All Along the Watchtower by Ton Kalle from the Netherlands. Granite, 2014
“Stone needs to talk. If you want to hear this you need simplicity, quiet and silence. These three elements are always in my work.” -Ton Kalle
Old Town
Artist Statement
Stone needs to talk. If you want to hear this you need simplicity, quiet and silence. These three elements are always in my work.
The sculpture is a firehouse or a kind of watchtower. The title is named after a song of Jimmy Hendrix written by Bob Dylan. I have given this title because of the very pure feelings and elements it has both in nature of the river and the song. Beside the title you will feel native feelings and attraction.
Artist Biography
The work of Ton Kalle is strongly bound to nature. Stone is the medium, and the stone is respected. Simplicity, silence and tranquility are meditative factors. References to primal strengths and the power of nature rise intuitively to the surface.
Born 2312-1955
Terneuzen, The Netherlands
Academy ABV Amersfoort, NL, 1982