Sculpture "Edition No. 1" (1997), porcelain
Sculpture "Edition No. 1" (1997), porcelain
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limited, 20 copies | numbered | signed | porcelain | size 30 x 10 x 9 cm (h x w x d)
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Sculpture "Edition No. 1" (1997), porcelain
Ceramic sculpture made of porcelain, glazed white, 1997. Edition: 20 copies, numbered and signed by hand. Height: 30 cm. Width: 10 cm. Depth: 9 cm.
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About Heinz Mack
From the end of the 1950s, Heinz Mack, together with Otto Piene and Günther Uecker, brought a breath of fresh air to the art scene as part of the ZERO artists' group. He made light his central artistic theme, which he explored in countless sculptures, graphics and paintings as well as in the design of public spaces over the course of his 50-year career. Mack particularly appreciates the inner logic and discipline of graphic art, describing it as the “language of his hand”. Anyone wishing to buy works by Heinz Mack will discover an impressive variety of artworks that reflect his creative output.
Mack, born in 1931, is a multiple documenta participant, represented Germany at the 1970 Venice Biennale and is a recipient of the Grand Cross of Merit. His works are represented in well over 100 collections. If you want to buy a Heinz Mack original, you will find unique works that make his exploration of light and movement visible.
The initial spark for Mack's exploration of light is a coincidence. He steps on a piece of metal foil lying on a carpet. The footfall leaves behind a pattern that sways dynamically in the light. Mack makes light his medium, experimenting with it in room installations, objects, sculptures and on canvases. He placed legendary light installations in the Sahara and thus became a pioneer of Land Art. In his experiments, he anticipated what artists such as Olafur Eliasson are successfully doing today. With scientific curiosity, he uses reflections and materials such as metal mesh or aluminum. “I love color as a medium in which light is expressed. How beautiful it is that we live in a colorful world” (Heinz Mack). If you want to buy Mack paintings, you will discover impressive color compositions in his work that allow you to experience light in its purest form.
The Italian avant-garde artist Lucio Fontana wrote in 1964 about Heinz Mack's work: “The quality of light, to be pure continuity, is the problem that Heinz Mack develops in his work. It is his intention to simplify the visible, to reduce it to what constitutes its essence. His aim is not to depict the optical-visual form within a merely aesthetic order, but the unmediated idea, which has the virtue of being pure information.”
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Contemporary art created from objects that are not normally considered materials from which art is made.
Object art was a means of expression of Cubism, Dadaism and Surrealism, and over time, it has developed various representational techniques up to the present day.
Ceramic product made of kaolin, quartz, and feldspar.
Porcelain is formed by turning or pressing, and figurative objects are cast. Complex objects have to be cast in separated steps and sections, and then "assembled". After the moulding, the pieces are dried and undergo an initial firing at about 900°C. Next, the glaze will be applied and fired at temperatures between 1,240 °C and 1,445 °C. In renowned manufactories, the porcelain is painted by hand, with each colour being fired individually under strict temperature tolerances.
Porcelain was invented in China and became widespread in Europe from the 16th century onwards. The first European porcelain factory was founded in Meissen, Germany in 1710.
Other famous European porcelain factories include Fürstenberg, Höchst, Schwarzburger Werkstätten, Lladró, Nymphenburg, KPM, Augarten, Sèvres, Limoges, Royal Copenhagen, Worcester. Each factories label their products with their personal porcelain stamps to indicate their origin.
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.