About the artwork
This artwork by Rotterdam artist Marianne Groen was developed during the construction of the Afrikaanderplein swimming pool using the percentage regulation. It's a humorous work influenced by pop art and minimal art from the 1960s and 1970s, featuring the popular and basic shape of an arrow combined with a lightning bolt of bright colors. The two-and-a-half-meter-high concrete arrow stands upright on the sidewalk by the pool. The lightning bolt pattern is applied to both sides of the arrow using yellow, red, blue, and white glazed tiles. Due to the demolition of the swimming pool, the work was put on hold until early 2026. A new location near the original is in prospect.
About the artist
Marianne Groen (Rotterdam, 1941 - Rotterdam, 2011) was a Rotterdam artist. She attended the Academy of Visual Arts in Rotterdam and studied at the Free Academy in The Hague. She was a sculptor, graphic artist, painter and textile artist. She worked in a mainly abstract style with repetitive and decorative patterns as a starting point.
About the artwork
This artwork by Rotterdam artist Marianne Groen was developed during the construction of the Afrikaanderplein swimming pool using the percentage regulation. It's a humorous work influenced by pop art and minimal art from the 1960s and 1970s, featuring the popular and basic shape of an arrow combined with a lightning bolt of bright colors. The two-and-a-half-meter-high concrete arrow stands upright on the sidewalk by the pool. The lightning bolt pattern is applied to both sides of the arrow using yellow, red, blue, and white glazed tiles. Due to the demolition of the swimming pool, the work was put on hold until early 2026. A new location near the original is in prospect.
About the artist
Marianne Groen (Rotterdam, 1941 - Rotterdam, 2011) was a Rotterdam artist. She attended the Academy of Visual Arts in Rotterdam and studied at the Free Academy in The Hague. She was a sculptor, graphic artist, painter and textile artist. She worked in a mainly abstract style with repetitive and decorative patterns as a starting point.
