Andrea Halm
reingesägt - SCULPTURES BY ANDREA HALM
.....carved with a chainsaw, some of them over 2 meters high.
These figures with human features seem to dissolve themselves, rebuild themselves or merge again in a different form.
My art is a vibrant symphony of colors and shapes that transcends the boundaries of the ordinary. By combining expressive colors and clear structures, I create a world that is simultaneously familiar and yet full of surprises. My colorful and whimsical sculptures break with conventional ideas and bring color and joy into the space. Each of my sculptures tells a story and invites the viewer to break free from fixed ideas and discover new dimensions of perception.
"Andrea Halm's wooden sculptures are not created from the material, but almost against it. It is not the visual or haptic contact with the apple, poplar or lime wood that marks the beginning of the creation process, but sketches on paper. "The wood has to follow me," says the artist herself.
The figure in the mind's eye undergoes changes during this process. In the dialog between the sculptor and the fantasy creature she has created, it acquires its own individual character.
In the border area between plant, animal and human, sculptures are created in which overemphasized sensory organs, such as bulging mouths or tentacle-like eyes, contribute significantly to the sensual aura. This is further intensified by a pop-colored coating of the smoothed surfaces.
These thus detach themselves as a shell from a core framed in light-absorbing black.Its multiple perforations ensure a close interlocking of volume and surrounding space.
In addition, the initial volume of the workpiece is reduced to a framework of intertwined lines through numerous openings and holes. Their curved and kinking courses contribute to the expressive dynamism of the figures. On the one hand, they are reminiscent of the art and cult objects of primitive, exotic cultures that inspired the artists of classical modernism. On the other hand, their polychrome poppiness transports us to the aesthetic world of comics or advertising."
Markus Golser, art historian
