HILDE VAN SUMERE - DRIEHOEK IN BEWEGING

SOME CULTURE...

Sculpture in Carrara marble (1982)

The artist wanted to give the “Driehoek in beweging” (Moving Triangle) which is exhibited in the station hall a specifically dynamic character, because the metro passenger has neither the time nor the inclination to concentrate on a work of art. The play of the light and the purity of the material accentuate the lines and add shadows to them. Negative becomes positive and vice-versa. It is a static work of art which becomes dynamic through the eyes of the moving passer-by. Not one surface is left to chance. We recognise the circle as a cycle of life, the contrast between the concave front and the convex back, the purity of the material and design and the accentuated shadows. The passer-by notices the sculpture, or does not notice it. The artist’s intention was to create a reciprocal dialogue.