Parting ways - Rotterdam - The Netherlands
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N 51° 57.695 E 004° 32.877
31U E 606355 N 5757897
You can find the sculpure past Graskruid metro station in Prins Alexander, the metro line splits into Line A, towards Ommoord-Binnenhof, and Line B,
Waymark Code: WM14BXE
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 06/07/2021
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Past Graskruid metro station in Prins Alexander, the metro line splits into Line A, towards Ommoord-Binnenhof, and Line B, towards Nesselande. The junction of these lines is located in the middle of the green Albert Schweitzerplantsoen. Because the metros have to make a bend, they keep to a certain speed. Artist duo Peter Jansen and Matthijs van Dam have determined the colors of a V-shaped metal plastic on the basis of that speed development, which is placed near the junction. Sixteen three-sided metal tubes, each 7 meters high, have been placed in the park, in two lines converging to a point. The outward-facing sides of the tubes are light gray with a signal-yellow cut at the top. The other sides are orange-red and blue, colors that refer to the former livery of the RET and its metro trains. When the metro drives through the bend, a surface with white blue or red lines is created. Jansen also called these colored transitions a kinetic effect
About Peter Jansen
Peter Jansen (Amsterdam, 1938) is an environmental artist, painter, sculptor, graphic artist and photographer. He was trained as a painter at the Royal Academy in The Hague. In 1961 he won the Royal Subsidy for Free Painting, in 1962 the Godon Prize and in 1963 he had an exhibition at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag...
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About Matthijs van Dam
Matthijs van Dam (Heemstede, 1943 – Amsterdam, 1998) was a sculptor, wall painter and environmental artist. Until 1998, together with Peter Jansen, Van Dam formed a duo in the field of environmental art and they fulfilled many art assignments together. They often made large steel abstractions with pastel or rainbow colours, twisted or slanted. Such as in The Hague near Holland Spoor and near the congress building on Scheveningseweg, as well as a color scheme for homes in Amsterdam.
Title: Scheidende wegen (Dutch)
Artist: Matthijs van Dam and Peter Jansen
Media (materials) used: Steal
Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Park
Date of creation or placement: 1/1/1986
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