Titus Kaphar carves his family as saints, their heads surrounded by golden halos. In doing so, he honors the people who sustain his personal life. Titus Kaphar carves his family as saints, as seen in this sculpture, While You Rest from 2025. The American artist Titus […]
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De Kus (The Kiss) by Jeroen Henneman is a drawing in space several meters high. Standing beside the sculpture, it appears to be nothing more than two thin strips of stainless steel. Walk to the front, however, and the strips suddenly become two people kissing. Henneman also
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The Right Direction shows an arm with a hand pointing downward, toward the earth. Not aggressive, not accusatory, but determined. The Right Direction, pointing downward, toward the earth. I borrowed the direction of the hand from the famous Hand of God in Michelangelo’s ceiling painting in the Sistine
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Rise, climbing toward an ecological society, is a sculpture full of symbolism. What you see are two feet reaching the top of a ladder. What does it mean? That may be something different for everyone. Rise: Climbing Toward an Ecological Society Those who read the
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George Minne and the empty tomb of Jesus. It results in a sculpture of three deeply grieving women, wrapped in heavy cloaks. They are on their way to the final resting place, not yet aware that He has risen from the dead. George Minne and
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Jan Bom is a man on a mission. That is how poet Leo Mesman introduces the art volume Dendroism, Stories of the Wood. “A delight to the eye,” Mesman writes in his review on his website. The poet Leo Mesman, photographed in 2010 beside a tree
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Praise for Dendroism is already emerging as the first copies of this publication have been presented. Wood artist Emile van der Kruk describes it as a beautiful collection of images that, for the first time, signals an international trend. Increasingly, artists take the original shape of a
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Whale watching is an unforgettable experience. I still remember how gracefully those giant humpback whales dived, off the coast of Nova Scotia in Canada. Whale Watching is a sculpture that allows me to relive an unforgettable experience at home, every day. Whale watching. A surreal combination
Antony Gormley also began with wood, the British artist who in the Netherlands is best known for his monumental crouching figure at the harbour of Lelystad. In the early years of his career, he dissected trees in an almost scientific manner. Many major twentieth-century artists
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The wooden death dolls of Sulawesi are guardians between life and the afterlife. The figures stand in rows before excavated caves. As a living culture of the Toraja people they have become a tourist attraction. The wooden death dolls of Sulawesi stand as guardians in
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