Sculpture "Breeze", bronze
Sculpture "Breeze", bronze
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limited, 2.999 copies | numbered | signed | bronze | patinated | height 26 cm
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Sculpture "Breeze", bronze
Like an Art Nouveau nymph, Vidal's graceful beauty basks dreamily in the first spring sunshine... Fine bronze, patinated by hand. Limited edition of 2,999 copies, numbered and signed. Height 26 cm.
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany Email: info@arsmundi.de

About Manel Vidal
Manuel Vidal was born in 1953 in Spain. Already as a child, the artist showed a great interest in sculptural work and sculpture. However, as he could not count on family support, he applied his artistic skills in the textile industry. When in 1981, the art school "Escuela de Artes y Oficios" was founded in his hometown of La Pobla de Claramunt, he took over the position of the headmaster there. After a few years, he gave up this position in order to devote himself entirely to his sculptural work.
He created sculptures that showed a clear tendency towards the figurative in dynamic – almost dance-like movement. In his thematic world, the human is the centre of a constantly renewing creation. Like the great masters of Greek antiquity, he is always in search of the truth and the origin of human existence. He breaks up the primary rock and shapes it into sculptures of unique beauty and expressiveness.
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.
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.