Tag: Assignments

SASH

index of sculptures 1988 to 2024

SASH

Bas-relief in salvaged wood #136, 9,5 x 1 x 17m.
Made from local poplar trees.
Built on assignment for BKOR Rotterdam (on permanent display opposite Voorschoterlaan subway station, Rotterdam).
photo by Bob Goedewaagen.

A large public sculpture built in july 2022 on the side of a six story apartment building on the corner of the Oudedijk and the Voorschoterlaan in Kralingen, Rotterdam. The project started in 2017 as a local initiative under the guidance of BKOR Rotterdam. Work started in December 2020 when seven large local poplar trees were cut down to the specifications of the artist. SASH is a bas-relief of a sliding window constructed in perspective. It is modeled after a window from the Voorschoterlaan from poplar trees from the Kralingsebos that were scheduled to be felled and processed as waste. The trunks were milled in Stroe, dried in Zelhem, thermally modified in Sevenum and planed in Maasdijk, a process that took 18 months. The artwork was prepared by a team of five while Vincent Petit built the supporting steel structure in the shipyards of Oud IJsselmonde. In july ’22 SASH was assembled on location.

Watch a film about the construction process of SASH made by Ron with his daughter Mila van der Ende
(Dutch with English subtitles):





Some examples of work done on commission:

Progress

index of sculptures 1988 to 2024

Progress (Maaskant poortgebouw)

2022
Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 164 x 131 x 15cm.
Collection of VORM, Rotterdam, Netherlands.




Work linked to the city of Rotterdam:

Mod

index of sculptures 1988 to 2024

Mod

2020
Bas-relief in salvaged wood #128, 110 x 110 x 11cm.
Collection Meta Goossen and Olphaert den Otter, Rotterdam, Netherlands.


Mod emerged from a plunge into the world of high end turntable cartridges.
(example: https://www.vinylengine.com)


Shure V15-III phono cartridge.





Some examples of work done on commission:

KIT

index of sculptures 1988 to 2024

KIT

2018
Bas-relief in salvaged wood, 460 x 460 x 32cm.
Made on commission for Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Photo’s: Bob Goedewaagen.

This work is on permanent 24 hour a day display in the main entrance of the Erasmus MC hospital in Rotterdam.


KIT depicts a monumental cube consisting of colored wooden blocks. It is the largest salvaged wood bas-relief to date. As an object it is like an emblem or a coat of arms. But the image appears like a giant three dimensional puzzle. Within an improvised stack the parts are seemingly still looking for their final place. The work is meant to symbolize ‘accepting a challenge’ and to encourage anybody navigating the hallways of this large institute, as an emphasis on the power of the individual.


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Some Erasmus M.C. video clips from the project (Dutch):










Some examples of work done on commission:

Jacht

index of sculptures 1988 to 2024

Jacht (Yacht)

2017
Bas-relief in salvaged wood #114, 270 x 178 x 24cm.
Private collection, Hoorn, Netherlands.




Some examples of work done on commission:

DINO 246 GT

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DINO 246 GT (1973)

2017
Bas-relief in salvaged wood #113, 222 x 98 x 15cm.
Private collection, Plakias, Crete, Greece.

The Ferrari Dino was named after Alfredo “Dino” Ferrari (son of Enzo Ferrari) who died in 1956 from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy aged only 24. Today, 60 years later, there is still no cure for this disease. A few years ago a 1973 Ferrari Dino 246 GT-Euro was found in a barn in California. It is currently being restored in a project to raise awareness about the disease and money to fight it. The Dino bas-relief depicts this car mid-reconstruction.

Donate money and read about Duchennes at:
The Dino Ferrari Project: http://dinoferrariproject.com
Duchenne Parent Project: https://duchenne.nl




Some examples of work done on commission:

Industrie gebouw

index of sculptures 1988 to 2024

Industriegebouw

2017
Bas-relief in salvaged wood #112, 139 x 196 x 14cm.
Private collection, Rotterdam, Netherlands.




Industriegebouw Goudsesingel.

Het Industriegebouw is a building in Rotterdam designed by H.A. Maaskant, W. van Tijen and E. Groosman. In typology, function and appearance it became a powerful symbol of the Wederopbouw, the post war rebuilding policy of Rotterdam. The building was completed in 1952 and over the past few years it has been revived as an important cultural hub. 





Some examples of work done on commission:

#9532

index of sculptures 1988 to 2024

#9532 (The Whale)

2015
Bas-relief in salvaged wood #106, 190 x 136 x 12cm.
Collection of Frits van Dongen, Amsterdam, Netherlands.




Some examples of work done on commission:

380HP

index of sculptures 1988 to 2024

380HP

2015
Bas-relief in salvaged wood #104, 194 x 164 x 12cm.
Collection of Staalduinen Logistics. Maasdijk, Netherlands.
Made for Hofman Bouwbedrijf, Maasdijk.





Some examples of work done on commission:

Fleet

index of sculptures 1988 to 2024

Fleet

2013
Bas-relief in salvaged wood #98, 168 x 168 x 16cm.
Private collection, Arnhem, Netherlands.




Made for the The factory Set retrospective at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam 2014/15. A total of 37 bas reliefs were shown. Most of them on loan.

Axonometric Array

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Axonometric Array

2008
Bas-relief in salvaged wood #53, size variable ca. 7m50 x 3m50 x 25cm.
Built on assignment for WORM alternative music and film venue in Rotterdam
(on permanent display).

This computer collage is the original design for Axonometric Array. It incorporated a cassette tape recorder but that was later omitted. Cassette tapes were chosen as a subject because of their d.i.y. aspect which perfectly fits the WORM venue: https://worm.org


An important source for the look of the tapes was  http://www.tapedeck.org/ 




Part of an ongoing series of HiFi themed objects. The first set of 4 was a solo show at Delta gallery Rotterdam in 2006.

Fly Over

index of sculptures 1988 to 2024

Fly Over

2002
Bas-relief in salvaged wood #16, 350 x 210 x 20cm.
Built for Hogeschool Rotterdam (Rotterdam University), Netherlands.


Fly Over was the first bas-relief that was made on commission. It was constructed especially for the auditorium of the new Economic Faculty (H.E.S.) in Rotterdam, part of Rotterdam University. The auditorium is a large space with dark grey walls and bright red linoleum floors. The colour of the floors is incorporated in the work as a red haze. The relief itself was based on photo’s of Kleinpolderplein, a large and complex stacked interchange built in Rotterdam from 1958 onwards.

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View of Mobility at gallery Delta. Hans Sonnenberg is seen seated at his desk.
Fly Over was temporarily installed at the gallery for the occasion of this show..




These works were part of the Mobility exhibition at gallery Delta in 2003: