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Sven Schilling
Germany
Related collection
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279 pieces
Artist highlights
- Major permanent collection
- International Exposure
- Works on commission
Artwork details
- Medium : Wood, Steel Without Stand
- Dimensions : Length: 8.7in, Height: 13in, Depth: 2.8in
About this artwork
The dark wood is cut diagonally through a deep crack that bursts it open and splits it almost in half. The surface is slightly arched, littered with a pattern of notches and ends in three spindle-shaped elevations arranged centrally one above the other, which are polished smooth and light, in contrast to the otherwise rough feel and dark color of the oak. Almost horizontally, 13 narrow bands of animal skin - a very similar ivory color to the polished…
oak - run from the spindles outwards to disappear under the coarse iron, shimmering silver frame that surrounds the object. On closer inspection, it can be seen that there were fifteen such tapes, but that two of them disappeared at some point. The bands act like a filigree skeleton of the sculpture and at the same time, in alliance with the iron frame, like a bondage to the wood, which is apparently about to break these bonds.
Boris von Brauchitsch
Art historian
Boris von Brauchitsch
Art historian
Sven Schilling
Germany
Credentials
- Major permanent collection
- International Exposure
- Works on commission
« I am an artist who works innovatively and unconventionally with familiar natural materials. Rough and delicate, nature is the teacher! Sensual art that touches. »
Sven Schilling is a German sculptor whose works explore the connection between man and nature, the integration of man into the cosmos as it is formulated in anthroposophy. His compositions are exclusively created using oak, iron, and leather because he is fascinated by their feel. Also, Schilling prefers these materials as they have significance in the history of craftsmanship as well as in religions and myths.
