''De Schreeuw'' (''The Scream'') is a sculpture in the
Oosterpark in
Amsterdam
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that commemorates the assassinated Dutch film-maker
Theo van Gogh. The monument was designed by
Jeroen Henneman
Johannes Jeroen Maria (Jeroen) Henneman (17 October 1942) is a Dutch painter, draftsman, graphic artist, illustrator, and sculptor from Haarlem in the Netherlands. He often works with illuminated art as an art medium.
Education
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as a symbol of freedom of speech.
Background
Theo van Gogh was assassinated on 2 November 2004 in the Linnaeusstraat in Amsterdam, just a few steps away from the Oosterpark. The assassin was
Mohammed Bouyeri
Mohammed Bouyeri ( ar, محمد بويري ; born 8 March 1978) is a Moroccan-Dutch convicted terrorist serving a life sentence without parole in the prison of Nieuw Vosseveld (Vught) for the assassination of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh. ...
.
In 2007 Henneman created the sculpture as symbol of freedom of speech.
History
The high heat-blasted stainless steel statue is in the form of a stylized profile of a face that screams on one side and has a closed mouth on the other. The work shows the tension and complexity of the theme of freedom of expression and how Van Gogh was silenced.
The designer, Jeroen Henneman, said on the occasion of the unveiling that he hopes the image will remind passers-by of the moment of the murder; "to Theo van Gogh, who cries out for mercy."
See also
*
List of outdoor sculptures in the Netherlands
Outdoor sculptures in the Netherlands
* Curved Form (Bryher) is a bronze sculpture by Barbara Hepworth, modeled in 1961.
* De Schreeuw 2007, a sculpture honoring Theo van Gogh (The Scream)
* Elegy III (Hepworth) is an abstract bronze sculpture, by ...
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Buildings and structures in Amsterdam
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