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Marijke Abels (born July 30, 1948) is a Dutch visual artist and instructor.
In 2009, Abels's sculpture ''Carousel'' was unveiled at the roundabout of the A50 junction in Heerde. The four horses symbolize the four villages that make up the municipality of Heerde; the horses are named after students in the high school and the residents of a nursing home.
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Abels, Marijke 1948 births Living people 20th-century Dutch women artists 21st-century Dutch women artists Dutch women sculptors People from Deventer
Life and work
Abels was born in Deventer. She creates sculptures of bronze, paper, and photographs. Her work follows the theme of "the complex relationship between humans and animals." She studied at the ''Vrije Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten'' inNunspeet
Nunspeet () is a municipality and town in the central Netherlands. It has been an agricultural site since prehistoric times. The municipality contains a number of villages, namely Hulshorst, Elspeet, and Vierhouten. Nunspeet has a vivid historica ...
, Netherlands, where she received formal training in the art of sculpture. Abels was asked to contribute to an exhibition in Heerde
Heerde () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. Compared to the rest of the Netherlands, Heerde is fairly religious, as are many of the towns and cities in the Veluwe region.
Population centres
Politics
The municipal counc ...
in honor of the discovery of Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister" or "twin" planet as it is almost as large and has a similar composition. As an interior planet to Earth, Venus (like Mercury) appears in Earth's sky never f ...
of Heerde, a Roman figurine that was found in the area in 1985 and is now on display in the Museum Het Valkhof in Nijmegen. However, after a protest from the ChristenUnie/SGP, the plan was abandoned, ostensibly due to worry about the theft of the bronze in the sculptures.
In 2009, Abels's sculpture ''Carousel'' was unveiled at the roundabout of the A50 junction in Heerde. The four horses symbolize the four villages that make up the municipality of Heerde; the horses are named after students in the high school and the residents of a nursing home.
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Marijke Abels's homepage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Abels, Marijke 1948 births Living people 20th-century Dutch women artists 21st-century Dutch women artists Dutch women sculptors People from Deventer