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Machteld Wijlacker Creates a Sort of City at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

ROTTERDAM.- One of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen’s most fascinating and complex spaces is the gallery in which Richard Serra erected his steel walls in the 1980s. In the exhibition ‘DOCK’ Machteld (Max) Wijlacker takes on the challenge of making a new work in this space. She has created a monumental, rhythmic and layered installation from carefully selected salvaged wood. Machteld Wijlacker has created a sort of city from driftwood and weathered materials. It represents the experiences of someone walking through a large city: the commotion, the megalomaniac architecture and the whirlwinds. Her ‘city’ is made up of a sort of palisade, which the visitor moves between and under. Wijlacker has attempted to create an installation in which visitors can lose themselves. ‘This installation is a direct confrontation with Waxing Arcs by Richard Serra. The sobriety of the steel against the variety of the woo