Unveiling sculpture Tirzo Martha
The unveiling of Tirzo Martha's newest sculpture and latest addition to The Sculpture Gallery titled The dematerialization of the five commandments in the five senses takes place on Thursday 29 August in the centre of The Hague. Tirzo Martha is a guest teacher at the Fine Arts department of the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK) and founder of the Instituto Buena Bista, Curacao Center for Contemporary Art (IBB) in Curacao.
This year, Tirzo Martha has been chosen unanimously as the winner of the 11th Wilhelminaring - the oeuvre prize for Dutch sculpture. He is honored as an artist who, through his art, stands up for urgent political issues.
Program
Prior to the unveiling there is a special program in the Filmhuis Den Haag with Tirzo Martha, Rob Perrée and Adi Martis starting at 16.00.
At 18.00 hrs the sculpture will be unveiled in front of the City Hall, Spui 70, Den Haag.
More info & program: Stroom Den Haag
The Sculpture Gallery
The dematerialization of the five commandments in the five senses is the newest addition to The Sculpture Gallery, a gallery of 40 sculptures (after a concept by P. Struycken in the early 1990s), placed in the pedestrian area of the Grote Markstraat, Kalvermarkt and Spui. Through its permanent character and yearly commissions it offers a unique format for art in public space and offers a cross section of Dutch sculpture. Curator of The Sculpture Gallery is André Kruysen, teacher at the Fine Arts department of the KABK.
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Location
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16.00 hrs: Programme in the Filmhuis Den Haag, Spui 191
18.00 hrs: Unveiling sculpture - Spui 70, Den Haag