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This artwork has been published in several books and magazine publications.
All Boxes are made from Murano glass and silver. Measurements are approximately 25x25x20 cm. All Boxes are hand blown on the island of Murano, Italy in 2010.
Rietmeyer, devotes himself to the task of making visible the subjectively felt effect of cities and landscapes. This comes about with the purely abstract formal means of color, form, material, surface structure, composition and the installation in space. These Boxes where made after a visit to the city of Florence, Italy. For the liveliness of the city, Rietmeyer choose the color red, for its compactness the square form and for the fragility of the Italian society he choose glass as the material.
Rietmeyer states: “The confrontation with your own existence as a human in relation to your own surroundings teaches you many things about priorities and values in life. The communication with other people, either directly or through my work, allows me to make known my thoughts and my presence as a person. Ultimately, my work is nothing other than the proof of my existence. Not much different than the 30,000-year-old handprint of the painter in the Chauvet cave in France.” 67237821