The British artist Chris Evans made a new work for a special location in Rotterdam: the entrance doors of the Rabobank on Blaak 333. Because the entrance doors of a bank form an imaginary boundary between public and private interests, they form the dream location for the work of Evans. The full title of the work is: Portrait of a Recipient as a Door Handle, After a Drawing Produced by Anonymous Philanthropist. The work is the result of a conversation that Evans had with an anonymous philanthropist, who drew a drawing of a person receiving a donation. Evans translated this drawing into the door handle placed on the doors of the Rabobank, which epitomize the usually invisible capital storms within a city. The work was designed with the financial center on Coolsingel and Blaak in mind. It is part of SIR's Coolsingel program and can be implemented in a temporary or permanent form, at various locations. The unveiling took place on February 4, 2014. As Rabobank moved in 2019, the work has been removed and placed in storage. For more information: Sculpture International Rotterdam
