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Madonna and Beast Sculpture

Ilmi Gutzeit Mathiesen

Norway

Sculpture, Wood

Size: 1000 W x 500 H x 1000 D cm

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On July 22nd 2011 I inspected this tree at Botanical Garden, Tøyen (Oslo) which had been felled for safety reasons. I had been invited to consider how to turn the remaining stump and log into an art project. The tree was planted in 1927 and was known as “Moe’s Willow”. How would I transform it, so t...

Year Created:

2012

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Sculpture, Wood

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One-of-a-kind Artwork

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1000 W x 500 H x 1000 D cm

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No

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Not Framed

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Certificate is Included

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I am a Norwegian artist working with drawings and sculpture in several different materials: wood, steel, concrete, iron and stone. I have been represented at numerous exhibitions in Norway and abroad, including six times at the National Autumn Exhibition in Oslo. A number of my sculptures consist of groups of two or three objects where the movement / energy / space between them creates a tension. In my solo exhibition "Shadows" (Tegnerforbundet, Oslo 2008), I explored formal issues of light and space in both drawings and sculptures. All my works in wood are composed using a special technique; by joining pieces of wood in different sizes and then shaping them with a chainsaw. I build the shapes by adding and subtracting in a repetitive pattern. The chainsaw serves as a powerful pencil to accentuate or correct lines and shapes. See for example ”Wolves” and “Angels”. Other techniques are used in my "Horse and Rider" series based on Uccellos battle scenes. I isolate the characters from the battle scenes, drawing them one by one in a backlight situation. My focus is on the play of light and darkness. I develop patterns of light that contrast various figurations resulting in a virtual surprise attack on the observer.

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