Street art · Rotterdam

Lof der Zotheid

By Geert van de Camp

Lof der Zotheid by Geert van de Camp, Rotterdam
Photo: FaceMePLS from The Hague, The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0

On a leafy Rotterdam boulevard median, a surreal orange sphere sprouts propeller ears and swirling steel ribbons — 'Lof der Zotheid' (Praise of Folly) turns Erasmus's classic satire into a whimsical, Miró-esque public sculpture.

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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