Droomhuis, 2002

Maria Roosen's (1957, The Netherlands) 'Droomhuis' is made up of a number of free global forms on which the rough outlines of windows and doors have been applied. Encased in gold leaf, precious and pure, and as gently suggested by the title, this sculpture bears the idea of the ideal house: the bode of bliss. Roosen's work, which rose to prominence largely for her sensual glass sculptures, is sometimes described as a plea for the imagination in our world dominated by facts and practical usefulness.