Step
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‘Stap’ (Step) is the larger than life-sized and extremely stylised body of a young girl who is hardly awakened and anonymous because of her missing head, arms and hands. She is standing straight and proud. Academy teacher Peter Stut created the bluestone pedestal that is reminiscent of a catwalk. The posture and stylised representation are characteristic of the sculptures by Siepman van den Berg, who is predominantly interested in the patterns of the human body and the abstraction that results when individual features are omitted.
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Public lavatory by Erwin Olaf
Public lavatory by Erwin Olaf
Monument
When you’ve gotta go, you’ve gotta go. And what better place to answer nature’s call than in this unique urinal.
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The pre-cut parade horse
The pre-cut parade horse
Monument
This artwork in the Folkingestraat is the (pre-cut) parade horse by Marijke Gémessy, located in wall between Folkingestraat 23 and 25.
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Galgal Hamazalot
Galgal Hamazalot
Monument
It’s too easy to miss this work by Joseph Semah because it can be seen only when you look at the paving bricks. The artist created eleven bronze moon shapes in the Folkingestraat paving: a lunar cycle from full moon to new moon.
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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.
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Second Thought
Second Thought
Monument
Many a townie in a rush to catch their train has bumped their head on this inverted snowglobe in the bike parking garage. This ‘underground’ work of art features the familiar silhouette of the Central Station.
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Academy building sculptures
Academy building sculptures
Monument
On 27 June 1909 the Academy Bu…
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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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Station hall
Station hall
Monument
We can already hear you saying, ‘How is a centuries-old station hall off the beaten path?’. Yet in the hustle and bustle of modern life, we’re all compelled to just hurry from one appointment to the next, taking the beauty around us for granted.
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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.
