Hundertwasser Spirals

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Friedensreich Hundertwasser was an artist who made Whangarei, New Zealand, his home. He was born on 15 December, 1928 in Vienna, Austria.  He was 11 years old when the WWII began.  At the end of the war he saw his city streets bombed and destroyed.  But he looked carefully in the potholes and bomb craters and found new life starting to emerge.  Soon grass began to grow out of the cracks and delicate shoots of plants, bushes and trees. For him, this was a sign that war was over and it was a time for peace, things could be rebuilt. A love of nature was important to him throughout his life.   

“In nature there are no straight 

lines drawn with a ruler”, 

Friedensreich Hundertwasser didn’t

like straight lines, but he was fascinated by spirals.  

He painted them all his life.  He saw them as a symbol of life and nature.   

We looked closely at his Silver Spiral painting, we talked about the bold colours he used and how the spiral lines went on and on forever.  We thought about where he had added the silver paper and the reflections it made.  We then planned our work.

Friedenscreich Hundertwasser designed and created the Kawakawa public toilets, a great place to visit!  Not a straight line in sight!

We hope you enjoy the Silver Spirals we have created.
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Silver Spirals by Room 16 on PhotoPeach