Kunstkaart

Tree, Plaster element (size 30x60x120 centimetre). The White element is (at max.) 10 centimetre above the ground. By deciding the size of the element, My size was the starting-point. The onset was not only a concept, but also a process with trees and plaster, in which time plays an important role. The image is static, but the tree is not. It grows, moves in the wind and is, of course(!), not rectangular and unnatural white. It is in total contrast. Unnatural is the main issue here. Natural, Unnatural, Artificial, Art?. The choice for plaster was a deliberate one. Plaster is unnaturally white and both weak and strong. It’s strong in this form to withstand the posture, but weak enough to break when the tree grows or (moves). Nature is stronger and will overcome the artificial. A horizontal plane, in contrast with the surroundings. It is the result of a concept. Does it matter how it is done? Yes, that’s the estranging element. Is it the object alone? The object around the tree, in comparison with the surroundings, tree, man(me), nature and the artificial? Or is it the temporal element, which will destroy it anyway? Think for yourself! Always.