Sculpture "King Salmon" (2019) (Original / Unique piece), wood on pedestal
Sculpture "King Salmon" (2019) (Original / Unique piece), wood on pedestal
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unique piece | signed | wood | size 45 x 30 x 25 (h/w/d) | pedestal: 100 x 40 x 20 (h/w/d) | weight approx. 5.5 kg
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Sculpture "King Salmon" (2019) (Original / Unique piece), wood on pedestal
The sculpture "King Salmon" was created as part of the series "The Last of Their Kind - Endangered Animals from Endangered Woods". The Northern German artist Marcus Meyer combines art with environmental consciousness to draw attention to the challenging issues of our time. The king salmon, captured in its writhing form, symbolises the consequences of human intervention on the marine ecosystem, particularly the overfishing of this once-wild species.
As an artist and reflective thinker, Marcus Meyer shapes not only wood but also consciousness. "King Salmon" becomes a commentary study on the relationship between humans and nature in our current Anthropocene era. The dynamic picture of the sculpture lends it the presence and urgency that the subject matter deserves. The notches in the sculpture symbolise the irretrievable but also the hope that aesthetics and art will endure the traces of the artist as an actor.
Sculpture made from Irish yew. Signed by hand. Size 45 x 30 x 25 (h/w/d). Base size 100 x 40 x 20 (h/w/d). Weight approx. 5.5 kg.
About Marcus Meyer
Marcus Meyer has been working as an artist and sculptor since 1993. During this period, he participated in numerous art exhibitions and installations (Industralized Being - Simone Menne Gallerie, Polar Bear - Kiel, Teile von Gegenwart - Kronshagen).
His sculptural studies primarily focus on the themes of humanity and nature. As a visionary, he assembles a wooden blank from many individual pieces, from which he then carves out the expressive form of the subject through sculptural activity.
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.