Georg Herold
15 Nov - 20 Dec 2014
GEORG HEROLD
1,012 kg
15 November - 20 December 2014
“Kathy”, “Fritz” and “Wilhelm”: bizarre, writhing figures creep and crawl through the gallery - laconic twisting aliens from polyurethane foam and wax. Like ironic excerpts from classical torsos, spreading their absurdly long limbs, some stretch their backsides toward us or contort themselves in an aggressive eroticism, thus undermining the pathos of the ancient archetypes refer to.
The surfaces, hands and limbs of the figures appear lacerated. As flashing, the leftover foam oozes out – scum – scantily swathed in a lucent film. Nonetheless it crumbles; pulling threads, porous like old stone. The usage of polyurethane foam is a much faster and ruthless process, a demonstrative development from Herald’s bronze works and in their lightness, a counteractive step. The substrates of the sculptures are invariably made from canvas, sewn together with wooden slats - insinuating human figures.
Alongside his figures, Herold manages with his tables and stools wrapped in hessian canvas, an Arte-Povera situation. Like the figures, they also have thick seams, visible pits and scars, like destroyed aging skin.
Born in Jena in 1947, the artist lives and works in cologne and teaches sculpture at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. With 1,012 kg”, Contemporary Fine Arts is proud the present the third solo exhibition from Georg Herold.
1,012 kg
15 November - 20 December 2014
“Kathy”, “Fritz” and “Wilhelm”: bizarre, writhing figures creep and crawl through the gallery - laconic twisting aliens from polyurethane foam and wax. Like ironic excerpts from classical torsos, spreading their absurdly long limbs, some stretch their backsides toward us or contort themselves in an aggressive eroticism, thus undermining the pathos of the ancient archetypes refer to.
The surfaces, hands and limbs of the figures appear lacerated. As flashing, the leftover foam oozes out – scum – scantily swathed in a lucent film. Nonetheless it crumbles; pulling threads, porous like old stone. The usage of polyurethane foam is a much faster and ruthless process, a demonstrative development from Herald’s bronze works and in their lightness, a counteractive step. The substrates of the sculptures are invariably made from canvas, sewn together with wooden slats - insinuating human figures.
Alongside his figures, Herold manages with his tables and stools wrapped in hessian canvas, an Arte-Povera situation. Like the figures, they also have thick seams, visible pits and scars, like destroyed aging skin.
Born in Jena in 1947, the artist lives and works in cologne and teaches sculpture at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. With 1,012 kg”, Contemporary Fine Arts is proud the present the third solo exhibition from Georg Herold.