ISA MELSHEIMER

The shift of scale inherent in the artist’s allusion to architectural structures often lets the works, made from poured concrete, appear as benches, stool-like objects, tiered steps or hollow containers that sometimes double as sites of constructed exotic vegetation.

A new body of work, her glazed ceramics find another kind of representation of architectural structures that depart in scale, material and colour from the sources. Although their scale recalls the miniaturised and schematic appearance of preliminary architectural models, the material and colours add a fantastic, playful aspect. All her objects take a certain amount of free license, sometimes containing elements of fantastic recreation, but are always infused with a deep understanding and sympathy for their architectural sources.

Text courtesy Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder.