My website www.robbloemendaal.nl has temporarily moved to this blog, where a selection of my 3 dimensional art work, paintings and drawings can be seen.
In my work are social commitment and closeness to nature reflected. I'm inspired by the relationship between man and nature. Because man himself is also nature, thereby also about the relationship between man and himself. The work resulting from such a narrative character and often includes hidden details. Balance, timing, constraints and opportunities are recurring themes.
Exhibitions:
The n exhibition was a group exhibition of 97 Hengelo artists and designers in the HeArtGallery, Drienerstraat 35, Hengelo. The exhibition runs from March 5 to April 23, 2017. The last exhibition was a group exhibition of 104 Hengelo artists and designers in the new HeArtGallery, Drienerstraat 35, Hengelo. The exhibition runned from March 18 to April 10, 2016.
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The n exhibition was a group exhibition of 97 Hengelo artists and designers in the HeArtGallery, Drienerstraat 35, Hengelo. The exhibition runs from March 5 to April 23, 2017. The last exhibition was a group exhibition of 104 Hengelo artists and designers in the new HeArtGallery, Drienerstraat 35, Hengelo. The exhibition runned from March 18 to April 10, 2016.
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3 dimensional artwork:
Pencil and paper
Potlood en papier 2015 mixed media 30 x 24 cm
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The pencil is painted in the colors of the rainbow, a symbol of tolerance. In addition, in small circles to see the primary colors, which symbolize all the possibilities along with black and white to express yourself.
Heart for trees
This work was carried out with storm wood which became
available after the summer storm of 2010. Many trunks were buried upright and put together in the form of a lime tree leaf. Lime trees were traditionally associated with love and
fertility. The leaves are heart-shaped.
Heart for trees 2011 wood 3 x 5,5 m |
There are two slow, opposite movements: the decay is a movement toward the earth, while the emergence of new life is a movement toward the sky. An exercise in patience.
The municipality of Hengelo has been agreed that there is no garden maintenance being committed. Nature must take its course without interference. Thus, over time, a micro reserve emerge with particular plant and animal species.
Heart for trees was located on the footpath in line with the Heemafstraatje in Hengelo until spring 2016, when it was destroyed by the municiality.
Lighthouse
Lighthouse 2008 mixed media 38 x 13 x 14 cm |
For Lighthouse I was inspired by the
thoughts that Eleanor Roosevelt spoke in 1958 about where universal human
rights begin. According to her they begin in small places, like offices and factories.
Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning elsewhere.
She found that human rights should be borne by the community, even in everyday
situations.
Lighthouse is made of a birdhouse, as it was presented
to all participants. It has become a combination of a chapel and a drowning
cottage. Inside you can see a prism that disperses light when sunlight falls on
it. The interior is lined with feathers of free birds. The eight 'pencils' symbolize the community and also refer to the Amnesty
International writing campaigns on behalf of prisoners of conscience.
Celldream
Celdream 2005 2,6 x 3,3 x 2,2 m |
On one wall of Cell 11 the text "justice shall return' was carved into the wall, which is the last strophe of this poem. The names of 10 women who were victims of injustice and violence were written on the opposite wall.
On the table stood a metal food bowl with three
compartments. Barbed wire and pieces of white quartz in addition lydiet, also
called touchstone. Lydiet, a black stone, once was used to determine the purity of
gold. On the wall under a small window a large white triangle with silver
birds could be seen on their way to the light. The entire floor was covered with a layer of
duck down.
Celldream joined the global campaign by Amnesty
International against violence against women.
Hoisting the Blue Peter
Hoisting the Blue Peter 1997 mixed media |
A 'Blue Peter' is a flag that was hoisted shortly before the departure of a sailing ship.
Maybe we will be brothers
Maybe we will be brothers finally 1997 wood, clay 87 x 126 x 7 cm |
The front figures are animals, the last one in the rear is human.
The title is taken from a speech in 1854 from Seattle, an Indian chief of the Dwamish tribe in the northwestern United States.
Note to the travelers
Note to the travellers 1996 mixed media height 180 cm |
On the wood sinking leaflets are attached bearing the names of successively in the war murdered Jewish children, refugee children that came to the Netherlands and of Dutch children born in the year Chernobyl exploded (1986).
At its base was put successively lydiet, colored stones and white quartz at its foot. Lydiet is a type of stone that was used in antiquity to measure the purity of gold.
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