Grow up

Nick Hullegie’s sculptures are poetic, precise, and often surreal. This surreal character is less a result of the surprising combination of completely different objects, as it is a product of the gradual metamorphosis that seems to emerge logically through the strange relationship that is formed between them. This is also the case with his sculpture Grow Up, which is located on the banks of the Aa and depicts a swimming pool ladder transforming into a tree. Initially, the predominant features appear to be the differences in form and subject matter, which may represent the differences between nature and culture; however, the uniform white color turns the sculpture into a single entity that an imagined creature can use to climb out of the Aa on one side and climb down a tree on the other.