Kunstwerk Emmasingel

The relationship between surfaces and spaces plays an important role in Danish artist Per Kirkeby's work. So too in this untitled artwork on the Emmasingel.

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The work consists of two rows of six pillars connected both transversely and longitudinally by arch constructions. Between part of the pillars, wall surfaces are bricked, in such a way that there is a wall opposite each opening. This creates a spatial play of open and closed compartments and thus an alternation of light and shadow.

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