection Albrecht-Dürer-Haus Museum, Nuremberg, Germany. Built around 1420, the Dürerhaus was the home of German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer from 1509 to his death in 1528. Nuremberg was an early centre of humanism, science, printing, and mechanical invention. In 1515, Dürer created woodcuts of the … Continue reading…
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