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SCULPTURES UNDER CONSTRUCTION

poort van Rhoon - 2009 - the interrupted construction of the monumental steel sculpture for Rhoon, Albrandswaard in Holland.

The parts of the sculpture were transported away from the construction site and unloaded on a plot of land near the grounds of the public works department of Albrandswaard - the five elements from which the sculpture was to be constructed, were virtually dumped next to the dike.

I wrote the Mayor and Aldermen of Albrandswaard, asking what happened and why they had not contacted me. They answered me that after the election there had been a reorganization of the city council and thus the Mayor and Aldermen of Albrandswaard; and that in their different constellation they had different ideas. But they were willing to search for a new location together with me. So, during next winter of 2009 I was invited to meet with ...

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