Ter Avest is willing to try everything. He is open to techniques and curious about new practises he can use in his work. The aluminium car and the phosphor screen print are two extreme examples of this. Sometimes he chooses to clearly demonstrate the technique in the work itself. In the aluminium car, he lets the sprues (needed for casting) become a part of the sculpture. These are attached to the car almost like "super exhausts". The amorphously cast shape with sprues turn the car into a new and attractive image. Ter Avest steals over the viewer with this sophisticated and pleasant movement to eventually strike and surprise him or her, or rather, put them to the test.
In 2017, Alphons created a beautiful fence especially for our building on Weverstraat. Inspired by the old fence dating from 1904, he used a combination of new and traditional techniques to create a wonderful addition. References to works from our collection that are ‘pricks on the barbed wire’. The heavy, majestic gate is monumental yet tongue-in-cheek, just like the small side gate, cast in aluminium as a replica of an iconic swing gate.
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Alphons ter Avest (Hengelo, 1960) works in Arnhem.
