Sculpture "Heart at ease" (2013), bronze
Sculpture "Heart at ease" (2013), bronze
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limited, 999 copies | signed | bronze | patinated | size 26 x 23 x 21 cm (h/w/d) | weight 3.5 kg
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Sculpture "Heart at ease" (2013), bronze
Sculpture made of bronze, hand-patinated in colour, cast using the Lost-Wax-Process. Limited edition 999 copies, signed. Size 26 x 23 x 21 cm (h/w/d). Weight 3.5 kg.
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany, [email protected]
About Chen Jinqing
The Chinese sculptor Chen Jinqing creates an atmosphere full of emotion and spirituality in his works. His figurative, finely crafted bronze sculptures are characterised by a very poetic formal language and a great symbolic and philosophical sense.
Chen Jinqing crafts figurative motifs such as people, as well as animals or elements from nature like trees or fruit. Even though he varies in his choice of motifs, all his works focus on the connection to nature and the purity and genuineness of the human soul. Therefore, Chen Jinqing often finds inspiration in childhood. He tries to recall childlike cheerfulness, light-heartedness and fantasy, which are fading while becoming adults.
Chen Jinqing, born in 1982 in Quanzhou, China, lives and works in Beijing. He exhibited his first works in his early 20s, since then he has held regular solo and group exhibitions and is represented in numerous collections across Asia as well as in Europe and the USA.
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.
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.