In Memoriam

'In Memoriam' is an abstract artwork in Belgian blue stone by Brussels artist Renato Nicolodi. It's an ode to memories. Nicolodi seeks to evoke a universal sacrality in his work. His sculptures and paintings imagine spaces with corridors and stairs leading to closed-off passage-ways. Light and shade draw the gaze of the spectator to the inside of the construction, which remains invisible.

The artist creates monuments, relics, shrines that conserve both the memory and the thought of the maker as well as those of the spectator. Nicolodi’s sculptures and paintings form mental beacons for people who live in an age where society has gone in overdrive; in a time where everything is questioned: science, technology, nature, culture and the position of man within all of this. The works are visual anchors that invite the spectator to meditate and reflect. They form the physical and mental access points through which the spectator can meander through his or her own mental space.

The city of Tongeren bought 'In Memoriam' the context of the exhibition project 'The 9th month'. The 9th month is a long-term project in which the city periodically purchases a relevant contemporary work of art and places it in the public space since 2012. The construction can be viewed for free at Pliniuspark in Tongeren.