Marieke Bolhuis

Turn to Stone, Diasec various sizes min. 200 x 20 cm, 2008 ed.5

By creating landmarks, I try to catch the spectator attention for a hidden layer of meaning to a landscape. These layers can question the history of civilization.
Or are about the way the earth crust grows and vanish. My personal involvement leads me from one track to another from my home grounds near the beach of The Netherlands [ series 'home ground' ] , to the Silk-route, Mesopotamia ...in search of the source of our civilization [ series 'search out' ]...to Japan , Iceland and Tenerife to walk on volcanic surface.
Wondering how on earth this ever happened and how long it will last... [series 'a whole hole swallow up all']

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