Shape (Vorm)

About this artwork.

Please note: this artwork has been temporarily removed due to work on site.
 
In the sculpture Shape, Robert Maingay has turned aluminium sheets into graceful, rounded shapes that are attached to each other with rivets. The space between the plates was then filled with concrete. Between the metal and the concrete there is a rubbery adhesive layer, which is necessary to absorb the differences in the coefficients of expansion for the concrete and the metal. In Shape, Maingay achieves a surprising synthesis between two very different materials. The sculpture was part of a series of concrete/metal sculptures made by the artist in the 1970s.

Robert Maingay is a Rotterdam sculptor. He takes a non-figure-based approach and follows a specific method. The striking thing about his work is that the technique ultimately determines the form. Following his concrete/metal sculptures, spirals in wood came about in the 1980s. He used the tried-and-true wooden stave system: planks are sawn off at a certain angle after which they are glued together. In recent years he has worked primarily with granite, Petit Granit and marble, where the interlocking shapes are obtained by sawing cuts into the stone.

Facts & Figures.

• Design
  Robert Maingay

• District
  Selwerd

• Year of creation
  1969

• Art type
  Freestanding sculpture

• Material
  Stainless steel, Cement

• Dimensions
  h 1,70 m