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Portal (Portaal)

Gert Sennema

About this artwork.

Gert Sennema placed a door with a stone step in a wall with a bricked-up window on the corner of Folkingestraat. Nothing special in itself. However, the door lacks a door handle, a possibility to be opened.

The history of the Folkingestraat is hidden behind this closed door and window. A history that only few can retell, because most of the people who once lived there were taken away during the Second World War.

The door appears to be made of solid wood, but on closer inspection it turns out to be bronze. Sennema treated it with patina, which evokes the structure and color of wood. 

The work is part of the Verbeeld Verleden project.

Part of route.

Location.

Folkingestraat 67 (gevel)

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Facts & Figures.

  • Design
    Gert Sennema

  • District
    Centrum

  • Year of creation
    1997

  • Art type
    Monument, Art in / on a building, Wall sculpture

  • Material
    Brick, Bronze, Bluestone

  • Dimensions
    h 2,50 m