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| De Verwoeste Stad – Art at heart - Rotterdam |
"What is the meaning of this image? Or, rather what are the meanings? […] The figure represents the city. And the first dominant theme is that of the city being ravaged, razed. The hands and the head cry out against the sky from which the man-aimed bombs fall. […] The torso of the man is ripped open and his heart is destroyed. […] The legs give at the knees. The whole figure is about to fall.
The second theme is very different. This is also a figure of aspiration and advance. The heart is ripped out, but the arms and hands are not only held high in anguish and a vain attempt to hold off, they also raise and lift. The legs not only give at the knees, they also bend because they are steady. And from every direction as you walk round this figure, the step appears to be forwards. The figure has no back – and so cannot retreat. It advances in every direction (and do not think I’m now talking metaphorically; I am being quite literal."
John Berge (1960)
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