Artwork Accidentally Thrown Away on Kampen Schoolyard: 'Pure Disinterest'

A work of art on a schoolyard in Kampen was accidentally taken and destroyed last week. The minimalist art object was removed during renovation work, because the contractor and school management thought it was an old piece of playground equipment. Artist Bert Meinen (79) finds it incomprehensible. "It hurts," he says. The work of art, a large, colored, plastic ball on a steel pole, stood on the schoolyard of a primary school in Kampen for decade…

SocialIn Kampen, ART has been destroyed. The work stood on a schoolyard and was mistaken for an old playground equipment by the school management. According to the 79-year-old artist, Bert Meinen, it was a 'minimalist art object'. And how minimalist the art was, we will describe it as artistically as possible for you after the colon: it was a blue-yellow ball on a pole. Yes, try imagining that. Well, that's what Bert got, who is not at all happy…