At Voorlinden, you can jump around in a room full of balloons (Martin Creed, Work No. 1562), walk along the bottom of a swimming pool (Leandro Erlich, Swimming Pool), come face to face with giants (Ron Mueck, Boy, 1999), and even take pieces of artworks home with you…
Jean-Loup got the impression that absolutely anything was allowed, and was getting a little overexcited by the end of our visit.
When he started running around Richard Serra’s enormous sculpture before disappearing inside it, I went after him to catch up and remind him of a few basic rules.
And then I lost sight of him. In fact, I got completely lost in there myself.
Apparently, Serra wanted us to lose our sense of direction. Well played, Richard. It works perfectly!
Here, you can marvel at things without necessarily understanding everything, ask yourself big questions about what makes something a work of art, or simply have fun.
The teenager actually did a bit of all three: between some very serious (and surprisingly insightful) reflections on the artworks (Louise Bourgeois’ spider also reminded him of his own mother 😉), he even got the chance to brush up on his classics.
PS: No running or touching the artworks. Unless the sign says: Aanraken toegestaan.
