Mystic leaves Jessica Diamond Kouter
Wie Gent zegt, zegt het Lam Gods. Omdat het schilderij van de gebroeders Van Eyck zo’n icoon is van de stad ging de Amerikaanse kunstenares Jessica Diamond aan de slag met de planten die op het altaarstuk staan. Haar kunstwerk ‘Mystic Leaves’ bestaat uit achttien bladeren uit brons, messing en gietijzer die verspreid zijn over de Kouter. Daarnaast leggen Diamonds werken een mooie link naar de bloemenmarkt die elke zondagvoormiddag doorgaat op het plein. Tussen de nerven van de bladen lees je de namen van de planten en de bloemen in het Middelnederlands, de taal van de gebroeders Van Eyck. De bladeren sieren al sinds 2001 het marktplein en zijn ondertussen een vaste waarde in de stad.
Bijzonder kunstwerk op de Kouter vind ik de vele bladeren die op de Kouter verspreid liggen. Het noemt “ The Mystic Leaves” van de Amerikaanse kunstenares Jessica Diamond. Die bladeren zijn een weergave de miniaturen, de bloemen en planten in het gazon van het middenpaneel op het Lam Gods. Diamond heeft de namen in het Gentse dialect op de bladeren gegraveerd. Het eerste blad werd gelegd in maart 1999, na de heraanleg van de Kouter, en het geheel werd ingehuldigd op 6 januari 2001
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