This work of art by Erik Heide was set up in 2006.

Six dark pillars circle four dark rectangular pools with water. You immediately think of classic ruins, since the pillars stand completely naked, without capital and roof construction.

Abandoned, destroyed architecture. But the pillars are all equal in size and bear no remnants of a former capital.
It is as if the pillars have been corrected and polished.
 

Tight lines run from the work of art and onto the main building at Gimsinghoved Art – and Culture Centre. Everything is done with the geometric rules about balance in mind.

The eye finds comfort in this universe of homogenous elements organised in straight lines. However, two specific elements break the silence. One is the snail made of stone on one of the pillars.

Opposed to the straight angles, the snail is a massive contrast with its round shapes and spiral pattern on the house on the snail’s back. Colour wise it is also warmer than the grey pillars. The snail’s form and cave-like house can symbolise the female sex.

Another element also stands out. An abstract formation which lies on one of the pillars. With its disordered, crumpled structure, the element presents another challenge to the otherwise straight lines.

In the work of art lies an interaction between that, which is rationally created, and nature’s disarray.

Copyright Struer Museum