Sculpture "Little Flower" (2006), bronze
Sculpture "Little Flower" (2006), bronze
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limited, 12 copies | numbered | signed | dated | bronze | size 37 x 14 x 17 cm (h x w x d)
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Sculpture "Little Flower" (2006), bronze
Bronze sculpture, 2006. Edition of 12 copies, numbered, signed and dated by hand. Height 37 cm, width 14, depth 17 cm.
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany, [email protected]
About Jonny Star
The artist and curator Jonny Star (born 1964) lives and works in Berlin. In the 1980s, she became part of the West Berlin subculture. Star found her way to visual arts via studies in psychology at the TU Berlin, extended stays abroad, running a cult bar, fashion and farming. Star's works have been exhibited internationally since 1996.
In her artistic work, Star poses the question of why individuals and society need art. She examines the relationship between art and everyday life and how our society is aware of the necessity of art. Star explores the meaning and purpose of her existence as an artist. She investigates the reality of her work and life as a woman in a patriarchal society, its gender roles and fixed definitions, and develops humorous and effective strategies for overcoming them.
Star's biographical experiences and everyday observations serve as the starting point for her works. In her space-related installations, associative sculptures made of bronze, fabric objects, collages and photographs combine to form spatial allegories that make private mythology tangible. Since 1996, Jonny Star has initiated a wide variety of art projects in Berlin, and since 2013 SUPERUSCHI has served as a platform for her current curatorial activities.
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.