Oever, 2025-26
Sculpture series
Solid oak and walnut wood / oak, ash and walnut fineer
Various dimensions
Works from the Oever series were on view at the Salvation Army, Oudezijds Achterburgwal 45, as part of the Warmoes Biënnale (Amsterdam, NL)
Catalogue text Warmoes Biënnale
Bart Lunenburg is developing Oever for the Dutch Salvation Army: a series of two-dimensional wall sculptures made of wood. The works are based on the idea that buildings carry a memory, shaped by what happens above ground and below ground. In the Red Light District, that memory is literally layered: houses are built on top of each other, resting on the oldest foundations of the city.
The title Oever refers to the importance of wood as a building material for Amsterdam, a city situated along the Amstel and IJ rivers and the marshland on which it was founded. Beneath the city’s buildings lies a wet, unstable landscape. Bart sees the millions of wooden piles and the archaeological layers of wooden house structures as silent witnesses to care, shelter, and history. The Salvation Army, as a place of refuge and social engagement, forms a junction here where architecture, the ground, and human action come together.
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Sculpture series
Solid oak and walnut wood / oak, ash and walnut fineer
Various dimensions
Works from the Oever series were on view at the Salvation Army, Oudezijds Achterburgwal 45, as part of the Warmoes Biënnale (Amsterdam, NL)
Catalogue text Warmoes Biënnale
Bart Lunenburg is developing Oever for the Dutch Salvation Army: a series of two-dimensional wall sculptures made of wood. The works are based on the idea that buildings carry a memory, shaped by what happens above ground and below ground. In the Red Light District, that memory is literally layered: houses are built on top of each other, resting on the oldest foundations of the city.
The title Oever refers to the importance of wood as a building material for Amsterdam, a city situated along the Amstel and IJ rivers and the marshland on which it was founded. Beneath the city’s buildings lies a wet, unstable landscape. Bart sees the millions of wooden piles and the archaeological layers of wooden house structures as silent witnesses to care, shelter, and history. The Salvation Army, as a place of refuge and social engagement, forms a junction here where architecture, the ground, and human action come together.
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