Mischa Rakier
art projects
title: war memorial
year: 2014 description:
memorial in commemoration of all the war victims of World War II (and after). The ongoing text in the girdle of the diamond reads: 'if you could remember what I remember you would understand' (excerpt from Elie Wiesel) location: Ontmoetingsplein, Gijsbrecht van Aemstelpark (close to Gelderland-plein), Buitenveldert, Amsterdam, NL size: approx. 1,5 x 1,5 x 1,3 m (l x w x h) medium: ceramic blasted stainless steel commissioned by: the municipality of Amsterdam/stadsdeel Zuid in coop. with the 4 and 5 May Committee;
completed: April/May 2014 title: Camouflage Structure
year: 2013 description:
three open framed aluminum cubes placed inside each other to form a camouflaged spatial structure. The work is made to visually disappear in the outdoor landscape, in order to be concealed or even obliterated. But first it is presented at the group exhibition Tagtics at Quartair, The Hague NL, November 9 - December 1.2013 size: 0,9 x 0,9 x 0,9 m (l x w x h) medium: powder coated and painted aluminum participating artists: Julie Alpert, Alain Biltereyst, Sibylle Eimermacher, Per Formo, Jeroen Glas, Ralph De Jongh, Paul Komada, Guido Nieuwendijk, Robert K Nilsen, Mischa Rakier, Marleen Sleeuwits and Marije Vermeulen title: Black Diamond
year: 2012 description:
a large black diamond-shape sculpture
lying on the floor. On show at the group exhibition Space, Expanding at Hein Elferink Gallery., Meppel, NL, November 29.2012 - January 13.2013 size: approx. 0,8 x 0,6 x 0,6 m. (l x w x h) medium: carbon and graphite on wood participating artists: Henriëtte van ’t Hoog, Gracia Khouw, Mischa Rakier and Sonia Rijnhout title: Mirror Column
year: 2011 description:
copy of an nearby standing advertise-ment column completely made from mirror material; site specific art work realized for the public art exhibition KadS 2011/Kunst aan de Schinkel, September 18 - December 2.2011 location: Sloterkade, Amsterdam, NL size: ø 1,5 x 3,8 m. (diam. x h) medium: wood, metal and hpl participating artists: Margit Aba, Maze de Boer, Jasper van den Brink, Peter Cleutjens, Go Eun Im, Saskia Noor van Imhoff, Marisol Ferradás, Jasper Griepink, Doina Kraal, Joanneke Meester, Alberto De Michele, Helen Morse Palmer, Hester Oerlemans, Theo Tomson, Mischa Rakier and Peter Vink
Mischa Rakier©2016