Untitled

About this artwork.

 Aryaan Harshagen designed a hard stone floor decoration for the entrance to the Public Library. This work is a good contemporary example of visual art that enters into a relationship with architecture: it emphasises the elongated character of the courtyard that leads to the entrance of the library and also references the function of the building.
 
 The artist has placed two squares in the two diamond-shaped figures at the beginning and end of the entrance street, into which numerous letters have been carved. In the tile at the beginning, the letters are criss-crossed, as if they had fallen out of a book. This part of the floor decoration is placed in front of the fence to attract the attention of passers-by, inviting them to walk in further. In the tile at the end, the letters of the alphabet are neatly arranged, from A to Z. Here you can see the transition from chaos to order. 
 
 The diamond shapes are connected by two long, narrow bands that seem to grasp the tilted squares at the corners. Perpendicular to the entrance, two more lanes run to the side of the entrance street, towards the wall. This is to emphasise the connection with the architecture.

Facts & Figures.

• Design
  Aryaan Harshagen

• District
  Centrum

• Year of creation
  1992

• Art type
  Art in the road surface, floor or ground

• Material
  Granite

• Dimensions
  b 8,00 x d 23,00 m