For me as a sculptor, the body/body as an emotional, physical and metaphysical space of experience is a central theme. How do we experience our body? Our skin provides us with protection, demarcation and at the same time an exchange with our surroundings. We are touchable and vulnerable.
I work with wax. The material has its own unmistakable materiality and physicality. It is a malleable, soft, supple, pliable, tolerant material between two states – solid/liquid … fragile/plastic. Wax has always fascinated me in its changeable structure, its coding of content with embodiment, death and spirituality.
Exhibited works:
- “Woman 1” (left), wax on paper, 2023, 76×56 cm (sheet size HxW), 54×44 cm (wax relief HxW)
- “Woman 2” (right), wax on paper, 2023, 76×56 cm (sheet size HxW), 50×19 cm (wax relief HxW)
- “Woman 3” (standing), wax, 2023, 49x25x25 cm (HxWxD)
Further information about the artist: https://www.katharina-guenther.com