Flying Pins - Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Axel-F
N 51° 26.718 E 005° 28.837
31U E 672380 N 5702264
Large work of 'bowling'art in which normally small objects are greatly enlarged.
Waymark Code: WM19E0P
Location: Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Date Posted: 02/07/2024
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn
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This huge piece of art situated in a green lawn cannot be mist. The scene looks almost alive by the way of putting it all together, like the bowlingball has just hit some pins. The yellow pins are very eye-catching as well.

Information from the internet
De Flying Pins is een groot openbaar beeld in Eindhoven. Het werd ontworpen door de beeldhouwers Claes Oldenburg en Coosje van Bruggen en onthuld op 31 mei 2000.

De Flying Pins staat aan de kop van de John F. Kennedylaan aan de zuidkant van de straat, hoek Fellenoord.

Het betreft een uitbeelding van een bowlingbal met tien wegvliegende kegels. De kunstenaars zagen in de Kennedylaan een bowlingbaan (bowlinglane) en zijn zo tot het idee gekomen. In de visie van de kunstenaars past de dynamiek van de wegzakkende bowlingbal met de vliegende en wegzakkende kegels goed bij dit drukke punt in Eindhoven. De gele kleur van de kegels werd uitgekozen door Van Bruggen en verwijst naar de gele narcissen die elk voorjaar de Kennedylaan opfleuren.

Het hoogste punt van het kunstwerk is circa 8,5 meter. De bal heeft een diameter van ca. 6,7 meter. Het beeld is gemaakt van staal en versterkt kunststof met een polyester-polyurethaan coating. De kosten bedroegen ongeveer (omgerekend) € 1,1 miljoen en zijn voornamelijk betaald door het bedrijfsleven van Eindhoven.
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Google translation:
The Flying Pins is a large public sculpture in Eindhoven. It was designed by the sculptors Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen and unveiled on May 31, 2000.

The Flying Pins is located at the head of John F. Kennedylaan on the south side of the street, corner Fellenoord.

It is a representation of a bowling ball with ten pins flying away. The artists saw a bowling alley in Kennedylaan and that is how they came up with the idea. In the artists' vision, the dynamics of the sinking bowling ball with the flying and sinking pins fits well with this busy point in Eindhoven. The yellow color of the cones was chosen by Van Bruggen and refers to the yellow daffodils that brighten up Kennedylaan every spring.

The highest point of the artwork is approximately 8.5 meters. The ball has a diameter of approximately 6.7 meters. The statue is made of steel and reinforced plastic with a polyester-polyurethane coating. The costs amounted to approximately € 1.1 million (converted) and were mainly paid by the Eindhoven business community.
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TITLE: Flying Pins

ARTIST(S): Claes Oldenburg en Coosje van Bruggen

DATE: May 13th 2000

MEDIUM: steel and plastic

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 74730023

Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]

PHYSICAL LOCATION:
John F. Kennedylaan, Eindhoven, The Netherlands


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