Sculpture "Lisa" (2023) (Original / Unique piece), wood on stele
Sculpture "Lisa" (2023) (Original / Unique piece), wood on stele
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unique piece | signed | wood | whitewashed | partly painted | stainless steel | total height 160 cm | stele: weight approx. 9 kg
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Sculpture "Lisa" (2023) (Original / Unique piece), wood on stele
A strong, self-confident female figure, who faces the world at eye level, not only because of the pillar on which she stands.
Sculpture carved from fine-grained mountain spruce wood, whitewashed and partially coloured. Hand-signed. Height of the figure ca. 40 cm. Total height 160 cm. On stainless steel plate 30 x 30 cm (w/d). Weight of the stele approx. 9 kg.
About Luis Höger
Luis Höger (born in 1946), a graduate of the Munich Art Academy and winner of the European Design Award for Wood Sculptors, presents his work in numerous exhibitions and public spaces. Therefore, he is an entirely contemporary artist. And yet, like many "adepts of wood", he stands on solid ground in terms of his craft. Höger is in demand as a restorer of centuries-old carvings, and whenever he finds the time, he devotes himself to producing traditional masks.
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.
A one-of-a-kind or unique piece is a work of art that has been personally created by the artist. It exists only once due to the type of production (oil painting, watercolours, drawing, etc.).
In addition to the classic unique pieces, there exist 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 type 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.
In the history of arts, the starting point of this trend was the work "Les Meules" (1890/1891) by Claude Monet, in which 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.