Torhaus (2016) Sculpture by Wolfgang Bittner
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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind)
Sculpture,
Concrete
on Other substrate
- Dimensions Height 16.9in, Width 6.7in / 11.00 kg
- Fit for outdoor? No, This artwork can not be displayed outdoor
- Categories Sculptures under $5,000 Abstract Geometric
The simple formal language of the sculptures appears familiar.
Stairs, parapets, passages, ramps, openings as doors and windows.
There are no decorative pieces or symbolic references.
One can say that the art lies in the omission in order to maintain the strict geometrical
Highlight the outlines of the sculptures.
The viewer's engagement with the objects is awakened by
the scaleless arrangements of the elements. The viewer is transported into a surreal
Reality that seems to be out of this world.
Irritation arises for the viewer. You cannot bring in your own spatial experiences.
The spatial sequences chosen by the artist have nothing to do with the well-known or
usable reality in common.
You go into them mentally. Whether you come out as who you are
was before is very doubtful.
Air voids, cement streaks and traces of formwork appear on the surface
or a picturesque patina caused by percolating water.
The natural ambivalence of the material has nothing to do with our daily view
on concrete surfaces, they are not brittle, repellent or impenetrable.
The surfaces are lively and natural.
The sketch-like design work on paper that precedes the concrete pouring is the
actual artistic creative process.
This is followed by the creation of the mold formwork for the sculpture.
However, these two creative processes remain hidden from the viewer.
The sculptures have their own aura.
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Wolfgang Bittner is a contemporary German sculptor. In his concrete sculptures shapes become spaces, spaces dissolve into shapes. The simple design language of the sculptures appear familiar. Stairs, parapets, passages, ramps, openings as doors and windows. Decorative set pieces and symbolic references are avoided.
The viewer is led into a surreal reality that seems to be out of this world. The room sequences chosen by the artist have nothing in common with the known or usable built reality. The natural ambivalence of the material has nothing to do with our daily view of concrete surfaces, they are not brittle, repellent or impenetrable. The surfaces are alive and natural.
Wolfgang Bittner was born in 1947, in Germany. He has exhibited his sculptures nationally, in galleries and museums.
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Nationality:
GERMANY
- Date of birth : unknown date
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary German Artists
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