Dan Graham, Two adjacent pavilions, 1982-2001
Mark Di Suvero, K-piece, 1972
Chohreh Feyzdjou, Buried paintings, 1994
Kröller-Müller Museum, near the village of Otterlo and situated in a nature reserve, is certainly one the finest museums for modern art in the Netherlands.
A visitor’s contribution
Christo, 56 barrels, 1968-77
Eugène Dodeigne, Sept, 1993, with the next door guy, photo taken by Rien Monshouwer
It has an extensive sculpture park with some of the most iconic works of modern sculpture, ideal to visit on a sunny day in spring as we did this week.
Isamu Wakabayashi, Otterlo mist, 2001
Isamu Wakabayashi, Otterlo mist, 2001
Isamu Wakabayashi, Otterlo mist, 2001
Alina Szapocznikow, Wielkie brzuchy, 1968
Hildo Krop, Vandaag en morgen, 1918
Main goal was the present Barbara Hepworth show but seeing the sculpture collection in the park is an unavoidable treat.
Aldo van Eyck, Aldo van Eyckpaviljoen, 1965-66, rebuilt 2005
Per Kirkeby, Backsteinskulptur, 1988
Per Kirkeby, Backsteinskulptur, 1988
Krijn Giezen (my late former teacher), Kijk Uit, 1986-2005
Luciano Fabro, La doppia faccia del cielo, 1986
Chris Booth, Echo van de Veluwe, 2003-05
Chris Booth, Echo van de Veluwe, 2003-05
Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, nature, 1959-60
Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, nature, 1959-60
Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, nature, 1959-60
Barbara Hepworth, Dual form, 1965
Barbara Hepworth (1903 – 1975) is well represented in the collection.
Barbara Hepworth, Dual form, 1965
Barbara Hepworth, Dual form, 1965
Barbara Hepworth, Dual form, 1965
Barbara Hepworth, Dual form, 1965
Barbara Hepworth, Elegy III, 1966
Barbara Hepworth, Elegy III, 1966
Barbara Hepworth, Elegy III, 1966
Barbara Hepworth, Curved form, Trevalgan, 1956
Barbara Hepworth, Curved form, Trevalgan, 1956
Barbara Hepworth, Curved form with inner form, Anima, 1959
Barbara Hepworth, Oval form, Trezion, 1962-63
Barbara Hepworth, Figure, Archaean, 1958
Barbara Hepworth, Sphere with inner form, 1963
Barbara Hepworth, Sphere with inner form, 1963
Barbara Hepworth, Sphere with inner form, 1963
These are some of her later works in bronze.
Jacob Epstein, Doves, 1914-15
Alan Durst, Feline, 1930
Barbara Hepworth, Head, 1930-31
Barbara Hepworth, Standing figure, 1934
Inside the museum is the exhibition proper which starts with early works by Hepworth and her British contemporaries.
Barbara Hepworth, Forms in echelon, 1938
Barbara Hepworth, Forms in echelon, 1938
Barbara Hepworth, Oval sculpture, 1943
Barbara Hepworth, Oval sculpture, 1943
Barbara Hepworth, Oval sculpture, 1943
Her works in wood of the 1930s, 40s and 50s are, in spite of being pleasing to the eye, quite radical.
Barbara Hepworth, Pelagos, 1946
Barbara Hepworth, Pelagos, 1946
Barbara Hepworth, Pelagos, 1946
Barbara Hepworth, Curved form, Delphi, 1955
Barbara Hepworth, Curved form, Delphi, 1955
It was more a disrupting harmony and a natural way of creating shapes than pleasing the eye she was aiming at.
Barbara Hepworth, Curved form, Delphi, 1955
Barbara Hepworth, Corinthos, 1954-55
Barbara Hepworth, Corinthos, 1954-55
Barbara Hepworth, Corinthos, 1954-55
Barbara Hepworth, Corinthos, 1954-55
Barbara Hepworth, Configuration, Phira, 1955
The show is in its last week, so you really have to hurry to see it. After Otterlo the exhibition will move to the Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck in Remagen (Germany).
Richard Serra, One, 1988, with artist Rien Monshouwer, one of its greatest fans
This blog photo report was made thanks to kind and cordial support of Rien Monshouwer and Karin van der Werff.
starting point of a distance of 82 steps walked by stanley brouwn december 20th 1984
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Bertus Pieters
Villa Next Door 