Sculpture "Europa" (1992), bonded bronze version
Sculpture "Europa" (1992), bonded bronze version
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limited, 199 copies | numbered | signed | bonded bronze | size 50.5 x 18.5 cm
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Sculpture "Europa" (1992), bonded bronze version
Delicate eroticism of classical modernism: Hohberger's sculpture Europa, which he created in 1992, is of an open and liberating sensuality. Europa is the symbol of the feminine, not the ephemeral beauty of youth, but the eternal incentive for the man to rise to the occasion. It is the moment before the abduction: oblivious and completely relaxed, this female nude by Peter Hohberger enraptures everyone who sees it. We sense what moved Zeus when he abducted Europa disguised as a bull.
Edition in bonded bronze. Polymer cast, cast by hand, with bronze patina. Limited edition 199 copies, numbered and signed. Format 50.5 x 18.5 cm.
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany, [email protected]
About Peter Hohberger
Born in 1939, former actor, now sculptor and painter
The sculptor Peter Hohberger, born in Silesia on 12 November 1939, was already involved in drawing and modelling as a child. After a successful career as an actor, he has devoted himself to painting and the fine arts for many years. He sees himself quite consciously as a sculptor in the classical sense.
His basic aesthetic understanding is influenced by nature. The beauty of the human body is what fascinates him and which he translates into his nudes and portrait busts unaffected by modernisms. His role models are the masters of ancient Greece, Auguste Rodin and above all Arno Breker, who instructed him personally. He has learned from all of them, and not only in the accuracy with which he knows how to depict the beauty of the female body.
Hohberger says: "Art that enriches life and makes people happy outlasts any kind of so-called zeitgeist".
Bronze powder is polymer-bonded. Special polishing and patination techniques give the surface of the casting an appearance similar to the authentic bronze.
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.