Wall sculpture "#2320" (2020) (Original / Unique piece), wood
Wall sculpture "#2320" (2020) (Original / Unique piece), wood
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unique piece | burning brand | punched factory number | wood | acrylic paint | size 43 x 30 x 5 cm (h/w/d) | weight 2.5 kg | suspension device
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Wall sculpture "#2320" (2020) (Original / Unique piece), wood
Sculpture made of lime wood, accentuated with acrylic paint. With a burning brand of the artist on the side as well as punched factory number. Suspension device on the back. Size 43 x 30 x 5 cm (h/w/d). Weight 2,5 kg.
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany Email: info@arsmundi.de
About Fabian Ewert
Fabian Ewert, a graphic designer, and trained carpenter who grew up in South Africa, makes wall sculptures out of wood using classical sculpting tools. The mainly rectangular sculptures, which are also accentuated with acrylic paint, have a very pictorial appearance. When looking at his works, one may ask: "Is this still a sculpture, or is it already a painting?"
He is always driven by creative restlessness and explores abstract ideas and thoughts. In search of that special something, he reaches for a soulful depth that is captured within the crafting process. The physical contact with the wood, the working into the material with hand tools in a subtractive process and the intuitive dialogue with the natural material are decisive production-aesthetic aspects in Fabian Ewert's art.
A unique feature of the wall sculptures is the subtle but effective variability in their appearance, caused by different light influences and the corresponding formation of shadows.
The works bear no titles in order to allow the viewer free and uninfluenced access without unnecessarily steering him in a predetermined direction. Only the year and serial number identify the individual works.
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.
A one-of-a-kind or unique piece is a work of art personally created by the artist. It exists only once due to the type of production (oil painting, watercolour, drawing, lost-wax sculpture etc.).
In addition to the classic unique pieces, there are also 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 genre 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.
The historical starting point is considered to be Claude Monet's "Les Meules" (1890/1891), where, 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.