He doesn't look really happy and healthy, the figure carrying coal to As, the first coal drilling location in Limburg (1901). Or is that just an impression? Artist Ludoo Boonen …

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May 27, 2023

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the artist Boonen puts together an elongated, curved figure that transports coal to As, the first drilling site (1901) in Limburg. The face is hollow, open. Unfilled. This work testifies to the metaphor of the beginning (As*) and end (As*) of the Limburg mining event as well as the contrast between the transience of life, the metamorphosis that man and material go through.

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November 8, 2024

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The sculpture "From coal to ashes", by Ludo Boonen, symbolises the bond between Leut and the former coal mine of Eisden.

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Location: Maasmechelen, Tongeren, South Limburg, Flanders, Belgium

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