Sculpture "Two Heads", bronze version
Sculpture "Two Heads", bronze version
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limited, 300 copies | bronze | numbered | signed | size 29 x 13 x 15 cm (h/w/d)
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Sculpture "Two Heads", bronze version
The artist, who was born in 1945 in Eben, Austria, has travelled from New York to South America and Asia. Before working as a freelance sculptor, he restored the large free sculptures in Vienna's Belvedere and Schönbrunn palaces. Through his exhibitions of sculptures, etchings, pastels and drawings in Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich, Bologna, Milan, Paris, Geneva and Vienna, he has found many friends of his work throughout Europe.
His "double-headed" sculpture, whose smooth, rounded surface tempts the viewer to touch it, is reminiscent of the Roman god Janus, who was originally regarded as the guardian of the door. That is why he is depicted with a double face looking inwards and outwards. He became the god of the beginning and the end. The first month of the year, January is named after him. Total height 29 cm; length 15 cm, width 13 cm. Limited, numbered and signed. Edition in bronze. Edition of 300 copies.
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About Günther Stimpfl
Günther Stimpfl's rise to the art elite began in Vienna. There he was a master student of Fritz Wotruba and Joannis Avramidis at the Academy of Fine Arts between 1964 and 1972. From 1972 to 1984, he attracted attention with designs for mobile wind and water objects. Since 1985, Günther Stimpfl has been working as a freelance sculptor.
His static-figurative large and small sculptures, which have attracted great attention in exhibitions in the art centres of Europe, are today highlights of important public and private collections.
Günther Stimpfl reflects the human need to express its spiritual world with visible symbols through sculptures that are modern and archaic. The weightless elegance of his impressive works of art – like the idols of lost cultures – stimulates the mind and imagination and fulfils the human longing for beauty that transcends time.
An alloy of copper with other metals (especially with tin) used since ancient times. It is an ideal metal for high-quality artistic castings, capable of enduring for millennia.
When casting bronze, the artist usually applies the lost-wax technique which is dating back more than 5000 years. This is the best, but also the most complex method of producing sculptures.
First, the artist forms a model of their work. This model is embedded in a liquid silicone rubber mass. Once the material has solidified, the model is cut out, leaving a negative mould. Liquid wax is then poured into the negative mould. After cooling down, the wax cast is removed from the mould, provided with sprues and dipped into ceramic mass. The ceramic mass is hardened in a kiln, where the wax melts away (lost mould).
Finally, the negative mould is ready, into which the 1400° C hot molten bronze is poured. After the bronze had cooled down, the ceramic shell is broken apart, reavoling the sculpture.
Next, the sprues are removed, the surfaces are polished, patinated and numbered by the artist or by a specialist, following their instructions. Thus, each casting is an original work.
For lower-quality bronze castings, the sand casting method is often used, which, however, does not achieve the results of a more elaborate lost-wax technique in terms of surface characteristics and quality.
Sculptural representation of a person's head and shoulders.
Term for an art object (sculpture, installation) that, according to the artist’s intention, is produced in multiple copies within a limited and numbered edition.
Multiples enable the "democratization" of art by making the work accessible and affordable for a wider audience.
A plastic work of sculptural art made of wood, stone, ivory, bronze or other metals.
While sculptures made of wood, ivory, or stone are carved directly from the material block, in bronze casting, a working model is prepared at first. Usually, it is made of clay or other easily mouldable materials.
The prime time of sculpture after the Greek and Roman antiquity was the Renaissance. Impressionism gave a new impulse to the sculptural arts. Contemporary artists such as Jorg Immendorf, Andora, and Markus Lupertz also enriched sculptures with outstanding works.