Sculpture "Distant Proximity - II" (2011) (Unique piece), wood
Sculpture "Distant Proximity - II" (2011) (Unique piece), wood
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unique piece | signed | dated | pine | height 157 cm
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Sculpture "Distant Proximity - II" (2011) (Unique piece), wood
Ellen Mäder-Gutz abandons the naturalistic image of man and intensively engages with nature. Thus, the artist stages organic forms that are modelled on nature but are not an image of it. In stone sculptures, ceramic objects, drawings or graphics, floral motifs can be found that radiate an almost casual eroticism.
Sculpture made of pine, 2011. Signed and dated. Height: 157 cm.
About Ellen Mäder-Gutz
Ellen Mäder-Gutz (*1954 in Bergfelde) studied sculpture at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee. Teaching assignments at the Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences and the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig led her to a professorship at the University of Vechta from 2017.
Her art deals with the organic forms of nature. Her stone sculptures, ceramic objects, drawings and graphics feature floral motifs that radiate an almost casual eroticism.
Works by the artist can be found in the Skulpturensammlung Berlin-Friedrichshain and the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerp, among others.
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.