Sculptures by Julia Venske & Gregor Spänle www.eingriff.com Venske & Spänle are interested in the spatial interaction between sculpture, space and viewer. Their body of work is dispersed over the whole globe. Often times, their works assert their presence in urban and representative spaces, museums and often even landscapes; like for instance in an pacific village or on a boat in the Congo. The largest body of work are the Smörfs with over 270 specimen. These small, whimsical creatures form a collective and accompany people. Through their materiality they survive their owners and stay as cultural witnesses. Contradictory the Gumpfots are individuals, stating growth through their characteristically expression. The third body of work are the Helotrophs . They need a host to be a complete sculpture, such as a space, a person or a daily object, standing in relation to the artists and their history. With Glutton the artists set a monument for a Fiat Panda car from the 80ties. Driving a Panda was part of an alternative lifestyle in the youth of the artists, now long past. The three door Panda with its 30 PS was a form of protest against the motorized establishment. As the Italian counterpart to the Volkswagen Beetle the Panda is one of the most successful cars in automobile history. Here Venske & Spänle work with cervaiole marble, giving the sculptures live through its radiant translucency. For Glutton the sculptors carved a 16 ton marble block. With a crane the Fiat got lifted up and bolted down onto the sculpture with a steel frame. The car seems to be swallowed by the Glutton and preserved for eternity. Like wrapped in a thin skin of stone the contour of the vehicle is visible through the marble. Timeless stone and a past era meet. The Glutton was sculpted due to the generous invitation of Paolo Carli and Manuela della Ducata of the HENRAUX FOUNDATION located in Querceta (Carrara) Italy. HENRAUX was a meeting place for numerous well known artists of the modern era in the 50ties and 60ties, such as Henry Moore, Hans Arp, Joan Miro and Isamo Noguchi. © 2016 Stephanie Maier / Matthias Fuchs
Sculptures by Julia Venske & Gregor Spänle www.eingriff.com Venske & Spänle are interested in the spatial interaction between sculpture, space and viewer. Their body of work is dispersed over the whole globe. Often times, their works assert their presence in urban and representative spaces, museums and often even landscapes; like for instance in an pacific village or on a boat in the Congo. The largest body of work are the Smörfs with over 270 specimen. These small, whimsical creatures form a collective and accompany people. Through their materiality they survive their owners and stay as cultural witnesses. Contradictory the Gumpfots are individuals, stating growth through their characteristically expression. The third body of work are the Helotrophs . They need a host to be a complete sculpture, such as a space, a person or a daily object, standing in relation to the artists and their history. With Glutton the artists set a monument for a Fiat Panda car from the 80ties. Driving a Panda was part of an alternative lifestyle in the youth of the artists, now long past. The three door Panda with its 30 PS was a form of protest against the motorized establishment. As the Italian counterpart to the Volkswagen Beetle the Panda is one of the most successful cars in automobile history. Here Venske & Spänle work with cervaiole marble, giving the sculptures live through its radiant translucency. For Glutton the sculptors carved a 16 ton marble block. With a crane the Fiat got lifted up and bolted down onto the sculpture with a steel frame. The car seems to be swallowed by the Glutton and preserved for eternity. Like wrapped in a thin skin of stone the contour of the vehicle is visible through the marble. Timeless stone and a past era meet. The Glutton was sculpted due to the generous invitation of Paolo Carli and Manuela della Ducata of the HENRAUX FOUNDATION located in Querceta (Carrara) Italy. HENRAUX was a meeting place for numerous well known artists of the modern era in the 50ties and 60ties, such as Henry Moore, Hans Arp, Joan Miro and Isamo Noguchi. © 2016 Stephanie Maier / Matthias Fuchs