Sculpture "Cat" (2013) (Original / Unique piece), wood
Sculpture "Cat" (2013) (Original / Unique piece), wood
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unique piece | signed | wood | waxed white | size 56 x 74 x 51 cm (h/w/d) | weight 42.2 kg
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Sculpture "Cat" (2013) (Original / Unique piece), wood
This work by the freelance sculptor Yves Rasch is an expressive sculpture that presents itself as a cover of inner tension. It features a palpable and physical presence without being figurative, a figure that seems to be sufficient all by itself and thus rests in space. His wooden original - formed in countless hours from one whole block - appears free, light and filigree despite its mass.
Sculpture made of oak wood, carved out of a block, waxed white. Signed. Size 56 x 74 x 51 cm (h/w/d). Weight 42,2 kg.
About Yves Rasch
Yves Rasch, born in 1979 in Hamburg, has been working as a freelance sculptor using wood and bronze since 2002. He was a student of Erich Gerer from 2004 to 2009. Since 2005, he has regularly participated in national and international symposia and exhibitions.
His works are expressive sculptures that present themselves as a shell of inner tension. They possess a palpable and physical presence without being figurative. The figures seem to be sufficient unto themselves and thus rest in space. In his forms, Rasch combines equally the principles of dynamics, stillness and harmony, and by doing so, he creates sculptures that demonstrate movement within the unmoving. From different angles, he produces a shape that finds a constantly new expression. His wooden originals – formed over countless hours from whole blocks – appear free, light and filigree despite their mass. His bronzes are casts of these unique wooden sculptures.
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.