Sculpture "The Energy Black" (2018), bronze
Sculpture "The Energy Black" (2018), bronze
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limited, 999 copies | signed | certificate | bronze | chiselled | polished | patinated | size 24 x 53 x 18 cm (h/w/d) | weight 5.2 kg
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Sculpture "The Energy Black" (2018), bronze
Sculpture in fine bronze, cast in Lost-Wax-Process, chiselled by hand, polished and patinated dark brown. Limited edition of 999 copies, signed. With certificate. Size 24 x 53 x 18 cm (h/w/d). Weight 5.2 kg.
Hersteller: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hannover, Deutschland E-Mail: info@arsmundi.de
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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.
When casting bronze, the artist usually applies the lost-wax technique which is dating back more than 5000 years. It's the best, but also the most complex method of producing sculptures.
First, the artist forms a model of his sculpture. It is embedded in a liquid silicone rubber mass. Once the material has solidified, the model is cut out. The liquid wax is 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, whereby the wax flows out (lost mould).
Now we finally have the negative form, into which the 1400° C hot molten bronze is poured. After the bronze had cooled down, the ceramic shell is broken off and the sculpture is revealed.
Now the sprues are removed, the surfaces are polished, patinated and numbered by the artist himself or, to his specifications, by a specialist. Thus, each casting becomes 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 complex lost-wax technique in terms of surface characteristics and quality.
Term for an art object (sculpture, installation), which is produced in multiple copies in a limited and numbered edition according to the artist‘s will.
Artist's multiples have been called the most accessible and affordable art on the market.
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.