Clemens Gerstenberger
Clemens Gerstenberger
Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
About Clemens Gerstenberger
The knowledge and experience Gerstenberger obtained through his earlier work lead filiation-like to new shapes and materials and to the abstract approach of sculptural objects and sculptures of the series Corpus Fractum and Folded Body. The life-size sculptures reach out into the space flooding the stature. The pedestal made of concrete increases the aesthetic value and enables a permanent change of perspective. The gaze is all-seeing and thus demands physical confrontation.
The basic artistic concept follows the principle of the confrontation of an organically grown structure with a tectonically constructed one. The original block-like closed shape is erupted by the physically creating access and placed in a new context. The interaction of elevations and depressions - furrowed, dissected, ruptured - in an almost strict stereometric frame creates ridges, folds and furrows within the contour. Light refracts in many fissures, ups and downs. The haptic quality shows smoothness and roughness at the same time without hiding traces of work.
The stele-like stability contrasts with the mechanically induced disturbances and legitimises them. Here, the allegorical meaning is that the antagonism of formal rigour is resolved with a random break without disharmony.
Individuals who hold artefacts by GERSTENBERGER in their hands, will not only appreciate the haptic encounter and the experience of beauty. For things to become truly enduring, they need a soul, which can be experienced subtly with GERSTENBERGER.
GERSTENBERGER makes sculptures, objects and art furniture for individualists, who consciously withdraw themselves from the Zeitgeist and demonstrate this mindset by surrounding themselves with representative objects.
The basic artistic concept follows the principle of the confrontation of an organically grown structure with a tectonically constructed one. The original block-like closed shape is erupted by the physically creating access and placed in a new context. The interaction of elevations and depressions - furrowed, dissected, ruptured - in an almost strict stereometric frame creates ridges, folds and furrows within the contour. Light refracts in many fissures, ups and downs. The haptic quality shows smoothness and roughness at the same time without hiding traces of work.
The stele-like stability contrasts with the mechanically induced disturbances and legitimises them. Here, the allegorical meaning is that the antagonism of formal rigour is resolved with a random break without disharmony.
Individuals who hold artefacts by GERSTENBERGER in their hands, will not only appreciate the haptic encounter and the experience of beauty. For things to become truly enduring, they need a soul, which can be experienced subtly with GERSTENBERGER.
GERSTENBERGER makes sculptures, objects and art furniture for individualists, who consciously withdraw themselves from the Zeitgeist and demonstrate this mindset by surrounding themselves with representative objects.
Education
since 2019 Member of the Professional Association for Fine Artists ( BBK ) and the International Association of Art (IAA)
since 2008 Member of the German Arts & Crafts Association ( BK )
2011 - 2014 HWK Leipzig / Germany | Designer in the Skilled Crafts
2001 - 2002 Studied carpentry and sculpting in Japan
1990 -1993 HWK Leipzig Woodworking Masterclass / Master Cabinetaker
since 2008 Member of the German Arts & Crafts Association ( BK )
2011 - 2014 HWK Leipzig / Germany | Designer in the Skilled Crafts
2001 - 2002 Studied carpentry and sculpting in Japan
1990 -1993 HWK Leipzig Woodworking Masterclass / Master Cabinetaker
Events
2021 20th Sculptor plein air | 14 -29 May | Garbisdorf - Germany
2020 KONTRAPUNKT | Art exhibition | 26 JAN - 1 MAR | Galerie im ersten Stock | Wernigerode - Germany
2020 KONTRAPUNKT | Art exhibition | 26 JAN - 1 MAR | Galerie im ersten Stock | Wernigerode - Germany
Exhibitions
2020 Maison et Object | Paris - France
2019 Nacht der Kunst | sculpture parc in Buddehaus | Leipzig - Germany
2019 Spinnerei Gallery Tour Autumn | Schwarz-Weiß-Gallery | Leipzig - Germany
2019 9th International Woodsculpture Symposium | Ringkøbing - Denmark
2019 7th International Sculpture Symposium | Differdange - Luxembourg
2019 Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair | Stockholm - Sweden
2019 Maison et Object | Paris - France
2018 18th Sculptor plein air | Garbisdorf - Germany
2018 Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair | Stockholm - Sweden
2018 Maison et Object | Paris - France
2017 KUNST IM CAMPUS | Leipzig - Germany | Group exhibition
2017 Cheongju International Craft Biennale - South Korea
2017 INFINTY 75 | personal exhibition with Dietrich Gnüchtel | Leipzig - Germany
2017 NACHT DER KUNST | Leipzig - Germany | Art exhibition
2017 tendence | Frankfort - Germany
2017 Nomination for the Hessian State Award for German Arts and Crafts
2017 Awarded FORM# 2017
2017 Révélations | Grand Palais | Paris - France
2017 Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair | Stockholm - Sweden
2017 MAISON & OBJET | Paris - France
2016 Christmas Edition | Handwerksform Hannover - Germany
2016 Maison et Objet | Paris - France
2015 Maison et Object | Paris - France
2015 Awarded FORM# 2015
2015 tendence | Frankfort - Germany
2015 Handwerksform Hannover - Germany | Exhibition - Sitzgelegenheiten -
2014 Ways of Art® Lounge | Leipzig - Germany
2012 Ways of Art® Lounge | Leipzig - Germany
2012 International Gift Fair | New York - USA
2012 MDBK | Leipzig - Germany
2012 EUNIQUE | Karlsruhe - Germany
2011 Ways of Art® Lounge | Leipzig - Germany
2011 EUNIQUE | Karlsruhe - Germany
2010 Grassimesse | Leipzig - Germany
2010 EUNIQUE | Karlsruhe - Germany
2010 Interiorlifestyle | Tokyo - Japan
2009 Ways of Art® Lounge | Leipzig - Germany
2005 Ways of Art® Lounge | Leipzig - Germany
2019 Nacht der Kunst | sculpture parc in Buddehaus | Leipzig - Germany
2019 Spinnerei Gallery Tour Autumn | Schwarz-Weiß-Gallery | Leipzig - Germany
2019 9th International Woodsculpture Symposium | Ringkøbing - Denmark
2019 7th International Sculpture Symposium | Differdange - Luxembourg
2019 Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair | Stockholm - Sweden
2019 Maison et Object | Paris - France
2018 18th Sculptor plein air | Garbisdorf - Germany
2018 Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair | Stockholm - Sweden
2018 Maison et Object | Paris - France
2017 KUNST IM CAMPUS | Leipzig - Germany | Group exhibition
2017 Cheongju International Craft Biennale - South Korea
2017 INFINTY 75 | personal exhibition with Dietrich Gnüchtel | Leipzig - Germany
2017 NACHT DER KUNST | Leipzig - Germany | Art exhibition
2017 tendence | Frankfort - Germany
2017 Nomination for the Hessian State Award for German Arts and Crafts
2017 Awarded FORM# 2017
2017 Révélations | Grand Palais | Paris - France
2017 Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair | Stockholm - Sweden
2017 MAISON & OBJET | Paris - France
2016 Christmas Edition | Handwerksform Hannover - Germany
2016 Maison et Objet | Paris - France
2015 Maison et Object | Paris - France
2015 Awarded FORM# 2015
2015 tendence | Frankfort - Germany
2015 Handwerksform Hannover - Germany | Exhibition - Sitzgelegenheiten -
2014 Ways of Art® Lounge | Leipzig - Germany
2012 Ways of Art® Lounge | Leipzig - Germany
2012 International Gift Fair | New York - USA
2012 MDBK | Leipzig - Germany
2012 EUNIQUE | Karlsruhe - Germany
2011 Ways of Art® Lounge | Leipzig - Germany
2011 EUNIQUE | Karlsruhe - Germany
2010 Grassimesse | Leipzig - Germany
2010 EUNIQUE | Karlsruhe - Germany
2010 Interiorlifestyle | Tokyo - Japan
2009 Ways of Art® Lounge | Leipzig - Germany
2005 Ways of Art® Lounge | Leipzig - Germany
