Valerie Otte:
Sculpture "Thinking of You", version bronze golden
Valerie Otte:
Sculpture "Thinking of You", version bronze golden

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ars mundi Exclusive Edition | limited, 49 copies | numbered | signed | certificate | bronze | chased | polished | patinated | size 22.5 x 26 x 10.5 cm (h/w/d) | weight approx. 2.4 kg

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Sculpture "Thinking of You", version bronze golden
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Sculpture "Thinking of You", version bronze golden

Valerie Otte's bronze figures are rarely portraits but rather sensitive character studies. The figures do not pose but instead, enable the viewer to look at people to whom we involuntarily ascribe an emotional inner life.
Otte's figures are entirely at peace with themselves so that the viewers believe they are witnessing an intimate moment. At the same time, they are "present in the world", which is particularly evident in her work "Thinking of You": The young woman sits on a chair, lost in thought - perhaps in her quiet flat, perhaps in a busy café - and gazes pensively at her phone. Maybe she is still hesitating to call a dear person, who she is missing, possibly even looking at a photo of them. Without a doubt, however, her thoughts are connected to the outside world. Valerie Otte allows the viewer to have a deep insight into the world of her protagonist's thoughts.

Fine bronze sculpture, cast using Lost-Wax-Process, chiselled by hand, polished and gold patinated. Limited edition of 49 copies, individually numbered and signed. With numbered certificate of authenticity and limitation. Size 22,5 x 26 x 10,5 cm (h/w/d). Weight approx. 2.4 kg. ars mundi Exclusive Edition.

Portrait of the artist Valerie Otte

About Valerie Otte

Insight into the human soul

Otte's art can be described as a play of the eyes at distance, which is a classical description for figurative sculpture. The rule: Close observation. In her works, the artist translates everything that she saw in the world as a quiet emotion, a small gesture or a moment of truthfulness. The viewer then "reads" these traces cast in bronze and soon no longer sees mere sculptures but personalities. It is a game that educates - not only for art but also for the world.

Valerie Otte (born in 1977) studied sculpture and art history in London and Berlin. She followed up with a diploma in product design in Potsdam – this path describes perfectly the approach and versatility of her work.

Otte's work as a sculptor in her Berlin studio is primarily figurative. Her bronze figures are rarely actually portraits (although she has made and continues to make some portraits from models). They are sensitive character studies of great emotional and psychological depth, which allow the viewer an insight into their inner lives without exaggerated "posing", simply through quiet suggestion and barely perceptible gesture. In the process, Otte's figures usually rest within themselves so that the viewer almost believes witnessing an intimate moment.

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