Installations/religious
Apart from the outside installation, the religious installations are exhibited in coherence with the house altars, wood panels and furniture. The installation for example, 'Jesus on a football', shows us a critical view.
dated 2001 until 2024
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King Football
2024King Football. Project Installation with geometric work
King Football
2007Football has taken the place of religion. Man apparently wants to continue to worship. Surrendered images from centuries again, are taken from their context and function.
Dutch Jesus. Project installation
2024Dutch Jesus. Project installation with geometric work. [The title comes from an autistic child from a school class that visited my studio.]
Wood panel: Offering of Dutch Jesus.
2015Wood panel: Offering of Dutch Jesus. [The title comes from an autistic child in a school class that visited my studio.]
Biblical book, installation
2024Biblical book, installation / spatial object
Facade art [geometric]
2024Example of design Geo Facade Art in city
Stray woman in second skin. Project installation
2024‘Stray woman in second skin’ with painting installation ‘Armed Cross’. Project installation. Monica made an installation entitled: ‘Zwerfvrouw in Second skin’ for an exhibition in theatre Posa in Lelystad as part of the theme ‘Litter Captured’ .
Sacrifice of the Cologne gnome. Project installation
2024Cologne gnome [sacrificed] Project installation
Offering of the Cologne Gnome.
2015Installation wooden panel: Offering of the Cologne Gnome. Dike poet Floor Koedam wrote a poem to accompany it. To do so, click further for the image with poem below.
Poem Floor Koedam ‘Power of small’ at wood panel ‘Sacrifice of the Cologne Gnome’
2015Poem by Floor Koedam ‘Power of small’ accompanying religious installation of wood titled ‘Sacrifice of the Cologne Gnome’ from 2015. [Floor Koedam 1 April 1946 - 12 September 2020]
Bauhaus Object belonging to Bauhaus Chair and Panel
2021Bauhaus Object belonging to Bauhaus Chair and Panel. Made in the context of 100 years of Bauhaus. The Bauhaus object uses various materials, namely wood, aluminium and processed glass. For Bauhaus Chair see the Geometric Furniture section and for Bauhaus Panel see the Geometric Works section. For 100 years of Bauhaus, see article on my blog: 100 jaar BAUHAUS in 2019 - Monica Maat https://www.monicamaat.nl › blog_post › 275706314_...
Outdoor object. Have the wind in your sails
2014Exterior object: 'Having the wind in your sails', made of metal. This object was made with reference to the exhibition: "The land has been won and mined".
'Mokerslag' [Sledgehammer/ Demolition hammer] outdoor object in the context of the breakdown in art and culture. The New Library Almere.
2013'Mokerslag', does the culture disappear in one go? What does that say about a civilization? What knowledge do we lose and what is the influence of this in the longer term? Outdoor object 'Mokerslag' [Sledgehammer/ Demolition hammer] is made for the inner garden of the New Library in Almere. This work has been made in the context of the exhibition: "Kaalslag in kunst en Cultuur", with the subtitle: "the artist will stop". [Demolition in Art and culture] In the garden there is also a base with Art. 22 from Amnesty International. Monica: It seems that there is no longer a grip on what art actually means for society. It's a sort of litter, that needs to be cleaned up. Politics does not seem to defend it.
Art route Colombine House 2013 Lachwijzer
2013
Outside object: "Lachwijzer" for the art route "De Lach van een kind" 2013 at the Colombinehuis on the theme: Moved movement. The hand turns with the wind and points in the direction of laughter. The colored panels move back and forth through the wind. [Aluminum and plastic] The tight lane is specific to this object.
Eduard de Vries has written a poem about this object. [See following image below]
Installation: The sails have been hoisted
2014The installation ‘The sails have been hoisted’ was made of metal and wood following a themed exhibition at Gallery Kunst op 5 in Coevorden. Under the title: water conquered and land gained, the Coevorden artists worked together on an opposite theme: sand and peat and clay and water.
Fallen wind angel
2008
Detail installation: Fallenwind angel. Images from past centuries are taken out of context
Green Angel
2009Detail Installation: Green Angel
Contact with God.
2001'Contact with God', refers to the communication era.
Dutch Jesus
2009Detail installation. A group of children from a school visiting my studio called this object: ‘the Dutch Jesus’. I hadn't looked at it that way before!
Throwing pearls before swine
2008Installation detail: ‘Throwing pearls before swine’. The surviving images of Jesus on the cross and Holland and clogs live on. Here, the images are taken out of context and function.
Wing lamb [yellow angel on cross]
2011Detail installation. Wing lamb. [Yellow angel on the cross] This object is shown in the setting of a project installation on a 1-metre-high plinth. [Not shown here]
Poem Armed Cross [war memorial May 4, 2014].
2014The poem: ‘Armed Cross’, by Monica Maat was written in response to the 2014 death anniversary. Based on this poem, Monica created an installation triptych. [See images of installations titled: Armed Cross]. As can be read in the poem, it is about *three events in world history, which are symbolised in the installation triptych. The works were on display at Gallery Loods 32 in Lelystad on the occasion of the exhibition ‘Dood Spoor’. You can read more at the previous image. The poem can also be read in art magazine CUNST. For that, you can click on: Direct naar het juninummer van CUNST see there page 5. * Berlin wall existed until 9 November 1985. * Square of celestial peace. China, Beijing. A student protest was bloodily crushed on 4 June 1989. * Jörg Haider, far-right Austrian politician, 1986, chairman of the FPÖ. [Austrian FreedomParty] On September 11, 2008, he crashed with his car.
Installation: Armed cross
2014Installation 1: 'Armed Cross'.1 of the three canvas installations belonging to the triptych: 'Armed Cross'. For the total installation, see the image on the page above.
Installation: Armed Cross
2014Installation 2: 'Armed Cross'. One of three installations with canvas belonging to the triptych: 'Armed Cross'. For the total installation, see an earlier image on a page above.
Installation: Armed Cross
2014Installation 3: 'Armed Cross'. One of three canvas installations belonging to the triptych: 'Armed Cross'. For the total installation, see an image on an earlier page above.