Els Vermandere

Roughness, kneaded into tenderness.

Hardness, cleaved to peace. Stone, polished into poetry.

Els Vermandere's sculptures leave no one unmoved.

As if they were singing to the rhythm of deeper strings,

As if they dance to the rhythm of a greater song,

They gently invite to dwell in what really touches us,

to wake up to what we carry in our hearts that is precious,

to see what struggles within us for questions,

to remember what will not be forgotten,

to dream what always wants to be dreamed,

to seek what each generation has always sought: 

tenderness , PEACE.

Text: Bieke Vandekerckhove