Street art · Amsterdam
Photo: Ceescamel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Vleugelvormen
By Felix van Kalmthout
A giant bronze propeller marooned on a city lawn — maritime relic or abstract wing? "Vleugelvormen" (Wing Forms) turns industrial hardware into Brancusi-like biomorphic sculpture, its curves as smooth as a Henry Moore bronze.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, photo via Wikimedia Commons.
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