Recently a sculpture has been placed in the Kröller-Müller Museum sculpture garden, a sculpture that will only be finished after several generations have passed: the EuropaHamer of the German artist Andreas Rimkus. It is a forged hammerhead weighing more than 25 tons with a gingko tree planted in the eye, the tree requiring at least 75 years to turn into the ‘handle’ of the hammer. This work is one of seven hammers to be placed on the various continents. In addition to being a sculpture covering the entire world, it is also a song of praise to the traditional blacksmith’s art. As well as the Europe hammer in our sculpture garden, the hammers for Africa (in Togo) and for Asia (in China) are already in place. This book describes the process by which the sculptures were created and the background to the project.

Author: Andreus Rimkus
Hardback/80 pages/German-English