The artwork the Shadow tree The sculpture by sculptor Marinus Boezem casts a morning shadow and an evening shadow on a terrazzo base. The cast shadows of the tree's foliage silhouette are light and overlap, suggesting the passage of time. The evening shadow is grey, the morning shadow black. The difference in height of the shadows and the elevation of the entire piece above the Ambachtsplein in Zevenkamp invite use. You can sit on it and strike up a conversation with passers-by. Trees used to have a social function: at crossroads, they often served as a meeting point for the local population, who would discuss the latest village news while seated on a bench under the shady canopy. Such a tree was popularly known as a "lie tree." Marinus Boezem abstracted this lie tree into a stone variant with a short trunk. In addition to the tangible elements, Boezem also incorporates elements such as time, light, and shadow.
Marinus Boezem (Leerdam, 1939) is a Dutch sculptor. He is known for his radical view of art and his work in public space. In the second half of the sixties, Boezem was, together with Jan Dibbets and Ger van Elk, a representative of conceptual art and 'arte povera' in the Netherlands.
Sculpture with a granite column (abstraction of a tree trunk) with cast shadows of the silhouette of the foliage on a circular plateau
Materials
Granite, granito, bluestone
Dimensions
Column ∅ 50 cm x 160 / Plateau ∅ 600 x 25 cm
years
1983
Money source
BK budget Zevenkamp
Owner
Municipality of Rotterdam
About the artwork
The artwork the Shadow tree The sculpture by sculptor Marinus Boezem casts a morning shadow and an evening shadow on a terrazzo base. The cast shadows of the tree's foliage silhouette are light and overlap, suggesting the passage of time. The evening shadow is grey, the morning shadow black. The difference in height of the shadows and the elevation of the entire piece above the Ambachtsplein in Zevenkamp invite use. You can sit on it and strike up a conversation with passers-by. Trees used to have a social function: at crossroads, they often served as a meeting point for the local population, who would discuss the latest village news while seated on a bench under the shady canopy. Such a tree was popularly known as a "lie tree." Marinus Boezem abstracted this lie tree into a stone variant with a short trunk. In addition to the tangible elements, Boezem also incorporates elements such as time, light, and shadow.
Marinus Boezem (Leerdam, 1939) is a Dutch sculptor. He is known for his radical view of art and his work in public space. In the second half of the sixties, Boezem was, together with Jan Dibbets and Ger van Elk, a representative of conceptual art and 'arte povera' in the Netherlands.
Sculpture with a granite column (abstraction of a tree trunk) with cast shadows of the silhouette of the foliage on a circular plateau
Materials
Granite, granito, bluestone
Dimensions
Column ∅ 50 cm x 160 / Plateau ∅ 600 x 25 cm
years
1983
Money source
BK budget Zevenkamp
Owner
Municipality of Rotterdam
Marinus Boezem -
Shadow tree (1983)
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