THE CULTIVATED LANDSCAPE
Spatie, sculpture garden, Apeldoorn

NATURA ARTIS MAGISTRA
(nature is the mistress of the arts), 2005
polyester, wood plywood and acrylic paint
250 x 150 x 75 cm.

The sculpture-garden was situated in a public park. The object, painted in camouflage-colours, is vaguely visible at the end of the sculpture-route. To reach the object visitors have to cross over a large grass-field. Gradually people perceive the body of a calf on his socle. Coming close by the text becomes legible. The sculpture is a reference to the imperceptible, but radical cultivating of our nature.