Paulien van Vredendaal

Mirjam Oskam (Arnhem, 1944- ) studied at the Royal Academy of Art in the Hague in the 1960s. She draws, paints, sculpts and develops projects. Having lived and worked in Bennekom for many years, she has participated in several editions of the Bennekom initiative ‘regional Kunstroute 14 Karaats’. For the Wageningen Eng art route in […]

The seven spherical cauldrons that once stood near the Administration Building at Costerweg now rest, slightly tilted, on the lawn behind Atlas. With black mouths agape, some of the cauldrons seem to have a quizzical look about them. The bronze patina on these cast aluminium shapes have weathered nicely over the years. Sculptor Bas Maters

The internationally renowned artist herman de vries (1931-) represented the Netherlands at the Venice Biennale in 2015. In the Rietveld Pavilion, he presented multiple works as part of the exhibition ‘to be all ways to be’. One particular work, this stone from a quarry near Venice with the text veritas existentiae engraved in gilded letters,

An enormous water beetle, the Dytiscus marginalis, takes flight over the pond between Orion and the Forum, his wings illuminated at night. The water beetle symbolises the diversity of the campus community. The idea behind the sculpture: societies are just like ponds. Sooner or later, problems force people to migrate. That’s why the water beetle

In front of the colossal Forum building, centred underneath the large ‘Forum’ sign at the entrance, a tree-like statue with a realistic bark pattern and three tapering branches stands atop a cylindrical concrete plinth. In 2008, Wageningen University celebrated its 90th anniversary. To mark the occasion, the Wageningen University Fund gifted this piece to the

A Rose of Steel was created by Rob Logister (1959- ) and Marie Raemakers (1959- ) for a farm and sculpture tour through Zonnemarie, Zeeland in 1996. The work is 6.5 metres long and approximately 2 metres high. It was unveiled by the secretary of Wageningen University Theo Theijsse on 17 November 1997 at its

A stack of ten rounded stone discs with inscriptions of the Latin names of trees. The edges were left rough and the surfaces were polished smooth. The inscribed tree species are: Larix laricana, Catanea sativa, Tillia cordata, Populus nigra italica, Cedrus atlantica, Fagus silvatica, Quercus ilex, Fraxinus ornus, Platanus orientalis and Tectona grandis. The latter

This arched sculpture consisting of seventeen blue perspex windows installed in a steel frame is lit from below by a spotlight. It is 260 cm high and 230 cm wide. The diagonal base is made of two blue steel tubes, each five metres long. This work of art by Stefan Strauss (Germany, 1957- ) is

A bronze sculpture of stylised dancing women, the Hesperides. One of them clutches apples under her arm. According to Greek mythology, the Hesperides were three or seven nymphs who protected a tree that produced golden apples. The statue, cast in dark bronze, was created in 1967 by Nic Jonk (1928-1994) and installed on the lawn

This sculpture by Carel Kneulman (1915-2008) consists of several dark, interconnected and roughly hewn shapes, including a fossilised bird and perhaps the outline of a reclining human figure. Kneulman is considered one of the great sculptural innovators after 1945. His most famous work is Het Lieverdje from 1959, which was made famous by the Provo