Sleeping Girl, 2018

ArtistHans Op de Beeck, Turnhout *1969

Bronze, paint

(H x W x D)76 × 210 × 100 cm

Status

on display, room 038

About the workThe realism of this sculpture is contradicted by its dull, grey colouring. The work is dominated by an almost supernatural atmosphere and forces the viewer to reconsider the relationship between reality and representation. In addition, the object suggests the motif of resting or sleeping. Hans Op de Beeck himself wrote that this sleeping child is “touchingly vulnerable, present and yet absent”: “Her soul is in a parallel world, a place of mystery, silently suspended.”

AccessionAcquisition 2018

Provenance2018 Acquired from the artist

Inventory number0.2018.8

Contemporary art

Contact

sammlung@kunstpalast.de

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