Portrait

“Within the garden of the Moco Museum in Amsterdam we find ‘Portrait’ – a piece as a gift from visitors of Amsterdam for the people of the city. At the museum shop you can acquire a reflective pin that represents your wishes. After your visit to the museum, place your wish pin into the sculpture. The full Portrait sculptures will be placed around the city in beautiful locations. A new Portrait will be placed at the garden of the Moco museum to be filled with new wishes.

Set atop a marble base, its gold finished copper wish pin is engraved to remind us of our eternal ambitions and of our belief that anything is possible. These eggs connect us as they reflect our wishes. This organic cork icon is thus designed with an interactive aspect in mind.
The sculpture represents the things residents and visitors to the city want for themselves in life. Gazing afar, the faces within the egg sculpture summon people’s enduring desire for their dreams to become reality.
Both of these large pieces stand out among the many featured in the museum’s garden representing each visitor’s personal and collective nostalgic past and aspirations for the future”-Marcel Wanders

Copyright design, photo’s, text @ Marcel Wanders