About the artwork
On the facade above the entrance of the former police station at Slinge 162 is a work of art made by the Rotterdam artist Gust Romijn. It is a psychedelic sixties design. Decorative, with beautiful deep colours in a bright and striking pattern. This is very characteristic of the work of Romijn, who at that time – 1962 – made art in public space, which was much bolder and more pronounced than that of predecessors and contemporaries. The somewhat strange architecture of this police building benefits from this work. The fact that an alarm light was added above the door later, does not even matter and seems well incorporated into the work. In the The Free People dated August 6, 1962, the title of the work is stated Protection has got.
About the artist
Gust Romijn (Noordwijkerhout, 1922 – Dreischor, 2010) worked as a sculptor, graphic artist and painter. Together with Louis van Roode and Piet Roovers, he belonged to the Window group, consisting of young Rotterdam graphic artists. During that period he also joined the Liga Nieuw Beelden. He took part in the World Exhibition in Brussels (1958). Romijn was awarded, among other things, the National 5 May Graphics Prize (1955) and the Prix Susse (1957), which was awarded by the Parisian bronze founders the Gebroeders Susse. The artist lived and worked in Rotterdam for most of his career, until he moved to Dreischor on Schouwen-Duiveland in 1982.
About the artwork
On the facade above the entrance of the former police station at Slinge 162 is a work of art made by the Rotterdam artist Gust Romijn. It is a psychedelic sixties design. Decorative, with beautiful deep colours in a bright and striking pattern. This is very characteristic of the work of Romijn, who at that time – 1962 – made art in public space, which was much bolder and more pronounced than that of predecessors and contemporaries. The somewhat strange architecture of this police building benefits from this work. The fact that an alarm light was added above the door later, does not even matter and seems well incorporated into the work. In the The Free People dated August 6, 1962, the title of the work is stated Protection has got.
About the artist
Gust Romijn (Noordwijkerhout, 1922 – Dreischor, 2010) worked as a sculptor, graphic artist and painter. Together with Louis van Roode and Piet Roovers, he belonged to the Window group, consisting of young Rotterdam graphic artists. During that period he also joined the Liga Nieuw Beelden. He took part in the World Exhibition in Brussels (1958). Romijn was awarded, among other things, the National 5 May Graphics Prize (1955) and the Prix Susse (1957), which was awarded by the Parisian bronze founders the Gebroeders Susse. The artist lived and worked in Rotterdam for most of his career, until he moved to Dreischor on Schouwen-Duiveland in 1982.
