Sculpture pair "Ottifants - in Love - Anniversary Edition", bronze
Sculpture pair "Ottifants - in Love - Anniversary Edition", bronze
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ars mundi Anniversary Edition | limited, 980 copies | numbered | signed | hallmarked | certificate | bronze | chased | polished | patinated | size each 12 x 7 x 11 cm (h/w/d) | weight each approx. 0.9 kg
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Sculpture pair "Ottifants - in Love - Anniversary Edition", bronze
Exclusive ars mundi Anniversary Edition on the occasion of Otto Waalkes' 75th birthday.
Otto Waalkes is not only a comedian, singer and actor, he is also a gifted draughtsman and caricaturist (and incidentally a graduate of the Hochschule für bildende Künste in Hamburg). His best-known caricature is the Ottifant. Originally designed as the sign of his own record label "Rüssl Räckords", over time the pachyderm became more and more a trademark, indeed Otto's own drawn alter ego.
On the occasion of Otto's 75th birthday on 22.07.2023, we are pleased to offer you an exclusive Anniversary Edition of his popular Ottifant, limited to only 980 copies worldwide. This time, his Ottifant is only truly complete with his counterpart. Then these two reach out to kiss each other with their trunks erect and their lips pursed - an intimately turned towards each other, a simply adorable couple.
Two sculptures in fine bronze, cast using the Lost-Wax-Process, chiselled by hand, polished and patinated. Limited edition of 980 copies, numbered, signed and hallmarked with the foundry and ars mundi stamp. With numbered certificate of authenticity and limitation. Size 12 x 7 x 11 cm (h/w/d) each. Weight approx. 0,9 kg each. Exclusive ars mundi Anniversary Edition for Otto Waalkes' 75th birthday.
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany, [email protected]
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Super verpackt, schnelle Lieferung. Alles tipitopi!
Wie immer professionell, bin sehr zufrieden!
Love is in the air….
Welch ein tolles Symbol . Wunderschöne Bronzestatuen in hochqualitativer Ausführung.
Ein Muss für Otto-Fans:-)
About Otto Waalkes
He is the even more famous East Frisian than the East Frisian national drink the black tea with cream. He was already doing comedy when many celebrities of today's popular comedy scene were not even born. Otto Waalkes is the father figure of this genre in Germany.
Already in the 1970s and 1980s, Otto sold out huge venues, achieved unimaginable ratings with his legendary TV shows and was regularly represented in the top ten of the (music!) charts with his LP’s. His first movie in 1985 is still considered the most successful cinema movie in Germany since the beginning of audience recording. And if you were to line up his awards one after the other, it would probably result in a perceived distance between the biggest cities in his homeland East Frisia from Emden to Aurich. Already three times, he has received the German Comedy Award, including one for his life's work, when he was just 50 years old.
Otto's popularity has not waned to this day. He continues to tour with great success. Moreover, he has worked as an actor and dubbing artist on many major cinema hits in recent years and thus, has now conquered the third, if not fourth, generation of audiences.
Otto and the "Ottifant":
Not the Indian elephant, nor the African elephant, but the East Frisian elephant is probably the most popular in Germany. Since 1972, the Ottifant has accompanied Otto Waalkes' work. First as a logo for his record company, then as a caricature on his record covers and finally as a cartoon feature in his big TV shows. The Ottifant belongs to Otto like Otto belongs to East Frisia.
Over the course of time, the pachyderm has developed an amazing life of its own. It has become a comic figure, had its own TV series and a feature-length film, was the star of a video game and a series of computer games, and finally even the mascot of the East Frisian football club BSV Kickers in Otto's homeland of Emden. And when Otto set up the "Otto Huus" museum in 1987 in Emden, with exhibits from his long career, it was clear what kind of "art on a building" they had to install... Since then, a larger-than-life Ottifant, breaking through the brick museum wall to the outside and has been peering over the residents and tourists while they shop.
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.
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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.