With its abundance of art in public spaces, Hoogvliet has sometimes been compared to the Spanish city of Bilbao, which is known for its art and sculptures in public spaces. Hoogvliet has more than thirty works of art, commemorating periods that were important for the development of this part of the city at a time when the percentage scheme existed, whereby approximately one percent of the construction budget was allocated to art. They refer to the reconstruction of the 1950s, the urban beautification of the 1960s, and the functional thinking of the 1970s and beyond. They are monuments to ordinary people, figurative sculptures, or purely abstract. And there is also a variety of organic sculptures that refer to nature or that geometrically match the built environment. It is striking that there are quite a few creations by famous artists, sculptures of which there is only one in the world: in Hoogvliet.
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Publicatiedatum: 03/04/2023
