Het Orakel by Atelier Van Lieshout

On May 5th, visitors to Amsterdam’s Dam square witnessed an oversized head take full advantage of the Netherland’s Freedom of Speech laws. A 4m tall sculpture dubbed ‘Het Orakel’, meaning ‘The Oracle’, spewed unfiltered and raw statemen
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