Sculpture "Big Step" (2014), bronze New
Sculpture "Big Step" (2014), bronze New
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ars mundi Exclusive Edition | limited, 24 copies | numbered | signature | hallmarked | certificate | bronze | chiselled | polished | patinated | total size 11 x 26 x 4.5 cm (h/w/d) | weight approx. 1.4 kg
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Sculpture "Big Step" (2014), bronze
Bronze sculpture, cast using the Lost-Wax-Process, chiselled, polished and patinated by hand. Limited edition of 24 copies, numbered, signed and bearing the foundry mark. With numbered certificate of authenticity and limitation. Size incl. pedestal 11 x 26 x 4.5 cm (h/w/d). Weight approx. 1.4 kg. ars mundi Exclusive Edition.
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany Email: info@arsmundi.de
About Alexander Heil
Alexander Heil, born in 1970 in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, award winner of the Wilfried Koch Foundation, is represented at national and international exhibitions. The artist lives and works in Berlin and the wildest valley of Italian-speaking Switzerland. He draws his inspiration from this area of tension and thus creates his powerful sculptures.
The core themes of his work are movement and transience. With his abstracted figures, he represents the moment of individual points of existence in their essence. His abstract works always contain a pulsating movement within themselves, and at the same time, reflect processes of transience.
The haptics of the material and the optical alienation of the surfaces play an essential role in his works. Thus, bronze appears like wood, and wood seems like metal; the special patination of the wood is the result of a lengthy process that the artist keeps a secret.
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.
Graphic or sculpture edition that was initiated by ars mundi and is available only at ars mundi or at distribution partners licensed by ars mundi.
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.