A llama is a wondrous, funny animal, according to artist Herman Lamers. The llama he created was given more playful colours. The animal is bright red with white socks. When you sit on it, you can rock back and forth, just like on a rocking horse. Lamer: “Why is a rocking horse always a horse? A llama should be allowed to rock once in a while too, shouldn’t it?”
The Rotterdam‑based artist Herman Lamers always wonders why the things and the animals are the way they are, and whether it could be different. Many of his sculptures and installations are made for public space. With a cheerful absurdity, they respond to the place where they are situated, they invite to look in a new way. What Lamers creates fits Festival Tweetakt so well that this year he has a major presence in the exhibited artworks. Be sure to also take a look at the Neude. Lamers has shaped part of the Utrecht city square with various works, including his monumental Eyes Wide Open Church. And just around the corner, on the façade of Theater Kikker on the Ganzenmarkt, you can see a neon work by Lamers: an elephant balancing on a slack rope.
After his studies at the Minerva Academy in Groningen, Herman Lamers became a versatile artist. He is a sculptor, installation artist, photographer and draughtsman, and works with all kinds of materials: bronze, aluminium, neon, wood, textiles, plastics, clay and wire mesh. Lamers often collaborates with Yvo van der Vat under the name Lavart.
