Nostril Horse

Willem Lenssinck

The sculpture originated from the idea that at very high speeds, parts of the body start to move along. Like an open mouth of someone on a motorcycle. The nostrils also deform and become a kind of aircraft wing. The body is made so simple that it refers to speed. It is also called Flying Speed. Above all, the financial possibilities made it possible to enlarge the ceramic sculpture to 350 x 720 cm. Willem also imagined how such a large sculpture would turn out in a museum hall. The choice of material, layered beech wood, mainly came from the model. A large horse in bronze would never be able to carry the undercarriage. Blocks of 1400 kilos of beech wood were hollowed out to 260 kilos. The sculpture was part of a retrospective exhibition of all transformers in the Louwman Museum in 2016.

350 x 720 cm

Laminated beech wood, stainless steel and steel.

2014

Exhibited once at the Louwman Museum 2016.