Pot Bellied - Horns of Plenty.
A new set of eight “sopra-portes” or over-door paintings for the entrance hall of a mid 18th c. Louis XV style Amsterdam monument.
A house with its history deeply rooted in the city’s seafaring and colonial past.
"Horns of Plenty" ( the provisional title of the work ) is currently being executed in the Amsterdam Studio. Expected installation; spring '24.
A series of trompe-l’oeil painted, oversized Delftware vases to be installed in the original Rococo cartouches. Each vase representing a specific area connected to Dutch maritime and colonial history. And each taken over by a mix of indigenous and endemic animals, munching away on the fruits in these domed niches.
Together these plants and animals allow a wide array of complex stories to be told.
Discovery .. Trade .. exchange.. inspiration .. extraction.. migration .. expulsion... extinction.. etc.
![<p>Visual study / design collage <p>.](https://peterkorver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/WEB-Study-for-a-Rococo-entrance-4-Peter-Korver-Cape-good-Hope.jpg)
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![Work in Progress on the \"Java\" Panel<p>Currently being executed.<p>.](https://peterkorver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Work-in-Progress-KG-322-WEB.jpg)
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![Work in Progress on the \"Java\" Panel<p>Currently being executed<p>(Detail) <p>.](https://peterkorver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Work-in-Progress-KG-322-WEB-2.jpg)
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![Work in Progress on the \"Cape Good Hope\" Panel<p>Currently being executed.<p>.](https://peterkorver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Keizersgracht-322-work-in-progress-web-1-1.jpg)
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![Temporary test installation<p> of the \"Cape Good Hope\" Panel<p>Currently being executed.<p>.](https://peterkorver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Keizersgracht-322-work-in-progress-2-web-1-1.jpg)
of the "Cape Good Hope" Panel
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![Temporary test installation<p> of the \"Cape Good Hope\" Panel<p>Currently being executed.<p>.](https://peterkorver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Keizersgracht-322-work-in-progress-3-web-1-1.jpg)
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![Suriname<p>Visual study / design collage <p>.](https://peterkorver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/WEB-Study-for-a-Rococo-entrance-2-Peter-Korver-Suriname.jpg)
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![Banda - Ternate<p>Visual study / design collage <p>.](https://peterkorver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/WEB-Study-for-a-Rococo-entrance-1-Peter-Korver-Banda-Ternate.jpg)
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![Curacao<p>Visual study / design collage <p>.](https://peterkorver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/WEB-Study-for-a-Rococo-entrance-7-Peter-Korver-Curacao.jpg)
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![Ceylon<p>Visual study / design collage <p>.](https://peterkorver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/WEB-Study-for-a-Rococo-entrance-5-Peter-Korver-Ceylon.jpg)
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![Japan<p>Visual study / design collage <p>.](https://peterkorver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/WEB-Study-for-a-Rococo-entrance-6-Peter-Korver-Japan.jpg)
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![A Keizersgracht canalhouse with its Louis XV facade<p>.](https://peterkorver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Work-in-Progress-KG-322-WEB-4-.jpg)
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![Study for species index plaquettes<p>.](https://peterkorver.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Silhouette-Index-Keizersgracht-322-WEB-.jpg)
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