Wilhelm Mundt

Trashstone 766, 2022

Production waste in GRP
76 x 103 x 87 cm
29 15/16 x 40 9/16 x 34 1/4 inches
The sculptures’ interiors consist of studio waste, which the artist artfully wraps in coloured polyester. Thus, the end form of each Trashstone only hints at its interior content; the wrapped up waste and trash remain visible only in their determination of the final form, the works in themselves containing more in their biomorphic beauty than the eye can see. Essential components of the work – the form-giving interior, its material as well as their metaphorical content – remain hidden from view. The discrepancy between the visible, the shiny, colourful and softly modulated outer form and their interior lends these sculptures their daunting quality. With their immediate sensual form, combining aesthetics and ethics, irony and seriousness, the sculptures, formally reminiscent of erratic boulders, address the problem of sustainability. The Trashstones can thus be read as a commentary on one of the most pressing ecological issues of today – whilst also constituting a radical development of abstract sculpture the inspiration for which can be traced to artists such as Hans Arp and Barbara Hepworth. Courtesy Buchmann Galerie.

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Wilhelm Mundt

Trashstone 766, 2022

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