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Wreckage Painting
Switzerland
Painting, Mixed media on Wood
Size: 10 W x 14 H x 1.2 D in
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Fine black crystalline copper slag on black sprayed canvas with acrylic colors in light blue, dark blue and white with fragments of wood from a broken fisherman boat “Bangka” in natural colors. Dumping or disposal of such huge quantities of slag cause environmental and space problems. During the past two decades’ attempts have been made by several researchers and copper producing units all over the world to explore the possible utilisation of copper slag. The favourable physical-mechanical characteristics of copper slag predestine it to make products like cement, filler, ballast, abrasive aggregate, roofing granules, glass, tiles etc. allowing to recover the valuable metals by various extractive metallurgical routes. Black copper slag is a stony waste matter separated from metals during smelting or refining of copper ore. It contains materials like iron, alumina, calcium oxide, silica, and others. For every ton of metal produced about 2.2 tons of slag is generated. 'I discovered a source of this material in Leyte, Philippines during my visits to Calamity/Aid projects supported by the Swiss Government. This black-silver shiny material is ideal as a base for my artwork. The colour and the structure of slag is an outstanding recycled material. By using slag, acrylic paint, and natural recycled products, I create a new dimension of mixed media art combination. By creating art with this material, I can bring some of this recycled material to a different form of life.' - Jürg Casserini Jürg Casserini is an artist and retired Consular and Diplomatic Representative for the Swiss Government. In over 40 years, he has been working in 16 countries at the Swiss Embassies, Foreign Interest Sections, and Consulates General. His extensive experience in abroad made him philosophize and create meaningful art. He collects found-objects from the Philippine sea and turns it into abstract art.
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Painting:Mixed media on Wood
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:10 W x 14 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Switzerland
Jürg Casserini was born in 1950 in Thun, Switzerland, where his father, a well-known lithograph, was heading the “Stein- und Offsetdruckerei Casserini & Sohn”. As a young man, Jürg had to choose between his love for art or his hunger to explore the world. He decided to become a Consular and Diplomatic representative for the Swiss Government. In over 40 years he has been working in 16 countries at the Swiss Embassies, Foreign Interest Sections and Consulates General. During his professional life, he was also acting as a Cultural Attaché and organized a number of Art Exhibitions and numerous other cultural events. As Consul General in Sydney, he did some iron sculptures with Ulric Steiner, a famous Swiss sculptor in Australia. Since those years he became more and more involved in art. After his retirement in the Philippines in December 2013, his passion for art led him to a new adventurous path. Why shouldn’t he work on something different? As an autodidact, influenced by some of the best-known Swiss and foreign artists at a very young age, he developed his sense for forms and colours. The ability and willingness to endeavour new options beyond traditional boundaries guided him to different materials. This was the hour of birth of a unique composition of slag, a product of copper smelting and acrylic paint. Life and nature, limitless inspiration, a basket full of materials from the endless beaches and a mind bursting of ideas. Bangkas - an homage to the Philippine fisherman, remind us that nothing is final. Clarity and absence of adornments characterize Jürg Casserini’s work.
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