Sculpture "Artus", bronze on wood
Sculpture "Artus", bronze on wood
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limited, 75 copies | numbered | signed | certificate | bronze + wood | patinated | total size 41 x 24 x 14 cm (h/w/d) | weight approx. 3 kg
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Sculpture "Artus", bronze on wood
Sculpture in fine bronze, patinated, cast by hand using the Lost-Wax-Process. Includes black oak base. Limited edition of 75 copies, numbered and signed, with certificate. Size of sculpture including pedestal 41 x 24 x 14 cm (h/w/d). Size of pedestal 16 x 9 x 9 cm (h/w/d). Weight approx. 3 kg.
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany, [email protected]
About Guy Buseyne
Guy Buseyne, born in 1961, has already worked as a graphic artist, furniture designer, and restorer before devoting himself to visual arts.
The Belgian focuses on people in his work. In his expressive sculptures, the artist explores the question of what makes people humane. He skilfully translates aspects such as community, trust, and conflict into sculptural scenes. Buseyne designs his figures in a very minimalist way, sometimes pushing the boundaries of abstraction. But it is precisely this reduced artistic form concept that lends his bronze sculptures great power and a universal symbolism that can easily be applied to many situations in one's own life.
His contemporary sculptures can be found, among other places, in "Ekeberg Park", a large sculpture park near Oslo.
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.