Secret life in a Public Body
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The more than life-sized sculpture by Henk Visch is a bronze figure of a man who stretches forward while resting on his fingertips, providing the pose with tension. Visch’s sculptures are not easy to interpret. They have poetic beauty and invite personal interpretations. His works are mainly characterised by mysteriousness, which is enhanced even more by the titles, as in this case. Secret Life in a Public Body refers to ‘a secret life’, but does Visch’s public body refer to his sculpture or its location? And what exactly are these secrets? The work of art was in the Westerhaven underground car park for five years where it took the place of exactly one parking space. It was in striking contrast with the glossy vehicles. On 31 March 2009 it was relocated to the square of the Voormalig Klein Poortje at the Oosterhaven.
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The large division
The large division
Monument
This sculpture was created by Pierluca Degli Innocenti, an artist of Italian origin and who lived in France from 1960, which was at that time was divided by the tragedy of the Algerian war.
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Wervel
Wervel
Monument
Wervel can be found in the parking garage of the Forum, the towering spaceship smack dab in the middle of the city. Is Wervel (Vertebra) tucked away on purpose? Most certainly not!
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Tschumi pavilion
Tschumi pavilion
Monument
The Tschumi pavilion was designed by the deconstructivist architect Bernard Tschumi and was part of an art exhibition in the ‘90s in Groningen. Five architects were invited to the city to design temporary pavilions, but this one remained standing.
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City marking S10/ Cruoninga
City marking S10/ Cruoninga
Monument
In 1990 the city of Groningen celebrated its 950 th anniversary and a contemporary city gate was placed at each main entrance road of the city to mark this.
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Farsi Largo - Making Space
Farsi Largo - Making Space
Monument
Farsi Largo/Making Space is in plain view in the heart of the city, yet many passers-by barely notice it. That’s because it’s flying six meters above our heads.
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Portal
Portal
Monument
Artist Gert Sennema placed a door and a bluestone step in front of it in a blank wall, which is not very unusual in itself, but the door does not have a door handle and therefore cannot be opened.
