personale
NICLAS ANATOL WALKENSTEINER
STEINREICH
26. 08 - 24. 09. 2023
bildhauerhaus - krastal
With his personal exhibition in [kunstwerk] krastal, Niclas Anatol shows an overview of his 10-year work with
stone. In combination with paintings, objects (mixed media) and drawings, sculptures made of krastal marble
are related. Anatol put importance on showing a cross-section of his previous work with a focus on the last
10 years of stone carving. Formally, he moves between the figural and the abstract, as is also known from
his paintings.
Transformation as a key concept in artistic exploration is to be given a more focused center at the Personale.
The change in structure through color and depth in the painting (photos serve as sources of inspiration here)
is continued by means of drawings and directed to changing the surface in the sculptural area, especially
stone carving, and worked out using overarching methods and questions. The power of the construction of
desired aesthetics opposes the uncontrollability of deconstruction through environmental influences, time
or the effects of violence, and forms something new in the process. The location of the sculptures is just
as much an aspect here as the targeted manipulation of the surface of the object. The pure process is to be
offered a skeleton, a support on which the artist draws his intuitive approach. Whether with a cutting disc,
hammer and chisel, pencil or brush, the structural definition of the respective surfaces are always new graphic
interpretations of natural structures. Constantly reinventing oneself is very important to the artist.
The occupation with sculpture has clearly expanded the recurring, concentrated and closed nature of his working methods by the factor of speed and physical performance.
Not committing itself to anything, but deconstructing what has been recognized, learned and understood again and again and discovering new facets of it, is the concise thing about my artistic work. It is an eternal wheel (ring) that explains the results of the process steps and thus receives new impetus and drive. What really counts is the process and not the "finished work".
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vernissage:
saturday, 26 august from 6pm
finissage:
saturday, 23 september from 6pm
visiting hours:
from August 27th to September 3rd,
as well
from September 15th to 24th
from 4pm to 8pm
and by appointment: +43 699 11893189 / +43 676 4760535