The garden of sculptures from World Art Delft (WAD) glorifies for the first time in 2010 during a major exhibition of sculptures, the first edition of WAD Sculptures. Sculptors from home and abroad got their own beautiful location for their sculptures, installations and land art. It has even resulted in the purchase of “Stalks in the Morninglight’ of Roel Teeuwen by the Circle of Friends of World Art Delft. The blue stalks stay permanently with pride alongside the lake as a beacon for the white swan who lives there.
The great interest, and thus the success, has led to a second edition. Besides big sculptures of granite and steel, there are smaller ones of ceramic, bronze and wood. And of course no such exhibition should be without land art. The Belgian sculptor Marc de Roover will realize his draft of an igloo within a piece of landscape of World Art Delft. The vocabulary of his environmental work is simple and limited, nevertheless rich and dynamic.

This second edition of WAD Sculptures is again an overture to the large-scale plan of Land Art Delft. This project has arisen from a cooperation of World Art Delft and the University of Technology of Delft. Land Art Delft recognizes in its mission ‘an aim at symbiosis between man, art and nature in the beautiful countryside of moors and meadows between Delft and Rotterdam.’  This plan is based on a new environmental vision for this area. It gives a concrete shape to ideas that still alive to tackle completely the Midden-Delfland area and transform it into a place for preserving the open landscape. This should create a landscape in which art of international stature is involved and which gets a great asset to the urban agglomeration. This spot should be put on the map and should be open to a wide audience. And youngsters will get their attention too, so they can participate in an active way. In short, Land Art Delft makes the blank scenery more beautiful.
World Art Delft is part of the steering committee, remains involved in the development of the plan and monitors the quality of embedding the culture park to its surroundings.

WAD Sculptures II is once again a breeding ground for the long term to fulfill the above ideals. Nature facilitates the arts, thus creating a dialogue with nature.

Paula Kouwenhoven
director and curator of World Art Delft