The show through August 04, 2022, takes place on the occasion of the 50th birthday of the museum building
Dutch sculptor finds the ideas for his works on the beach, in the dunes, or in the forest
New is also a stone portrait which likely represents a Greek poet, priestess, or benefactor
The sculptor works with white marble and treats his topics from unusual perspectives
The 2.7-ton block from the Seravezza quarries had microcracks and “impurities“ so that even the chisels “sparked“
The blue of lapis lazuli became water or sky, striations in lined jasper represented the sea’s undulating waves
The artwork “De Rebus Naturae“ plays with geometry, references to Ancient Egypt and the ancient philosophers Epicurus and Lucretius
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