Foundation Art and Public Space
artist: Arjanne van der Spek
located in: Zorgcentrum St. Jansgeleen,
client: Zorgcentrum St. Jansgeleen
Next to the sculptures and drawings that she has always made, Arjanne van der Spek has, in the past few years, started experimenting with glass. She moulds simple abstract models that are used as a template for when the glass is blown. Even though the same template is used each time, the manual quality of hand blowing ensures that each final product bears a different appearance. Sometimes the glass is thinner in certain areas. This causes the light to penetrate it in different ways, making the color change.
Arjanne van der Spek
St. Jansgeleen nursing home
photo: Arjanne van der Spek
In three parts of the building, the seemingly rough outside walls made of Corten steel, gain a new appearance by being combined with the glass objects. The robust character of the material is softened by the glass objects that absorb the light and occasionally glitter like gemstones. Arjanne van der Spek compares the series of glass objects to a film in which certain sections are lit up through the sun or a slant of light. It is just like when one looks back on one’s life and certain phases linger on more in the memory than others.
photo: Arjanne van der Spek
