Wall object "Criss Cross, 6 x 6 (Winter)" (2019) (Unique piece)
Wall object "Criss Cross, 6 x 6 (Winter)" (2019) (Unique piece)
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unique piece | neon systems, wood and paint | size 114 x 78 x 15 cm (h x w x d)
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Wall object "Criss Cross, 6 x 6 (Winter)" (2019) (Unique piece)
Neon systems, wood and paint, 2019. Height: 114 cm. Width: 78 cm. Depth: 15 cm.
About Albert Hien
Albert Hien (born in 1956 in Munich, Germany) creates light objects that sometimes seriously and at other times ironically question and comment on the contemporary state of our world. The artist took part in documenta 7 and 8, and since 2001 he is a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.
His works have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the Kunstmuseum Celle. They are also part of public collections such as the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp and the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus & Kunstbau, Munich.
A plastic work of sculptural art made of wood, stone, ivory, bronze or other metals.
While sculptures from wood, ivory or stone are made directly from the block of material, 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.
A one-of-a-kind or unique piece is a work of art that has been personally created by the artist. It exists only once due to the type of production (oil painting, watercolours, drawing, etc.).
In addition to the classic unique pieces, there exist the so-called "serial unique pieces". They present a series of works with the same colour, motif and technique, manually prepared by the same artist. The serial unique pieces are rooted in "serial art", a type of modern art, that aims to create an aesthetic effect through series, repetitions and variations of the same objects or themes or a system of constant and variable elements or principles.
In the history of arts, the starting point of this trend was the work "Les Meules" (1890/1891) by Claude Monet, in which for the first time a series was created that went beyond a mere group of works. The other artists, who addressed to the serial art, include Claude Monet, Piet Mondrian and above all Gerhard Richter.