sanctuary Zeewolde
| catalogue number: | hdv 2001.112.1 |
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| date created: | 1999-2001 |
| classification: | installations |
| work type: | environments |
| medium: | earth, brick, steel, gold leaf, briar rose bushes (rosa canina) in Zeewolde, herman de vries created a sanctuarium in the context of the temporary art project 'ARTificial NATURAL NETWORKS' (2000-2001). It is a piece of land that is surrounded by a bank of earth planted with rosebushes, which no-one can enter anymore. The term 'sanctuary' refers both to a shrine and to a nature reserve. For herman de vries, this sanctuarium (1999-2001) should be a space that is both protected and respected. |
| dimensions: | Ø 30 × 3.3 m |
| signature and inscriptions: | uninscribed |
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| current repository: | Zeewolde (Woldstrand/Nuldernauw) |
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| comment: | this work of art belongs to the permanent collection of 'De Verbeelding'. The activities of 'De Verbeelding' ceased in 2005 because the art pavilion no longer received a subsidy from the national government. The artworks are no longer maintained and the sanctuary is gradually being overgrown by nature. |
| photo/scan: | Trudy van Riemsdijk-Zandee (2002-2009); Eva and Wolfgang Aull, Eschenau (2019) |
| rights & reproduction: | herman de vries |
published references
| monograph | Cees de Boer, 'alles is altijd overal, of: de wind is een groot reiziger', in Trudy van Riemsdijk-Zandee (red.), Kunstmatige natuurlijke netwerken. 11 projecten op het web, in het bos, langs de dijk, in het water en in het dorp Zeewolde (De Verbeelding : Zeewolde 2001) 8 pages (ill.); also English edition. |
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| article | Arnon Ben-Dro, 'Nature in Context: A Situated Study of herman de vries’s Sanctuaries', in OBOE Journal 2, no. 1 (2021) 22-39. |