Sculpture "Lovers", cast wood finish
Sculpture "Lovers", cast wood finish
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limited, 199 copies | numbered | signed | cast | partly hand-painted | size 28 x 51 x 13 cm (w/h/d) | weight approx. 4.5 kg
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Sculpture "Lovers", cast wood finish
Michael Pickl creates sculptures of entirely contemporary men and women as we might encounter them every day on the street, portraying them in moments of relaxation and happiness. No wood is too crooked for the artist not to create a human being, a very modern one at that.
"We Belong Together", this double figure clearly expresses. In this case, it has an even deeper, artisanal meaning: Pickl carved his sculpture out of a single block of wood. Polymer cast in wood finish, partly painted by hand. Limited edition 199 copies, signed and numbered. Size 28 x 51 x 13 cm (w/h/d), weight approx. 4.5 kg.
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About Michael Pickl
Born in 1971, sculptor
The philosopher Immanuel Kant from Königsberg, Germany, once wrote that man is carved out of such crooked wood that nothing straight can be fashioned. The sculptor Michael Pickl (born 1971) from Kastl, Germany, proves quite unmetaphorically that is not true: no wood is too crooked for him not to create a human being, a very modern one at that.
With a coarse carving iron and the finest of knives, Pickl creates sculptures of utterly contemporary men and women, such as we might encounter on the street every day, and portrays them in moments of relaxation and happiness.
With his wooden sculptures, which clearly show the traces of workmanship and yet are filigree and colourfully painted, the graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg has already been represented at numerous exhibitions, including several times at the Neue Kunstsalon in the Haus der Kunst in Munich.
Collective term for all casting processes that ars mundi carries out with the help of specialised art foundries.
Stone casting
Similar to artificial marble, with the difference that the substitute stone in powder form is used instead of marble powder.
Bonded Bronze (Cold-Cast-Bronze)
Bronze powder is polymer-bonded. Special polishing and patination techniques give the surface of the casting an appearance similar to the bronze.
Imitation Wood
In order to guarantee absolute fidelity to the original, an artificially manufactured imitation wood is used as a base material that features typical wood characteristics: density, workability, colour and surface structure.
Ceramic Mould Casting
Ceramic mould casting usually requires the use of casting clay, which is then fired and optionally glazed. Instead of the usual rubber moulds, plaster moulds are often used in ceramic casting and porcelain production.
Cast Bronze (Lost-Wax Casting)
For the cast bronze, the thousand-year-old lost-wax technique is used. It's the best, but also the most complex method of producing sculptures.
Term for an art object (sculpture, installation), which is produced in multiple copies in a limited and numbered edition according to the artist‘s will.
Artist's multiples have been called the most accessible and affordable art on the market.
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.