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De Poort van Constant
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Originally named Entrance to sports park Ookmeer the sculpture is located on the corner of Herman Bonpad and the Troelstralaan, Amsterdam-Osdorp. See Google map.
In 1961 (Liga) Stichting Nieuw Beelden sent the alderman of Publick Works of the municipality of Amsterdam a proposal for seven sculptures or buildings designed by artists, in some cases in collaboration with architects, for the public space. By the time announcement was printed in Bouwkundig Weekblad on November 30, 1962, Constant had already received the commission for a sculpture to mark the Entrance of Sports Park Ookmeer. The first ground plan of Ookmeer in Constant's archive dates from December 1958.
The other suggested projects were by: Mien Ruys (garden architect) & Theo Bennes (sculpture), Norbert Gawronski (architect), Hans Ittmann (artist) & Juul Neumann (artist), Hendrik Hartsuyker (architect) & André Volten (artist), Herman van der Heide (schulptor), Charles Karsten (architect), Jos Ongenae (painter), D. Sterrenberg & Herman van der Heide (schulptor).
For the design of this construction Constant used geometry from Diorama [II], 1962. He used one of the ground plans to draw the top view of a sector on, one of the first in the series Atlast New Babylon.
In 2011 Rita Doets, a former employee of district nieuw-west, left money in her will to bring the sculpture out of it anonimous state. On 21 July 2011 (Constant's birthday) a plate with information about the sculpture and its designer was revealed. With that plate the sculpture was renamed De Poort van Constant.
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Bibliography
Title | Year | Page | Number |
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Constant. New Babylon. To Us Liberty | 2016 | 235 | 12 |
Constant. New Babylon. Aan ons de vrijheid | 2016 | 235 | 12 |
Constant, De late periode | 2008 | 90 | 104 |
Constant, Grafiek | 2004 | 212 | 30 |
Constant, Graveur | 2004 | 212 | 30 |
Constant, Une rétrospective | 2001 | 140 | 29 |
The Hyper-Architecture of Desire | 1998 | 48 | 5 |
Constant | bildende Kunst und Baukunst in den Niederlanden | 1967 | 23 | |
Constant | art et architecture aux pay-bas | 1967 | 23 | |
constant. van cobra naar new babylon | schilderijen gouaches plastieken maquettes | 1966 | ||
Constant | schilderijen plastieken New Babylon | 1965 | 52 |
Documentation
Title | Type | Year |
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De monumentale Poort van Constant wil de Westelijke Tuinsteden een gezicht geven: 'Die speelse indrukwekkendheid is heel mooi' | Articles | 2024 |
Blikvangers | Articles | 2019 |
De Poort van Constant is er nog | Articles | 2016 |
De Poort van Constant uit de anonimiteit | Articles | 2011 |
Nederlandse Kunst vanaf 1900 | Films | 1994 |
Constant | Schilderijen, constructies, Nieuw Babylon | Articles | 1965 |
Constant, een kunstenaar van onze tijd | Films | 1965 |
Signalement van Constant | Articles | 1965 |
Work
Title | Year |
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Diorama [II] | 1962 |
Vergelijkende plattegrond New Babylon Amsterdam Ookmeer | 1962 |
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