Frank Boogaard

the second child in a family with four children , born in Rotterdam , the Netherlands in 1953.
During Waldorf education in elementary and high school I have been encouraged in the artistic subjects , especially in sculpturing.
From this interest grew a long road of searching and experimenting , which happened for many years in my spare time.

Since 1991 I am occupied full - time as a sculpting artist.
Eventually , wooden sculptures evolved , which were symbolic of a inner emotional world.
As a result of back related issues , I switched to moulding my sculptures in wax only.
After a long search I found my present - day shape world , which is also based on my emotions.

My ideal is to act in supreme concentration and silence, to create the form that fits like a glove with the emotion , that caused the form.
Emotions , which I cannot express in words - but I show them by giving them a shape.

As a choreographer , I compose the sound of my emotions into a shape.
A shape world which I can feel all around me , like a movement from a silk scarf trailing a dancer.
Because I want to show the shape of the emotion , I remove myself from the emotion which results in a hollow centre in the bronze sculpture , which in turn is cover...

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